Do you know what to do if your baby got a febrile fit?
Do you know what to do if your baby got a febrile fit? Today we'll discuss febrile fits / febrile convulsions in children. What is febrile fit or convulsion ? Before we talk about febrile fits we will get to know about what is fit. Usually, our body movements are controlled by our brains. First, we think about some body movement and then our brain sends a message to the responsible muscle to work via nerves. What happens during a fitting episode is our brain functioning gets abnormal for a short period of time. Then the brain sends messages to muscles without our knowledge. Then those muscles get contracted leading to visible jerky body movements. As brain functioning gets abnormal most of the time consciousness is also affected. These sometimes get resolved spontaneously. When this type of fitting episode occurs with the fever we call it a febrile convulsion. But most importantly there should not be any evidence of brain infection. What are the common causes of...