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Cramp (convulsion)

Cramps at the newborn specify in cerebral disease, can arise from a fright, worms, constipations, at a teething and from a number of other reasons.

The attack begins unexpectedly, more often in a dream: the person at the child turns pale, is deformed, labiums become blue, eyes are gone, face muscles twitch, there is a vomiting, cramps reduce extremities. In easy cases the attack proceeds some minutes, then the child is abirritated. But when one attack follows another, the help of the doctor is required.

First aid at cramps

When cramps will end, to avoid repeated attack, is necessary to put to the child a clyster from water of a room temperature with Acetum, on a head to put a bubble with ice and to observe in a room the uttermost silence. If there is a possibility quickly to receive mentioned below a medicine instead of a clyster from pure water to put it a clyster from half of portion of a medicine, and of second half to make a repeated clyster if there will be no improvement. Chloral hydrate - 1,0; Salepum slime - 10,0; the distilled water - 50,0.

If despite the taken measures of a cramp at the child will proceed, it is necessary to call the doctor, since. These symptoms can specify in the begun inflammation of a brain.

Weak, starting in a dream (as though who has struck them), it is necessary to children for strengthening and prevention of cerebral diseases to give every day on 1 teaspoon of cod-liver oil with phosphorus (100:0,01).