Patient's question:
After the child is born, twitching often occurs. Is neonatal twitching a sign of epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Infantile spasms, which are actually a special type of epilepsy in infancy, primarily affect infants aged 3—7 months. Symptoms of spasms: Infantile spasms can be categorized into flexor spasms, extensor spasms, and mixed spasms. Flexor spasms are the most common, characterized by flexion of the neck, torso, upper limbs, and lower limbs, with the child suddenly nodding, the upper limbs retracting into a ball-like posture, and then extending outward. The intensity of muscle contraction varies among different children or during different episodes in the same child. Mild cases may only manifest as head shaking or shrugging shoulders, while severe abdominal muscle contractions can cause the torso to resemble a folded knife.