Patient's question:
My friend's child is around 3 years old, a boy. One day, he suddenly fainted, his lips turned purple, he was vomiting foam, his hands and feet were cold, and he had convulsions all over his body. After about 10 minutes, he recovered. In the hospital, he was treated and examined for an unknown illness and kept having recurrent fever.Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition: This is a convulsion, or it could be a manifestation of epilepsy, with a history of birth injury.Recommendation: This is a symptom of a grand mal seizure. An MRI of the head and an electroencephalogram (EEG) can be performed for a definitive diagnosis. It could also be a febrile convulsion caused by encephalitis, which requires a cerebrospinal fluid test for confirmation.