On Tuesday Navya was having slight fever and upset stomach. I decided to work from home as Navya was very cranky. And then Navya's temperature started rising and within a minute Navya stopped crying, her body shivered and became stiff, eyes rolled upward. I got so scared I can't even describe here. We immediately took her to hospital, doctor wanted to keep her under observation for a day and then we had to admit her there. Thankfully, Navya did not get temperature after that but had stomach infection. She is recovering well from it now.
We got to know from the doctor that it was a Convulsion. Convulsions are caused by sudden rise in temperature. Young children between the ages of 6 months to 6 years can get it. Young children's Nervous system is not matured and it can not take the sudden rise in body temp. Once a child gets it then there are chances are there that it will happen again. So now we need to take care that whenever she gets fever we need to give her the prescribed medicine till the age of 6 years. Thankfully these convulsions are harmless. But as the child looses consciousness there are chances of accident. Usually such convulsions last for 2-4 minutes. One should shake the child, and loosen the cloths for easy breathing. And one should not panic.
Huh, but how can you not panic :(. That's why I thought of sharing this with you, so in case you face such situation please don’t panic, turn your child on one side; incase he/she vomits it wont choke him/her. Once the child regains consciousness take her to the doctor. After convulsion there are some tests for which they need to take fluid from backbone. But to avoid this doctor may ask to keep your child under observation for a day and monitor the temperature.
I hope this information helps you.
12 comments:
That sounds terrible! You must have been terrified - I'm glad Navya is fine and will be praying for her good health.
Oh how scary that must have been for you. I'm happy she is OK now. We'll be praying for her to remain healthy. What kind of meds does she have to take to avoid this in the future?
This happened to a friend of mine too.She didn't realize that her daughter,who was three at the time,had a fever until it had gone too high and she started convulsing.Her daughter is 16 now and she has never had another convulsion because my friend made sure to give her medicine as soon as she got a fever.
Hope your little Navya doesn't have them again :)
Blessings.
Oh dear I'm so glad she's okay now. My baby just started having seizures, but a different kind. I totally understand how powerless and scared it can make you feel.
Thanks for sharing...hope Navvya is feeling better now. I know what its like to panic and I'm not too good at handling such situations, but I guess we all learn.
Lots of love to Navya, and hope she stays healthy
That sounds so scary. Glad to hear that she is okay now.
Prescribed Medicines for convulsions are
1. 1/2 tablet of Frisium 5
2. 2 ml of Ibugesic Plus syrup
The syrup's quantity would depend on Age and weight of the child
that sounds so scary. I will be praying she feels better.
Oh gosh .. that sounds too scary. Is she feeling better now ?
how scary Pallavi !!! Thought I have heard this is very common - still must be so frightening to see
IN the your previous post I just LOVE the pix - she is a gorgeous little doll
Hey thank you all for keeping Navya in your prayers.
She has recovered from that fever and Stomach infection. All well except that running nose.
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