What to do when a child has a convulsion ?

  When a child has a convulsion, parents are often very nervous, and most of them rush to pick up their children and go to the hospital for emergency treatment. In fact, children can almost always calm down within a minute or two after a convulsion, so when they come to the hospital, the convulsions have stopped and their state of consciousness has returned to normal. Therefore, it is necessary to know how to deal with emergency situations when children have convulsions. The common causes of pediatric convulsions are: a. febrile convulsions: mostly seen in children from 6 months to 3 years of age, less common after 6 years of age; children are generally in good health; convulsions occur at the beginning of the disease when the body temperature rises suddenly, are generalized, few times (rarely more than two episodes of the same disease process), short time, quick recovery of consciousness, good prognosis.  Second, the central nervous system infection-induced convulsions: mostly seen in various meningitis, encephalitis, etc.  Third, toxic encephalopathy: mostly seen in pneumonia, bacillary dysentery, septicemia, typhoid.  Fourth, non-infectious central nervous system diseases: such as intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral hypoplasia, brain tumors, etc.  In addition, low calcium, alkalosis, brain parasitosis, etc. can also cause convulsions.  When the child convulsions should immediately try to stop, so as not to convulse for too long, the impact is greater, resulting in a greater possibility of hypoxic brain damage. At this time to do the following: keep quiet, prohibit all unnecessary stimulation, let the sick child lying in bed, lift the buttons on the clothes and relax the belt, head flat so that the face to the side, to prevent vomit, secretions caused by asphyxiation. If it happens on the road, or near hot water or fire, or in a place where objects may fall, first move the child to a safer place for treatment.  Apply a cold towel to the forehead, and in the case of high fever, use 30-50% alcohol, cold water or well water to wipe the bath. Stroke the hands and feet alternately, and pay attention to whether the child’s eyes are staring and whether the hands and feet are stiff.  Prevent physical injury to the child, use gauze wrapped tongue depressor or chopsticks or toothbrush handle placed between the upper and lower molars to prevent biting the tongue, if the teeth have been clenched, do not forcibly inserted, timely suction throat secretions, keep the respiratory tract unobstructed. Apply anti-scare medication and symptomatic treatment.