Patient's question:
A friend's newborn child, after the baby's first month, noticed that the child sometimes rolled their eyes up and cried, happening several times a day, sometimes multiple times in a row. During naps, the child exhibited slight twitching of their hands and feet. Therefore, they wanted to ask the doctor why the baby might be developing infantile spasms.Doctor's answer:
Birth injury is a common cause of symptomatic epilepsy in infants and children. Forceps, midwife's hooks, cephalopelvic disproportion, abnormal fetal position, fetal macrosomia, prolonged labor, and primiparous age are the main causes of neonatal injury. Congenital diseases such as brain malformations, hydrocephalus, and chromosomal abnormalities. Brain underdevelopment, delayed brain development, brain atrophy, etc. Amniotic fluid aspiration leading to fetal respiratory distress, umbilical cord, placental abruption, placenta previa, cesarean section, etc., the incidence rate will significantly increase in the future. After various encephalitis, meningitis, and brain abscesses, many patients may have post-natal severe infant pain.