Manejo preventivo y practico de la convulsión aguda febril en niños menores de 5 años dirigida a la comunidad

Abstract

Introduction: Acute febrile convulsions occur together with the presence of thermal upwelling, affecting between 4-5% of infants; between 6 months to 5 years of children who have not shown signs or symptoms of central nervous system infection (CNS), metabolic imbalance or other neurological pathology. Its etiology are the most common diseases of childhood, are classified as typical or simple febrile convulsive seizures and atypical or complex febrile seizures, complementary examinations are unnecessary unless it is a complicated crisis with neurological impairment, parents must be instructed of family and caregivers how to act in the face of a convulsive crisis and then go for medical help. Objective: To determine the importance of good preventive and practical management from the community in the face of acute febrile seizures in children. Methodology: A bibliographic search was carried out based on data from scientific articles of recent years such as Scielo, Elsevier, PUBMED, Guides clinical practice, web pages whose scientific journals have international origin such as Europe and Latin America, referring to the etiology, epidemiology, classification, diagnosis, treatment and advice on acute febrile seizures. Conclusions: Parents have to know that an event can cause panic at the beginning and anxiety at the end, the best solution is the knowledge of how to act in front of an event, it has been shown that physical, antipyretic and anticonvulsant means do not prevent an acute convulsion fever or its recurrences.