Patient's question:
I want to know why a newly born child might exhibit the action of nodding and bending over again. What causes the child to nod and bend over? Does it belong to infantile spasms? How are infantile spasms diagnosed?Doctor's answer:
The cryptogenic infantile severe pain has the following characteristics: ① Normal growth and development before recurrence, normal neurological examination, and normal neuroimaging; ② Symmetrical severe pain on both sides, without other types of epilepsy seizures; ③ The electroencephalogram (EEG) background shows typical bilateral peak rhythm disturbance. Between a series of severe pain episodes, the EEG can completely recover the peak rhythm disturbance pattern. ④ Evidence of the EEG reappearing with infinite local abnormalities. Before the recurrence of symptomatic infantile severe pain, there is poor mental and motor development, and abnormalities can be found in neurological examination and neuroimaging.