Infantile Spasm

This is a short video of Alex our 7 month old having a Infantile Spasm in the sitting position. The purpose for this posting is to allow people to see what one form an Infantile Spasm looks like.

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• infantile
• spasm
• IS
• ACTH
• West
• Sysdrome

[pascualria1]

MY SON IS NOW 1YRS,HAS ONH ALSO HAS INFANTILE MUSCLE SPASM .WANTED TO KNOW HOW SHE DOING AND IF HER SPASM EVERY WENT AWAY,WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT MEDICATION SHE TAKING,MY SON HAS BEEN TAKING TOPAMAX AND KEPRA DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S WORKING

[infantilespasm]

Alex had daily ACTH injections for over a month to stop the spasms back when he was 7 months old. He is now 3 and takes Trileptol daily just in case he were to have any seizure activity.

[lilmisslone18]

hope hes going to be okay. we had studied about types of seizures and this one is included. thank you for posting, its very useful video for like me who studies people with special needs. God bless

[infantilespasm]

Alex is doing well. We hope to post a new video soon. Alex can now hold on to the wall, couches, or chairs and walk around the room. Hopefully he will be walking on his on soon.

[mishalucassen]

hi how is alex doing now,hope he is doing good

and is seizer free a big hug for that little boy

[infantilespasm]

He is doing really well. I will try to post a video soon of him crawling.

[Supermanxtc]

Im glad to hear that he is good well ! Thats a cute kid

[ktallian]

Thank you for sharing. I hope your son is doing well. I am giving a talk to a group of pediatric pharmacist and would like to share your video. Thanks

[HealthyLttleFish]

Best wishes to little Alex!

[thatgirlkelly1]

oh wonderful. Good to hear that your little boy is fine.

[thespottedape]

Hope Alex is doing well.

[mugoikoroshiya]

thank you very much for sharing this with us... all the best to alex...he does look very adorable i must say :)