Patient's question:
How is infantile spasms treated? Main symptoms: Nodding upon waking up, eyes rolling up, body bending, perhaps recovering in half a minute. Onset time: At four months. Laboratory test results: MRI and EEG diagnosed as infantile spasms.Doctor's answer:
The pathogenesis of infantile spasms is still unclear. Some studies suggest that dysfunction of the brainstem monoamine neurotransmitter system, structural abnormalities of brainstem neurons, and immune system dysfunction may be associated with the onset of infantile spasms.Medical advice: Medication: In the treatment of epilepsy recurrence, antiepileptic drugs play a particularly important role. Antiepileptic drugs can eliminate or reduce epilepsy recurrence in two ways: first, by affecting central neurons to prevent or reduce their pathological excessive discharge; second, by increasing the excitability threshold of normal brain tissue, weakening the spread of excitatory foci, and preventing epilepsy recurrence.
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