What are the manifestations of neonatal convulsions?

Patient's question:

How many days has the child been born? Their eyes keep twitching. I want to know what are the symptoms of convulsions in newborns?

Doctor's answer:

The baby's eyes keep staring, trembling, or blinking. After the baby is full, the mouth will repeatedly chew and suck. Irregular breathing, accompanied by blue skin and facial muscle twitching. Sudden onset, loss of consciousness, head tilting backward, fixed upward gaze or strabismus, foaming at the mouth, jaw stiffness, facial or upper and lower limb muscles exhibiting clonic or tonic spasms. In severe cases, it may lead to nuchal rigidity, opisthotonos, irregular breathing, cyanosis, or incontinence of urine and feces. The seizure does not stop continuously, lasting from several seconds to several minutes or even longer.

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