Twitches during sleep

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Asked for Male, 1 Years

Hello doctor My baby is 15 months old during sleep from when he was at 6 months old he twitches hands and legs every night from every few seconds to minutes we consulted 3 pediatricians all said it's a sleep myoclonous but yesterday we went for eeg it shows abnormal we are worrying so much please reply clearly

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Dr. Aparna Neurologist 5 yrs exp Ernakulam · Accepted Answer

Dr. Aparna

Neurologist 5 yrs exp Ernakulam

Myoclonic jerks in this age group can be due sleep myoclonus, myoclonic epilepsy and several other metabolic/ genetic issues. You can consult a pediatric neurologist or an Epileptologist regarding further evaluation and management. Some of the myoclonus can be benign myoclonic Epilepsy, which gets cleared after a certain age.

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