A child with a cold who sleeps with a startle may be suffering from an acute upper respiratory tract infection itself, or it may be complicated by an intracranial infection.
A child with a cold is usually referred to as an acute upper respiratory tract infection, during the course of the disease may appear to be not sleeping soundly, manifested as “a frightening”, but at the same time need to pay attention to identify other diseases, such as intracranial infections.
Acute upper respiratory tract infection is a common disease in pediatrics, also known as colds, often caused by bacterial or viral infections and other pathogenic infections, and during the course of the disease, there may be recurrent fever, nasal congestion and other symptoms, which can affect sleep, sleep is not steady, and some children have a fever during sleep, chills, and the above mentioned “a frightening” can occur.
However, it is necessary to pay attention to differentiate other diseases that cause “startle”, such as bacterial meningitis, viral encephalitis, during the course of the disease may appear convulsions, manifested as shaking limbs, parents can describe it as the above phenomenon, improve the lumbar spinal puncture and other tests can assist in the diagnosis.
The child’s cold sleep jittery, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.