The baby's convulsion like crying in sleep is mainly caused by epilepsy, febrile convulsion and calcium deficiency in children. Therefore, it is necessary to go to the hospital and find out the causes before treatment.
1. Epilepsy in children: Due to abnormal discharge of the brain, baby emotional tension or sleep, epilepsy prone to attack. There are prodromal symptoms before the attack, such as dizziness and headache. When the attack occurs, the symptoms such as crying like convulsion, foaming at the mouth, convulsions all over the body, straight eyes and other symptoms, as usual after waking up. Family members should send the baby to the hospital in time, improve the EEG examination, and use antiepileptic drugs such as valproate and carbamazepine according to the doctor's advice. If necessary, they need surgery;
2. Febrile convulsion: Crying convulsion occurs when the baby sleeps, which is characterized by sudden muscle tonic or clonic convulsions, accompanied by high fever, body temperature up to 38 ℃ or above, which is considered as febrile convulsion. Patients should be treated with diazepam sedation and acetaminophen antipyretic therapy according to the doctor's advice;
3. Calcium deficiency: In addition to the baby crying like convulsions, but also accompanied by laryngeal spasm, convulsions and other symptoms, the examination of trace elements can indicate calcium deficiency. It is necessary to seek medical advice in time and supplement calcium according to the doctor's advice.
matters needing attention
When the baby is sleeping, crying like convulsion, the family members should not press and hold the baby's body forcibly to avoid fracture. No matter whether the convulsion is stopped or not, the parents should take the baby to the hospital for examination, so as not to delay the disease.
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