Pediatric Convulsions Symptoms

  Pediatric convulsions are common manifestations of pediatric neurological disorders and are caused by a variety of brain disorders, including infectious diseases of the central nervous system, febrile convulsions, electrolyte disorders, hypoglycemia, intracranial tumors, intracranial hemorrhage, seizures, and genetic metabolic diseases.  In the early stage of convulsions a few children may have aura, extreme irritability or occasional startled jumping, very nervous, sudden increase in muscle tone of the limbs, very frightened look, body temperature will also rise rapidly, dramatic change in color, pupils of unequal size, borderline irregularity, sudden sharp pause in breathing or irregularity or even there will be a short period of respiratory arrest and many other symptoms. In the type of convulsive seizures, more common tonic clonic seizures, generally will show double eye gaze or squint to one side or double eye upturn, limbs tonic rhythmic shaking, unconsciousness, call should not be, some accompanied by lip cyanosis, may be accompanied by salivation, mouth constantly spitting out white foam, sometimes accompanied by unconscious discharge of urine and feces phenomenon. The duration of seizures varies from a few seconds to several minutes, and after the convulsions stop, the child goes to sleep.  When a child is found to have convulsions, adults should not panic, nor should they pat or shake the child, nor should they hold the child strongly in their arms. Instead, lay the child flat and tilt the head to the side to facilitate the flow of secretions from the mouth to avoid accidental aspiration, keep breathing open to prevent asphyxiation, and give anti-convulsive medication for convulsions longer than 5 minutes.