How to deal with baby fever is almost every mother’s must learn, more or less master some basic methods. But when it comes to febrile convulsions, it is relatively unknown. What exactly is febrile convulsions? Fever and high body temperature will be convulsions? We need to understand that there is a little danger of febrile convulsions. Fever Convulsions small files Causes The causes of convulsions in babies are many, mainly divided into two: 1, caused by bacterial or viral infections: such as tonsillitis, otitis media, meningitis, upper respiratory tract infections and bacillary dysentery, etc. The cause of convulsions is not only the cause of the disease, but also the cause of the disease. The baby’s nervous system is still immature, high fever will make the central nervous system overexcited, it will lead to convulsions. 2, genetic factors: research data show that 24% of the baby convulsions, family history of febrile convulsions, 4% family history of epilepsy. So, there are these two family history of baby fever must do a good job of defense. Onset of body temperature More than 38.5 ℃ may occur. Symptoms 1, the baby suddenly whole body or local muscle convulsions, shivering, unconscious, call, knocking the baby did not respond; 2, head tilted back or tilted to the side, eyes rolled white or tilted to the side or frequent blinking; 3, pale, teeth clenched, foaming at the mouth (if the bite of the tongue will be vomiting blood foam), drooling, and even blackened lips; 4, seizures soon after the sobriety, a high fever process, only one convulsions. Only one convulsion occurs. Age of onset The incidence rate of babies under 5 years old is 2% to 5%, of which 6 months to 3 years old babies have the highest incidence rate; 6 years old and above is very rare. Sex Boys are more common than girls. Duration Within 12 hours after the onset of high fever, it usually lasts for 1 to 2 minutes, or 3 to 5 minutes in some babies, and up to 10 to 30 minutes or more in severe cases. Convulsions can deprive brain cells of oxygen and cause brain damage, which will not have a serious impact on the baby’s health or sequelae, but it is more frightening when the attack occurs, with convulsions, shivering, foaming at the mouth and other manifestations. Be alert to febrile convulsions, 39 ℃ is the warning line In general, the body temperature is more than 39 ℃ higher chances of febrile convulsions, of course, some babies in the body temperature of 39 ℃ or less may also appear febrile convulsions, just the chances of occurrence is relatively low. Therefore, it is very important to record the body temperature when the baby has a fever. 39 ℃ is a warning line for the baby, the body temperature in the warning line before the baby should be timely to reduce the fever, to prevent the occurrence of convulsions. There is also a situation of feverless convulsions, often occurring in some non-infectious diseases, such as epilepsy, cerebral hypoplasia, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, as well as nutritional disorders, hypokalemia, hypoglycemia, enterocolitis diarrhea, food poisoning, drug poisoning and certain pesticide poisoning and other conditions. Usually pay more attention to diet, exercise, sleep, improve immunity, prevent the occurrence of convulsions. The first time to seek medical treatment + calm self-help Once the baby appeared high fever convulsions condition, be sure to the first time to seek medical treatment. This time do not have to dwell on whether professional children’s hospitals or tertiary hospitals, must choose the nearest home, can be the fastest to reach the hospital, you can not have to register, directly to the pediatrics or emergency triage desk to explain the situation, the registration procedures to follow up on the replacement can be. In addition, it is best to contact the hospital on the way to the hospital, tell the medical staff that a baby with febrile convulsions is on the way to the hospital, and how long it will take to arrive. Secondly, on the way to the hospital, parents must not panic, but stay calm and do the following: 1, loosen the baby’s clothes and pants, and place the baby in a ventilated place. 2.Clean up the secretions in the baby’s mouth and nose in time to prevent the baby from inhaling foreign matter causing suffocation. 3, convulsions may occur when the baby tongue bite, which is unconscious, you can put the clean baby spoon spoon stick end in the baby’s mouth. 4.You can use your thumb to press on the middle of the human body in order to open the mind and wake up the spirit until the convulsions are relieved, but do not use too much force and do not use your fingernails to press, so as not to hurt the baby’s skin. If the above treatment, convulsions still can not be relieved, and at the same time the child’s breathing stops, then we must immediately carry out artificial respiration and external cardiac compression, do not delay. It should be noted that the mother should not run by herself holding the baby, not to shake the child forcefully, or forcibly control the limb twitching, these methods are incorrect. Special tips If the baby has repeated convulsions during this period, pay attention to record the number of episodes, observe the location of the convulsions, the duration of each episode, etc., so that the doctor can understand the course of the disease and the degree of brain damage. Easily recurring febrile convulsions, prevention is very important The most headache is that febrile convulsions recurrence rate is very high, after the initial convulsive seizure, an average of 33% of the babies in the subsequent fever will recur convulsions, the data show that 1/3 have a second convulsions, of which 1/2 have a third seizure, the younger the age, the higher the rate of recurrence, especially for babies less than 1 year old, about 1/2 of the cases will be recurring. If there is a history of epilepsy in the family, the likelihood of recurrence is even higher. Therefore, in order to avoid the baby a fever parents are worried, for the baby has a history of febrile convulsions, timely cooling, to prevent convulsions is very necessary. Fever reduction methods and conventional fever, you can use physical cooling method and drug cooling method. 1, physical methods Below 38.5 ℃ belongs to low fever, the first to reduce the baby’s clothes a little, if in the hot environment, to give him appropriate ventilation. In addition, with warm water wet towel to his forehead and whole body, or take a warm bath, which is conducive to heat dissipation, to play the effect of assisted cooling. It should be reminded not to use a cool towel to wet the baby’s head, as this will make the baby shiver and will be very uncomfortable. Whether high or low fever, pay attention to the baby timely hydration, it is best to drink warm water. 2, the use of drugs The home should always have baby antipyretic drugs, such as Merrill Lynch, Tylenol and so on. When the physical cooling method has no effect, we should use drugs to lower the temperature in time. 38.5 ℃ below, you can try Tylenol; to deal with 39 ℃ above high fever when the effect of Merrill is better, strong fever, and faster. Merrill does have some stimulating effect on the stomach, but in the clinical situation of the baby because of eating Merrill stomach uncomfortable situation is rare. If the baby has a high fever in the middle of the night, or there is no way to do something to eat before taking medicine, or to take medicine first to reduce fever. In addition, after taking the medicine should also drink more warm water, in order to facilitate sweating to expel heat. Which vaccines should not be given to babies with a history of convulsions? If the baby has a history of convulsions or epilepsy, it is generally not recommended to vaccinate against rheumatic encephalitis because rheumatic encephalitis vaccine may cause fever, which may induce convulsions. When a mother takes her baby for vaccination, she should talk to the doctor in charge of vaccination about how many times her baby has had convulsions in the past, when, and for how long each time lasted, so that the doctor can decide whether or not her baby can be vaccinated.