Patient's question:
Due to being busy with work, I didn't have time to take care of my son when he had a cold for a day. By the evening, he started having a fever with a temperature of over 39 degrees Celsius. I was just about to take him to the hospital when he suddenly had a seizure. I was terrified and didn't know what to do, so I quickly called his grandmother. It took her a while to arrive, and only then was the seizure stopped. The entire process probably took more than 15 minutes. Since then, I've always had a knot in my heart. Although my child is now 7 years old and everything is fine, and since I know how to handle high fever, there have been no more seizures, I still worry if he might have epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Sudden loss of consciousness, followed by tonic-clonic seizures. Often accompanied by screaming, bluish complexion, incontinence, bitten tongue, foaming at the mouth or blood foam, dilated pupils. The seizure lasts for several seconds or minutes before stopping naturally, followed by a state of coma. After waking, there is a short period of dizziness, irritability, fatigue, and inability to recall the episode. If the seizure persists continuously, leading to continuous coma, it is referred to as status epilepticus, which is often life-threatening.