What symptom does infantile convulsion have

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I think we all have a certain understanding of infantile spasm. This disease is also one of the most distressing diseases. When a baby was more than six months old, he always made a sound in his throat and stretched his head forward. When he had the attack, he was at most 3-4 times a day, more than 10 times a time. At that time, his family was scared. Later, he went to the hospital for examination and was diagnosed as myoclonus caused by infantile spasm. Now I'd like to share with you what to do after getting myoclonus caused by infantile spasm.

What symptom does infantile convulsion have

First: can do electroencephalogram examination, this kind of examination will not have any influence to the child health. If myoclonus attacks frequently and EEG is normal, 24-hour dynamic EEG monitoring can be carried out to improve the detection rate of epileptic discharge. Also can do video EEG examination, in order to rule out false epilepsy.

Second: can take vitamin B6,. If the child myoclonus hair effect with vitamin B6 alone can be, there may be vitamin B6 deficiency or vitamin B6 dependence, as long as the long-term use of vitamin B6 can, this drug long-term use no harm.

Third: you can go to the hospital to see a pediatric neurologist. If you are diagnosed with epilepsy, you should follow the doctor's advice for regular antiepileptic treatment.

matters needing attention

In order to prevent the recurrence of infantile spasm and turn it into epileptic seizure or psychomotor seizure, even after the seizure completely stopped, the drug dose should not be reduced, but should continue to take medicine for 2-4 years, and then under the guidance of the doctor, the drug should be carefully and gradually reduced until the drug is stopped.