FEVER SPASTIC

Fever spastic disease is spastic that occur when body temperature increases, generally occur within 16 hours when fever with duration of spastic less than 15 minutes.

Fever spastic usually occurred at age six months to four years with a peak at age 14 - 18 months. Fever spastic will disappear at the age of six years. The cause of fever spastic in children is generally due to infection of respiratory tract and throat that associated with bacteria, viruses and ear infections.

Children who experience fever spastic is rarely became epilepsy sudden, unless there are risk factors of spastic became epileptic, among others :

• If occurred the first spastic before the age of six months.
• Duration of spastic that occurred more than 15 minutes.
• There is abnormalities of growth and neurologic system on patients.
• Genetic factor with a history of family who have experienced fever spastic or epilepsy.
• The step of first aid if child experiencing of fever, so that epilepsy sudden not occured, including :
• Give anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant immediate.
• If the body temperature increases so that giving anticonvulsant through the rectum.
• Compress the body with water.
• Make a cool room temperature.
• If children grow shivering, giving wrap for hand and foot.
• Children do not be covered with a thick blanket because heat of body will increase.
• It is advisable to give children a drink of water because demand of water will increase at fever condition. With a lot of water intake into the body, fever will out together with sweat , urine and breathing.
• Do not drink coffee because it causes heart pounding - pounding and not able to sleep.

Immediately take to the doctor to get further medical action and precise.

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