What to do if a child has a high fever that causes convulsions

  When a child has a sudden rise in temperature during a fever, a brief convulsion with loss of consciousness may occur, and recovery from such episodes is quicker. The baby will wake up quickly and there are usually no after-effects. Most of them are generalized convulsions, the vast majority of which last no more than 15 minutes and usually occur only once during the course of a fever together. When the baby has a fever and convulsions, what should we do: 1. The duration of the baby’s general convulsions is very short and can soon be relieved on its own. If the body temperature continues to be higher than 38.5 degrees Celsius, give the baby oral antipyretics in time and wipe the body with warm water to physically cool the body and drink more water to speed up heat dissipation, the body temperature comes down in time and the logarithmic convulsions will not recur, so you can temporarily dispense with anti-spooking drugs.  2, but for frequent or prolonged convulsions of the baby should be urgently sent to the hospital, in the hospital as soon as possible to stop the fright, while using physical methods and antipyretics to lower the temperature, and need to keep the baby’s airway open, oxygen therapy. Sometimes serious cases can cause cerebral edema, use dexamethasone or mannitol to lower cranial pressure treatment.  As a parent, you should pay attention to minimize or avoid acute fever, pay attention to the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections and other diseases to prevent febrile convulsions.