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Is Twitching In Head And Arm A Serious Problem?

My 7 month old started involuntary head twitching and left arm twitching a few weeks ago. Very random but not constant short twitches, but usually happens when she's sitting up by herself. Today we were at a bday party and it was the most she's ever done it
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted the symptoms of your 7-month old infant.

The description seems to suggest a diagnosis of partial or focal motor seizures, a type of epilepsy.

The child needs to be evaluated in detail by a neurologist.

A brain scan and electroencephalography (EEG) should be done to identify the cause of seizures and the type of seizures.

There are good medications to treat epilepsy, and so, there is no need to worry.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Is Twitching In Head And Arm A Serious Problem?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted the symptoms of your 7-month old infant. The description seems to suggest a diagnosis of partial or focal motor seizures, a type of epilepsy. The child needs to be evaluated in detail by a neurologist. A brain scan and electroencephalography (EEG) should be done to identify the cause of seizures and the type of seizures. There are good medications to treat epilepsy, and so, there is no need to worry. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in