Convulsions are a common emergency in children, especially in infants and young children. Due to various reasons causing dysfunction of the brain and nervous system. Manifested as sudden whole body or local muscle group rigidity and spasms, often accompanied by consciousness disorders, frequent seizures or prolonged states that endanger life or can leave serious sequelae in children, affecting their intellectual development and health.
1、 Common causes of febrile seizures in children
1. Febrile seizures: The most common, especially prevalent in children aged 6 months to 4 years old, some may still experience febrile seizures after the age of 6, mainly due to fever, respiratory infections, and rapid temperature rise.
2. Central nervous system infections: such as encephalitis or meningitis, are more common in respiratory and intestinal infections. Children may experience frequent seizures, manifested as neck resistance, and prolonged seizures or recurrent seizures.
3. Low calcium convulsions: In recent years, low calcium convulsions have become increasingly rare because people attach great importance to calcium supplementation and vitamin D. If children experience febrile convulsions in infancy and do not supplement vitamin D and calcium supplements in a timely manner in their medical history, it should be considered that it may be a low calcium convulsion.
4. Epilepsy: Epilepsy is a non febrile seizure that can recur and is more common in school-age children. The electroencephalogram may have abnormal manifestations.
5. Intracranial space occupying lesions: such as brain cysts or tumors, which can cause abnormal lesions and seizures in children.
2、 How to prevent infantile convulsion
1. Strengthen nursing and physical exercise: When the weather changes, add and reduce clothes at the right time to avoid getting cold, and try not to go to public places and places with large floating population, such as supermarkets, cinemas, etc., to avoid catching cold. If adults at home have a cold, they need to wear masks to minimize contact with the baby as much as possible. Indoor windows should be opened frequently to ventilate, so that the baby can move outdoors, so that the body can adapt to the environment, improve the baby's resistance, and reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases.
2. Pay attention to balanced nutrition: In addition to dairy diet, babies should also add complementary foods in a timely manner, such as cod liver oil, calcium tablets, vitamin B1 and vitamin B6, as well as various minerals, to prevent hunger and low calcium and hypoglycemic seizures.
3. Strengthen care: After the baby's fever subsides, observe their body temperature and sweating. If the sweat subsides and the heat subsides, the condition will improve. It is important to promptly dry the baby's body, change clothes and bedding to prevent catching a cold. In addition, it is necessary to prevent the baby from falling on the head and causing traumatic brain injury, and it is also not advisable to hit the baby's head with your hands at will.
4. Actively reduce fever: Parents should closely observe changes in their body temperature and actively reduce fever once it rises. You can take a warm water bath, with the water temperature slightly higher than body temperature. The main purpose is to scrub the palms, soles, armpits, popliteal fossa, groin, and other areas of the child's body for a short period of time to prevent them from getting cold again. Drink plenty of water and take medication to cool down. Timely cooling can prevent the occurrence of febrile seizures.
3、 TCM treatment of infantile convulsions
1. acupuncture and moxibustion treatment: When children suddenly have febrile convulsions, you can choose acupuncture and moxibustion to quickly stop convulsions, acupuncture Renzhong and Yongquan points to quickly stop convulsions, and you can also choose Dazhui, Fengchi, Quchi, Hegu points, etc. After the convulsion stops, immediate treatment such as fever reduction and anti-inflammatory should be carried out. If the symptoms recur, oral Chinese medicine can be used for treatment.
2. Drug therapy: The treatment of febrile convulsions mainly focuses on clearing heat and calming the wind, using drugs such as gypsum, honeysuckle, forsythia suspensa, antelope horn, and hooked vine. At the same time, children often have insufficient spleen, and the drugs used to reduce fever and convulsions are often cold and harmful to the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is necessary to take the drugs orally after meals and eat foods that warm and nourish the spleen and stomach, such as yam. Take relevant medications under the correct guidance of a doctor.
When a child experiences muscle spasms, loss of consciousness, neck stiffness, and other symptoms, it is necessary to immediately be alert to pediatric convulsions. If a child experiences convulsions, they should lie down on their side, open their collar, wrap a towel around the tongue depressor, or use chopsticks to hold their teeth to prevent them from biting their tongue. It is important to calm the child down and avoid unnecessary stimulation. You can use warm water, medical alcohol, etc. to wipe and cool down. Parents should learn more about preventing seizures in children, and effectively preventing their children from getting sick is the most important thing.