What are the symptoms of childhood spasms?

Infantile spasms is a relatively common disease. So what are the symptoms of infantile spasms? I believe many friends want to learn about this knowledge. Next, this article will introduce you to the symptoms of infantile spasms. Friends who want to know more about this knowledge can take a look! Please see the detailed introduction below.

What are the symptoms of infantile spasms? Infantile spasms begin within 1 year of age and peak at 4 to 7 months.

1. Characteristics of convulsive seizures: Typical seizures are bowing or nodding. Some people have also observed that the disease presents various forms of seizures, such as flexion-hyperextension mixed seizures, which are the most common, and others include flexion, hyperextension, myoclonus, atonia or rigidity, unilaterality, and atypical absence seizures.

1. Bowing spasm: A sudden and brief whole-body muscle spasm occurs, with the trunk and legs bending and the arms stretching forward and outward.

2. Nodding spasm: muscle spasm is limited to the head and neck, with nodding-like attacks occurring, and the forehead and face are prone to bruises.

3. Lightning spasms: They last very short periods of time and can only be noticed by those who happen to be watching the child when they occur. Atypical seizure forms include asymmetric spasms. The head rotates to one side or one side of the limb twitches, there is an extension spasm, the head tilts back, the eyes roll upward, the legs are stretched out, and the legs are in opisthotonos.

If a child starts to have cramps such as nodding and bending when he is a few months old, this may be infantile spasms. Infantile spasms are actually a special type of epilepsy in infancy. This disease is more common in infants aged 3-7 months. Its cause may be related to birth trauma, neonatal asphyxia, viral encephalitis, intrauterine infection, congenital toxoplasmosis, congenital brain malformations and certain metabolic diseases.

2. Intellectual changes: When infantile spasms first occur, 60% to 70% of children have intellectual disabilities, which can increase to 85% to 90% when they are 2 years old. Regardless of whether there is intellectual disability before the onset of the disease, intellectual developmental disorders will appear one after another once spasms occur. The diagnosis of this disease can be made based on the characteristics of infantile spasms, EEG peak rhythm disorder, and psychomotor developmental disorders at the onset.

The above is an introduction to the symptoms of infantile spasms. I believe that after reading the above introduction, everyone will have a very clear understanding of the related manifestations of infantile spasms. If your child shows the above symptoms, it is very likely that he is suffering from infantile spasms! Therefore, parents must pay close attention to their children's abnormal behavior, and if they find something is wrong, they should seek medical attention in time.