What is a Myoclonic Jerk?
Myoclonic seizures are a clinical type of epilepsy. Appears as a sudden contraction of a muscle or muscle group, causing a sudden and rapid twitching of the face, trunk or limbs.
Myoclonic seizures
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- Chinese name
- Myoclonic seizures
- Foreign name
- myoclonic epilepsy
- Types of
- A clinical attack type
- Features
- Early onset, mostly under 4 years old
- Myoclonic seizures are a clinical type of epilepsy. Appears as a sudden contraction of a muscle or muscle group, causing a sudden and rapid twitching of the face, trunk or limbs.
- Myoclonic seizures
- myoclonic epilepsy
- Is a type of clinical seizures. The age of onset is early, mostly within 4 years of age, which is manifested as a sudden contraction of a certain muscle or muscle group, causing sudden and rapid twitching of the face, trunk or limbs. The tics are mostly single and sometimes manifested as focused tics. Limbs can be stretched and flexed, and the range of motion is different. It can be expressed as a whole body or a certain limb. When the upper limbs shake, you can shake the object in your hand. The head twitching is a strong nod or neck. EEG shows atypical acanthogonal slow waves on both sides, 2 to 2.5 times / s, each lead appears at the same time or only in a few leads, asynchrony can be burst or scattered, excessive ventilation can not Induced. Sometimes it is a spiny slow wave. Difficult to treat, generally preferred nitro- and diazepam, phenobarbital can be added if necessary, sodium valproate also has a certain effect. Intellectual development is affected.