Patient's question:
Originally, this person's mood had been quite good recently. His wife recently gave birth to a baby boy, who was also very cute. However, after birth, they noticed something was wrong with the baby—it kept having spasms. Sometimes, even during the quiet nights, this would occur, and they were very worried.Doctor's answer:
The causes or triggers of infantile spasms are generally as follows:1. Birth injuries
2. Brain developmental abnormalities, such as brain underdevelopment, delayed brain development, and brain atrophy.
3. Trauma: including open and closed head injuries.
4. Congenital diseases: brain malformations, hydrocephalus, chromosomal abnormalities, etc.
5. Genetics: children of epilepsy (grand mal) patients have a 1 in 500 chance of developing infantile spasms.
6. Brain schistosomiasis and brain echinococcosis can cause infantile spasms, but this is rare.
7. Cerebrovascular diseases: pediatric vascular malformations may lead to infantile spasms, but this is rare.
8. Amniotic fluid aspiration, fetal asphyxia due to umbilical cord, placental abruption, umbilical cord prolapse, and cesarean delivery can significantly increase the incidence rate later in life.