Patient's question:
The baby probably started about half a month ago. He often has whole-body convulsions, feeling like it's very cold. At first, we thought he had caught a cold, but later we realized it happens frequently, and each episode lasts more than one minute. It's a bit sad. The hospital conducted a thorough examination and said it's infantile spasms. What medicine should be taken for infantile spasms?Doctor's answer:
Infantile spasms are a severe, age-related, cryptogenic, generalized epilepsy syndrome characterized by early onset, specific seizure types, regression of intellectual and motor development after onset, and EEG showing high-amplitude rhythmic disturbances. For the condition you described, it is recommended that you seek treatment at a specialized children's hospital or a maternal and child health hospital. Valproic acid derivatives can be effective with rapid onset of action and fewer side effects, but require higher dosages. If this does not work, you could try traditional Chinese medicine treatment. If a thorough EEG examination shows high synchrony of epileptic spikes in both cerebral hemispheres, surgery may be an option.