The child always jerked in sleep

When a child has a convulsion while sleeping, the child should be woken up promptly and taken to the hospital emergency room immediately. If the child cannot be woken up, a small stick can be placed in the child’s mouth to avoid the child biting the tongue and causing more damage to the body, and then sent to the emergency department. This condition is often caused by mental factors, lack of micronutrients or epilepsy, and should promptly go to the hospital for brain CT, EEG and other related examinations to clarify the cause and then actively treat it according to the cause.1. Mental factors: the child’s spirit is in a state of long-term tension, and the muscles are also more tense, and when they cannot relax during sleep, the symptoms of convulsions during sleep will occur. Parents need to observe the child’s mental state, help the child to relieve stress, and if necessary, consult with a psychiatrist. 2, lack of trace elements: lack of calcium, vitamin D and other elements in the body, there is hypocalcemia, resulting in involuntary twitching during sleep. It is necessary to take oral calcium elements and vitamin D preparations under the guidance of a doctor, enhance physical exercise and get more sunlight. 3, epilepsy: If the child often appears to twitch during sleep and has symptoms of closed teeth and upturned eyes, the possibility of epilepsy needs to be considered, and it is necessary to go to the hospital to improve the relevant examination, and if epilepsy is diagnosed, anti-epileptic drugs can be given, such as phenytoin sodium and carbamazepine, etc. If the situation is serious, surgery is also 4, other: intracranial tumors, intracranial parasites, serious infections, periodic limb movement disorders and other diseases, can also lead to children sleeping convulsions, should promptly seek medical attention to clarify the cause, according to the cause of treatment.