Convulsive syndrome can be life threatening

Unfortunately, the convulsive syndrome phenomenon is not so rare. Especially often it occurs in children. The cause of seizures can be various infections, injuries, intoxications, diseases of the central nervous system.

The manifestations of this disease are very diverse in the following factors:

• Duration;
• Frequency;
• State of consciousness;
• Form of manifestation;
• Prevalence;
• Time of appearance.

A convulsive syndrome is a pathological condition in which the striated muscles are involuntarily contracted. Most often it occurs with epilepsy, but it is possible with meningitis, encephalitis, spasmophilia and some other diseases. The occurrence of seizures often occurs with certain disorders in metabolism, overheating, severe diarrhea, or vomiting. Sometimes they occur with alcoholism, acute poisoning with psychotropic drugs. In young children, the development of convulsive syndrome is possible with neurotoxicosis, which occurs as a complication in the flu, as well as parainfluenza and adenovirus infections. In newborns, this condition can occur with congenital defects of the central nervous system, asphyxia, blood diseases.

Abbreviations can be localized or generalized when different muscle groups are involved in the process. In addition, there are cramps:

• Clonic or fast, when contractions and relaxations quickly replace one another for a short period of time;
• Tonic. Characterized by a slow and long-term reduction in muscle;
• Clonic - tonic. They have a mixed character.

Their nature and appearance largely depends on the pathological process that caused the onset of seizures or provokes their reappearance. When there is a convulsive syndrome, the patient has a wandering look, he loses touch with the world around him. Then, the head rolls back, the jaws contract, the lower limbs stretch out, and the arms bend at the elbows and hands. There is a slowing of the pulse and respiration rate. So the tonic phase proceeds with a mixed form of seizures. It usually lasts a very short time - a minute or a little more.

Clinical convulsions can have a different duration, and in some cases lead to the death of the patient. They begin with the twitching of the facial muscles, and then the limbs are involved in the process. Breathing becomes very noisy, foam appears on the lips, skin becomes pale, tachycardia is observed.

When diagnosing a convulsive syndrome, an important anamnesis of the disease plays an important role, and the history of childbirth for small children. Also for this purpose use echoencephalography, examination of the fundus, and in some cases computer topography of the skull.

If there is a convulsive syndrome, emergency care consists in maintaining vital functions:

• Remove mucus from the respiratory tract and ensure fresh air intake;
• Control of cardiac and respiratory activity, and, if necessary, their recovery;
• Avoiding tongue twisting.

Timely and correctly performed actions often save a person's life. Therefore, everyone should know the basic rules for providing such assistance.

If there is a convulsive syndrome, the treatment is to perform intensive therapy. After the first emergency treatment, anticonvulsant and dehydrating drugs are prescribed. To date, there is a fairly large list of such drugs, and the doctor makes an appointment in accordance with the severity of the patient's condition and the presence of concomitant diseases. Many experts believe that when convulsions with the appointment of dehydrating agents should not be particularly hasty.