CONVULSIONS

People get unnerved when they see someone have convulsions. They do not know what to do which leads to doing wrong intervention or not doing anything at all. When you observe that a person’s body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably then he is having convulsions. Most of it lasts for about 30 seconds to 2 minutes, but if it continues longer and does not stop it can be fatal since during convulsions the brain lacks oxygen. It can be caused by severe head injury, high fever, disease condition in the brain, etc. During the attack protect the person for further injuries like fractures, and put the patient into a side lying position. After that he should be checked by a medical practitioner for evaluation.