Just when I started to think my stress and illness of last week were finally over and I felt strong enough to bounce back and get to my usual activities, life dealt with me yet another blow, but this time a more serious one.
It was after church service, that I wrapped my baby around my back while we attended the meeting for the teachers of the children's department when I suddenly felt my baby was acting strangely behind me.
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.I tapped the woman sitting close to me and asked her to help me check out my Son, she screamed "Blood of Jesus" please release him. The other women began to shout and pray, a medical personnel was amongst us and she collected the baby and handled the situation professionally while others kept praying.
I was confused, and I just kept muttering the words, my child will not die, and I am grateful he didn't. We quickly rushed him down to the nearest hospital where we got referred to a teaching hospital where we are currently.
I couldn't stop thinking about what could have provoked the condition, and I started to ask questions immediately after we got admitted.
Although we still await results from the series of tests we ran, from all possible inclinations, our case was that of, febrile convulsion.
Febrile convulsion happens to children when they have a high fever, it can happen to children between the age of 6 months to 6 years old.
A child with febrile seizures would shake all over the body, and lose consciousness.
Getting stiff or twitching in one area of the body is also a strong possibility with febrile convulsion. The child would have a fever that is higher than 38 degrees Celsius.
Febrile seizures are classified into either simple or complex. A simple case of febrile seizures is often the most common type people experience, the episode does not last for longer than 15 minutes, it is not specific to one part of the body and does not reoccur within a 24-hour time frame.
A complex case of febrile seizure, on the other hand, has an episode that lasts for longer than 15 minutes, is confined to one side of the child's body and happens more than once within 24 hours.
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Febrile convulsion is usually only triggered by a rise in temperature. The fever may be triggered by a viral illness or sometimes bacterial infection. A child, their brain is more sensitive to fever than the brain of an adult.
Some childhood vaccinations can also trigger febrile seizures. In this case, it is the presence of the fever in the body and not the vaccine that triggered the seizure.
Some children experience febrile convulsion based on family history, the one-time occurrence of febrile seizure does not mean there would be any serious side effect on the development of the child, and the chances of complications are linked to recurrence.
There is a higher chance of recurrence if;
The febrile seizure was the first symptom noticed
A child is below 18 months old when it happened.
There is an immediate family member with a previous history.
While I don't ever pray/wish for a recurrence, certain tips I have learned in case it happens to someone else is to remain calm during the episode.
Take away every hard or injurious object from the surroundings, do not interfere with the movement at that time, do not put anything in the mouth of your child, and just stick around to monitor the progress of the child, you may be required to call an emergency until following the next line of action.
Fever is a normal response to infection, parents and caregivers are advised to observe closely and give paracetamol during a fever episode, avoid overdressing them and have their rooms too hot.
For Further Studies.
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/febrile-seizures
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/febrile-seizure/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20372527
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/fever-febrile-convulsions
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/febrile-seizure
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/febrile-seizures/
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