Answer: The possibility exists but the probability is lowIn the past few days, many people may have seen the video of the second uncle, so someone came to ask How can a fever injection lead to paralysis. Fever itself is a symptom, usually with infection, inflammation, tumor, immunity and other reasons behind it. Fever itself generally does not cause damage to the body, unless it is a high temperature above 42°C, which is usually due to a problem with the thermoregulatory center, which is extremely rare in itself, so there is generally no need to worry about fever burning the brain or nerves. For details, see: Will a fever burn my child? But the reason behind the fever is that it may cause brain or nerve damage, such as brain tissue damage caused by bacterial or viral meningitis, such as motor nerve damage caused by poliovirus Meta injury, resulting in lower extremity movement disorders or paralysis. Injections, especially intramuscular injections in the buttocks, theoretically may damage the sciatic nerve, usually due to the deviation of the injection site or the injection too deep, but this is a very small probability event, even if it occurs Usually it is unilateral lower extremity, and it is less likely that the same person will be injected into both lower extremities at the same time. Because of the use of benzyl alcohol as a vehicle in the past, many children have contractures of the gluteal muscles, but the contractures of the gluteal muscles mainly affect the activities of the lower limbs and will not cause paralysis. Therefore, paralysis of the lower extremities after a fever injection is a relatively rare condition, and more information is needed to determine the cause. If it happened many years ago, if there was still polio at that time, this should be considered more, especially if both lower limbs are involved, if it is a single lower limb paralysis, the sciatic nerve injury caused by injection needs to be considered. At the same time, we need to know that spanking with fever was very common in the past, but it is actually wrong. The first choice for antipyretics is oral antipyretics, and antipyretic suppositories can be used if they cannot be taken orally. There are very few cases that require infusion treatment, and no spanking is needed. Knowing how to properly deal with a fever can avoid many unnecessary risks.
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