Will the child's seizures recur?

Will convulsions recur? Pediatric convulsions are a common disease with a relatively serious incidence rate, which is common in children aged 1-3 years old. If convulsions occur frequently or persist, it may endanger the life of the child. Therefore, many parents are worried that the disease will recur after treatment. Let's take a look at whether convulsions will recur.

Children's febrile convulsions will recur, so parents must pay great attention to it. Every time a high fever occurs, it will stimulate the brain to become abnormally excited, which makes the brain more sensitive to the repeated stimulation of the high fever. Over time, repeated seizures will occur. Each seizure will cause varying degrees of damage to the nervous system, leaving hidden dangers for future growth and development. Some severe cases will leave sequelae of epilepsy.

Febrile convulsions are common in children between 6 months and 4 years old. Convulsions usually occur in the early stages of fever and are short-lived. It is rare for multiple seizures to occur consecutively during a single febrile illness. They often occur within 12 hours of fever. Consciousness recovers quickly after the seizure, and there are no positive neurological signs. The EEG returns to normal one week after the fever subsides. This is a simple febrile convulsion with a good prognosis.

The onset age of complex febrile seizures is uncertain, often occurring before 6 months or after 6 years of age. Initially, it is a high fever seizure. After several seizures, seizures may occur even when the patient has a low fever or even no fever. Sometimes, the seizures are repeated many times, and each seizure lasts longer, exceeding 15 minutes. The EEG is still abnormal 2 weeks after the seizure, and the prognosis is poor. The possibility of transformation into epilepsy is 15% to 30%.

Warm reminder: To prevent recurrence, you need to completely avoid another seizure at a high-risk age (before 6 years old), prevent persistent convulsions, reduce the occurrence of epilepsy, and avoid intellectual development disorders. Currently, intermittent medication is commonly used, that is, after the first seizure, take medication immediately when fever occurs. You can also take some preventive medications according to the doctor's advice to play a preventive role.