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What Causes Body Twitching In Infants?

I have a 6 day old daughter, we noticed 2 days ago she twitches when shes asleep, the twitching has gotten more frequent and this evening i held her for two hours while she slept and she would twitch the whole time and when i say this it would be 3 body twitches then 2 then 5 then 2 then 1 and in no real order with little pauses in between them what could be going on?
Wed, 3 May 2017
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Good afternoon..!!

Tour baby might be suffering from seizure disorder.

Please consult your doctor for further evaluation and management.

Thank you, have a nice day..!!!
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What Causes Body Twitching In Infants?

Good afternoon..!! Tour baby might be suffering from seizure disorder. Please consult your doctor for further evaluation and management. Thank you, have a nice day..!!!