Patient's question:
Recently, I had a baby, and the whole family is very happy. However, recently when my friend visited me, they noticed something was a bit off with the baby—it kept suddenly twitching all over, and its expression looked extremely painful. We searched online and found it might be infantile severe pain. We want to understand the specific situation. What kind of help is needed: What is infantile spasms?Doctor's answer:
Symptomatic infantile spasms are mostly poor-prognosis, primarily manifesting as intellectual and developmental delays, seizures that are difficult to focus or transform into other types of recurrence. Spasmodic recurrences last for 3 to 30 months, generally increasing after the age of 1, and severe pain recurrences tend to gradually disappear after the age of 3. Phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, and sodium valproate are currently widely used antiepileptic drugs. Infantile spasms are a form of epilepsy encephalopathy, and most children do not respond well to drug treatment. Some parents decide on surgical treatment for infantile spasms. However, surgical treatment is not suitable for all infantile spasms, and children must meet certain conditions to undergo the procedure.