Patient's question:
The child has convulsions whenever he has a high fever. What's going on?Doctor's answer:
There are many factors or causes of convulsions. If convulsions occur with fever, cold symptoms, etc., conditions such as high fever convulsions, encephalitis, and meningitis should be considered. If there is no fever during convulsions, and the child cries and screams during the episode, infantile spasms should be considered. Repeated, frequent, feverless convulsions also warrant consideration of epilepsy.The brain's nervous system in young children is not fully developed, so they have insufficient control over body temperature. When the temperature changes rapidly, brain cells may discharge abnormally, and the body may overreact due to poor adaptation. For example, when an adult feels cold or has a high fever, the entire body may shiver with chills. In contrast, young children may lose control due to trembling and thus express this through convulsions.