Question 1

any new information regarding infantile spasms?

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Doctors: This is a good, but complex question. The best answers should come from your pediatrician or a pediatric neurologist for facts and the proper context.

Question 2

any hopeful information regarding infantile spasms?

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Infantile spasm: Has episodic spasm like seizures, associated with poor prognosis. Typically starts early in childhood, there is possible milestone regression. Steroids are used, if there is any surgical cause in brain, surgery might be helpful. Some of the newer antiseizure meds are helpful.

Question 3

any hopeful information regarding infantile spasms treatments?

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Infantile spasm: Yes, infantile spasm is one of epilepsy syndromes that represent in infancy, it can be symptomatic due to brain structural abnormalities or metabolic disorders, or without a definite etiology. Generally the first line of treatment is acth which is a kind of steriod that is given by im inj., the success rate is app. 65-70%, other treatments include vigabatrin and other seizure medicines.

Question 4

what is an  infantile spasm?

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Infantile spasm: Infantile spasm, also called west syndrome, is a form of epilepsy or seizures as a result of brain damage caused by lack of oxygen during birth, infections like meningitis and encephalitis (brain), trauma and bleeding inside the head. Prognosis is poor and is related directly to the cause.

Question 5

is my son having infantile spasms?

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It depends: Infantile spasm is a serious epilepsy syndrome that occur mostly during the first year of life, the diagnosis depends on the history and description of the events, recording the event by video cam it helps a lot and the typical eeg findings of hypsarrhythmia confirm the diagnosis. The common presentaion is head bobbing with arm extension or flexion coming as clusters of many events together.

Question 6

how would i know if my son having infantile spasms?

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Salam seizure: Infantile spasm is a cluster of subtle movement of upper extremities and head bobbing which can be just for a second and can be back to back as a cluster up to 100 in severe cases, some times the infant can have multiple clusters on one day mostly after waking up or before going to sleep, if you suspect it in your son try to record the event and check with your doctor.

Question 7

how to differentiate infantile spasms vs myoclonoc spasms.which is more dangerous?

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Labels: Myoclonic spasms can occasionally occur in normal people, as some jerk awake, or as part of a disease process. Infantile spasms describes a most often disabling pattern of seizures in a child who may face a lifelong struggle with the disorder.

Question 8

difference between myoclonoc jerks and infantile spasms.which is more serious.any sample.videos for the 2?

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Opposites: Myoclonus is a benign and common condition which you will notice tends to happen upon falling asleep.  Infantile spasms are a rare and progressive serious neurologic condition in which jerking tends more to happen UPON AWAKENING.    Video your baby and show these to your pediatrician at next visit. Overwhelming odds are for benign myoclonus!

Question 9

is west syndrome (infantile spasms) hereditary?

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Secondarily: Infantile spasms divide broadly into those arising in the context of an identified disorder and those that are not (idiopathic).  The spasns themselves are not hereditary, but many of the identified causes can be.  See:  http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/west_syndrome.

Question 10

is west syndrome (infantile spasms) a hereditary condition?

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INFANTILE SPASMS:: When combined with specific eeg changes of hypsarhythmia- is called west syndrome. 2 types: cryptogenic: when no cause found, and symptomatic: due to prenatal / natal(during delivery) / postnatal insult/injury. Some genetic linkage has been recently found, x-linked inheritance is seen, some familial cases are found.

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