Infantile Spasms - What Are They?

Infantile spasms are also known as west sindrom because they were first described by or william west in his own four month old son. The incidence is about one in two thousand kids, and this is a severe form of epilepsy. 90 % of the time, these seizures start in infancy, usually between four and seven months of age. Most common underlying causes for this would be a baby who's had an anoxic brain injury,. They have hypoemic aschemic and sypalopathy. There's some trama, there's a underlying zonal or metabolic disorder or tuberous cleurosis. And you might even want to ask aboutdevelopmental regression.