Is it serious for a 4 year old to have a fever and convulsions?

Fever and convulsions in a 4-year-old child are usually not serious if treated promptly. If the condition is delayed, the body temperature rises for a long time, the situation is relatively serious. Fever convulsions, that is, febrile convulsions, occurring in 6 months ~ 5 years old children, usually when the body temperature is more than 38.5 ℃, there is a sudden generalized or localized muscle clonus and tonic twitching. Fever convulsions, oral ibuprofen and other antipyretics to lower the temperature at the same time, you should immediately send the child to the hospital, with the doctor for sedation and other treatments to alleviate the symptoms, this situation is relatively not serious. However, if the 4-year-old child fever convulsions, did not take timely treatment measures, the child’s body temperature continues to rise, may damage the brain cells, irreversible damage to the body. At the same time, if the child’s airway is not kept open during the fever convulsions, aspiration may occur, which is very serious. 4-year-old children with fever and convulsions should actively seek medical attention and cooperate with doctors for standardized treatment.