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Show HOW TO TREAT CONVULSIONS Hot Bath the First Thlna to Be Ad- ministered to Child Who Suffers From That Complaint. When n baby has convulsions', It generally gen-erally menus ono df two things; either' it Is suffering from toxaemia, or poisoning, pois-oning, which Is usually the result ot; errors In the diet, or else there Is sonm serious trotiblu with the nervous system. sys-tem. If feeding Is nt the bottom of thu trouble, find out the error and correct it, nnd the nttneka Mill cease. When there is organic trouble present, the ifnse Is more serious. The nttuck niny bo stopped, but It Is likely to recur If the underlying cause persists. Such lire the convulsions caused by meningitis, menin-gitis, or acute Inllainmntlon ot thu brain coverings, nnd by hydrocepualms or wuter pressing on tho brnlu. It Is unnecessary to describe the symptoms, for thu most Inexperienced person knows when a baby la having a convulsion. In older people n tendency ten-dency to convulsions Indicates nn unstable un-stable nervous system, nnd that ll probably true of Infants who hove convulsions con-vulsions In coiiseqiii-nco of dietary er-lors er-lors thnt would leave stronger children chil-dren unaffected. Children who havo convulsions In their tlrst year often suffer from night terrors, tics, and oth' er signs of nervous Instability luter In life. Sometimes convulsions: are thu first feigns of un epilepsy that Is to appear In after years. The tlrst thing to do when n habj falls Into u convulsion Is to get IS Into a warm bath lis quickly ns possible. pos-sible. That is done to relieve blood tension and equalize' the circulation, nml to this end it Is well to give cold applications to the head nt the saiurt time. Do not hesltnte to give tho hot bath. Sometimes Inexperienced people who dread to make a mlstnko Insist on .Milting until the doctor comes. Hut thu hot Imth for a baby In convulsions can never lie n mistake. The doctor should bo called without delay, because be-cause In severe cases the bath must ho followed by sedative and relieving reliev-ing treatment thai he only will know how to employ. Thero Is one Important Import-ant "don't" to remember ilon't put anything Into the child's mouth either food, medicine or stimulant while you arc waiting for the doctor. Youth's Companion. |