What to do when a child has a fever and convulsions

  Fever convulsions in children is also known as febrile convulsions, children’s central nervous system is not well developed, when the body temperature is too high, it is very easy to cause convulsions, especially in children with a family history, generally occurring in children aged 6 months to 4 years.  Once a convulsion occurs, parents should first of all be calm and not panic, because convulsions are not life-threatening, the duration of convulsions is generally a few seconds to a few minutes, if the time is too long or repeated seizures will have an impact on the nervous system of children, so to control the temperature in time to stop the convulsions: 1, immediately lay the child flat in a safe place, avoid hard objects that may cause injury, head to the side, loosen Keep the respiratory tract open, and quickly remove the secretions and vomit from the mouth, nose and throat that can be seen to prevent accidental aspiration.  2, pay attention to care, do not let the child hurt themselves, but be careful not to pry teeth, so as not to damage the teeth.  3, to carry out physical cooling, rapid control of body temperature, you can place cold towels on the child’s forehead, thigh roots, armpits and other places, wipe the whole body with warm water, reduce body temperature can reduce the occurrence of convulsions.  4, the baby convulsions stop, a little rest, should be sent to the hospital, convulsions > 5 minutes should be given anti-convulsive drug therapy, convulsions lasting a long time or frequent seizures should be sent to the hospital immediately to avoid delay in treatment.  Babies with a history of febrile convulsions, parents should pay special attention to changes in the baby’s temperature, when the baby has a high fever, physical cooling or take antipyretic drugs in a timely manner to avoid causing febrile convulsions again, taking drugs under the guidance of a doctor.