What do you do when a convulsion occurs at home?

  Convulsions, also known as “convulsions”, are commonly known as “convulsions” or “convulsions”. It is a common pediatric emergency and the most common pediatric neurological symptom, and is a common acute medical condition in childhood.  A typical generalized convulsion is characterized by a sudden loss of consciousness and a sudden onset of tonic or clonic twitching of the muscles of the body, mostly accompanied by double eye rolling, staring or squinting. Localized convulsions are highlighted by twitching of the face (especially eyelids, lips) and thumbs, and the eyes are often gazing, straightening or turning upward, with dilated pupils. Convulsions of different muscles can lead to different clinical manifestations: convulsions of pharyngeal muscles can lead to foaming at the mouth, phlegm in the throat, and even asphyxia; convulsions of respiratory muscles can lead to breathlessness and cyanosis, resulting in hypoxia; convulsions of bladder, rectal muscles, and abdominal muscles can lead to incontinence; in addition, severe convulsions can lead to tongue bite, muscle and joint damage, and fall trauma.  In addition, severe convulsions can lead to tongue bite, muscle and joint damage, and injuries from falls. Generally, brief convulsions have little to no effect on the brain, but long-ranging convulsions, especially persistent epilepsy, can lead to permanent neurological damage.  The causes of pediatric convulsions are generally divided into two types: 1, infectious, divided into intracranial and extracranial infections, intracranial infectious diseases commonly include meningitis, brain abscess, encephalitis, cerebral parasitic diseases; extracranial infectious diseases commonly include febrile convulsions, various serious infections such as toxic bacillary dysentery, toxic pneumonia, sepsis, etc.  2. Non-infectious diseases, in addition to common epilepsy, include water and electrolyte disorders, hypoglycemia, drug poisoning, food poisoning, genetic metabolic diseases, traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, etc.  Convulsions are an emergency condition and must be sent to a medical professional regardless of the cause of the convulsion. However, convulsions often occur outside the hospital, and many families often panic, and may cause secondary damage to the baby due to improper handling in panic.  So here, to popularize the points of out-of-hospital treatment when convulsions: 1, do not panic: baby convulsions, although urgent, but the family panic will only delay the treatment, and even cause secondary damage, the real concern for the baby, is to remain calm, to complete the out-of-hospital treatment. The baby’s hands and feet are tense and twitchy, so as not to strain the muscles or even cause dislocation or fracture, and not to pinch the baby’s human center, which will not have any effect except pinching the baby’s lips.  2, orthostatic position: lay the baby in convulsions flat on the bed, use something to pad the shoulders, raise the jaw, so that the head is slightly tilted back, which can open the airway and prevent the tongue from falling back, untie the collar, trouser belt, fan the air to increase air flow.  3, light opening: use a towel or other soft things to pad between the upper and lower teeth of the mouth and leave a gap on one side to prevent the teeth from closing and biting the tongue or chipped teeth, to keep breathing smooth.  4, foreign body: wipe off the mouth and nose secretions, to prevent oral secretions or vomit into the trachea caused by suffocation.  5, send to the hospital: the child immediately after the convulsions stop send to the hospital for medical treatment, convulsions continue more than one, it is best to call 120, so that the doctor to receive.