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re: re: re: re:Convulsions - due to low blood sugar - to Angela Sep. 17th, 2007 12:16pm
Hi Angela,
There are different types and causes of "convulsions", but a sterotypical example is where the person becomes unconscious, falls to the ground and their body shakes and twitches uncontrollably. Convulsions (or "fits") can last seconds, minutes, or in very bad - and rare - cases, hours. Usually only seconds or minutes though.
People with epilepsy can have convulsions - but these posts are not referring to epilepsy.
People can also "fit" or have a convulsion (become unconscious and their body jerks) if their blood sugar is low, or even more commonly, in children when they have a high temperature (called a "febrile convulsion"). Febrile convulsions are very common in children and they usually grow out of them.
