Monday, March 31, 2008

What is the heat of convulsions and seizures without heat?

Effects of febrile seizures in children is more common during the central nervous system dysfunction emergency symptoms more common in infants and young children, a good age for 6 months to 5 years old, to nine months to 20 months for the summit, the incidence rate of about 2% to 4%, 2% in Europe and the United States to 5 percent. Effects of febrile seizures are mostly the result of various infectious diseases, the most common upper respiratory tract infection, the onset of the typical clinical manifestations are: sudden loss of consciousness, with many eyes on the ball up, staring or strabismus, facial muscles or limbs, muscle rigidity, spasm or kept tic. Attack by the time a few seconds to several minutes, sometimes repeated attack, or even a continuing state. Serious heat febrile seizures can be left nervous system sequelae. No convulsions common in metabolic diseases, nutrition disorders (such as amino acid metabolic diseases, phenylketonuria, hypocalcemia, hyponatremia, high-sodium, low potassium, low blood sugar, vitamin B6 dependency syndrome); in various toxic encephalopathy, central nervous system diseases (congenital malformations, trauma, etc.), hysteria, epilepsy and so on. Such diseases do not usually fever, convulsions but sometimes longer, can also cause increased body temperature. Febrile convulsions at this time for the consequences and not the causes of, the general asked detailed history, finding the disease and the primary cause, thermal and non-thermal convulsive seizures it is not difficult to identify.

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