Xiaohongbo is a 5 year old little boy and becomes fat in vain, it is agreeable. One night, after watching Hong Kong martial arts TV series, small flood wave was very excited, small hand-throw a rejection, foot pedal of a step, to the Mummy imitates TV footage in a one, it really is a bit like! mum looked really happy. Go to bed just about 20 minutes minutes, only heard suddenly exclaimed a sound will lean over sit up from the bed. Two eyes gaze, look like a pair of panic on his face, pale, sweating, shouting: \"mother! mother! \"Mother quickly hold small flood wave, and beat him, said:\" don\'t be afraid, don\'t be afraid, mother. \"Small flood wave had no response, don\'t seem to have heard the same, still called and called, surprise and shake. After several minutes, had small flood wave stopped shouting, head to the fallen went to sleep.
The next morning, mum to small flood wave to ask anything, small flood wave was completely unaware. Since then, every ten days, half a month, in the small flood wave body and similar things will happen. Mommy had to take small flood wave to children\'s psychological clinic at the hospital for medical treatment, after thorough diagnose, doctors determine the diagnosis, the original small flood wave phenomenon of panic cry at night attack, medical psychology called \"night terrors\".
Medical diagnosis
Night terrors, found in about 3% children, boys over girls. Can occur in children of any age, but to 5-7 to see, after puberty is rare. Night surprise attack occurred within half an hour in the night, no later than 2 hours. At this point, the baby is not have sharp eyes fourth period of REM sleep, about two-thirds occurs in non-have sharp eyes for the first time in children with sleep, that is, approximately 15-30 minutes of sleep.
The clinical manifestations of night terrors, in children with sleep for some time, suddenly awoke, stare sits up, restless, face of panic. But consciousness is still hazy State, at the same time showing pale, short of breath, Mydriasis, sweating, pulse faster, up to 180 beats per minute. Attack calls for children, in general it is difficult to wake up, children are often not ignored, continued in a State of panic, kept to seize a person cry or shout, tension seems to be suffering from some sort of strong pain. While comfort, hug, turn a blind eye to parents, deaf ears. This situation often continued for some time, and go away, then in children with sleep. Children with part in the attack with a tour, that is, get up and walk, do some simple mechanical actions, such as opening the drawer, but cannot recall after waking. This difference in the number of occurrences of the disease, a night attack on several occasions, may attack a few days or a dozen days.
Etiology and treatment of night terrors in children
Causes night terrors in children caused by mainly caused by psychological factors such as stress, frightened, for example someone seriously ill family member, or sudden death; separated from their parents for the first time into a strange environment; and accidental events causing anxiety and terror in children with traumatic disturbing, and so on. In addition, terrorist tensions in before going to bed listening to stories of tension or watching horror movies, TV shows, and so on, can lead to night surprise attack.
Night terrors often occur in children, tend to show that itself there is sustained longer anxiety. Therefore, the need to further understand the psychological state of children with, to conduct psychological guidance. Parents of children not too nervous night surprise attack, requiring attention is to prevent child night surprised with night attack, possible accidents, so be sure to make a variety of security measures. After the surprise attack at night, to children as soon as possible back to sleep, and to cover yourself up.
Night terrors in children generally do not require medication, but repeated attacks, higher number, can be used under the guidance of doctor of sedatives, such as static stability, estazolam, to control the night surprise attack frequency. Before going to bed taking Clomipramine, there is a certain effect.
Must point out, some also have night terrors in children with epilepsy seizures. However, the phenomenon of night terrors they just a manifestation of the seizure. For the children of the night terrors often occur, you should at the same time do some EEG, early identification.
In order to prevent night terrors occur, attacks, parents should be aware of children brave spirit, usually avoid tense horror stories or watch tense horror movies, TV shows, especially in the evening.
The General prognosis good, when the inducing factors after the lift, or as children grow older, night terrors that will gradually come to self, parents do not have to too heavy a burden.
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