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What causes breath-holding spells?
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Fear,pain,trauma: It is a responce to fear, or as a result of trauma or pain, or if the infant is startled and confronted there is some association with iron deficiency it runs in the families and stop by the time the infant is 6to8 years old.
Answered 6/26/2016
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