Patient's question:
Son, 5 years old, discovered yesterday that his stomach and abdomen were twitching uncontrollably, with no known cause! It doesn't affect eating, sleeping, or playing, and it doesn't seem to hurt! However, please tell me what's going on? Because it twitches constantly, a bit like hiccups, but it's not hiccups! Hope you can recover, thank you!!Doctor's answer:
Hello, mom, for a child's condition like this, it could be caused by gastrointestinal spasm. However, if the baby does not have obvious abdominal pain symptoms but exhibits frequent muscle twitching in the abdomen, it is best to take the child to the hospital for an examination to rule out the possibility of Tourette syndrome, which is relatively more likely. This generally requires taking the child to the neurology department of a children's hospital for an examination. It is necessary to undergo cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) tests to rule out other cranial system diseases that may have caused the child's abdominal twitching. If there are no such problems, it should be considered as Tourette syndrome.