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My son, now 2, had what was diagnosed as ''infant shuddering syndrome'', or something like that. I got the feeling that it was a non-technical term used by his neurologists (he ended up seeing two). Let me start by saying it was benign and he, by 12 months, he had outgrown it.
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parents.berkeley.edu/advice/babies/tremors.html
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Second, the seizure semiology in the infant is often very subtle, with features that do not easily indicate laterality, or even permit categorization into partial or generalized types. ... Shuddering attacks may begin in infancy, as early as 4 months, or in childhood. The events consist of a rapid tremor of the head,
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=imitepil&pa...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=imitepil&part=A809
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Shuddering attacks are recognized as an uncommon benign disorder occurring during infancy or early childhood. It is necessary to distinguish these episodes from epileptic seizures. The attacks seem to involve shivering movements occurring daily for several seconds without impairment of consciousness.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11118798
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Advice Column by Board Certified Pediatrician. ... Dear Worried in Manitoba: The most common situation in which I have heard parents describe their infant as shivering/shuddering is when the baby urinates. This is fairly common and no cause for concern.
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www.askdrwarren.com/qa971013.htm
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What it looks like: Your infant shakes his head back and forth rapidly. What it is: Benign infant shuddering, a reflex often triggered by happiness; What to do: Mention it to your pediatrician, just to make sure that's what it is.
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www.parenting.com/article/Baby/Health/Scoop-on-Scary-Sy...
www.parenting.com/article/Baby/Health/Scoop-on-Scary-Symptoms
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"shuddering attacks," sometimes called "benign infant shuddering attacks." Two other ones you might want to look up to help you feel that there is a good chance this could be nothing: "Benign Myoclonus of Early Infancy." My April baby jerks around in his sleep, so I looked into the whole subject again recently.
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community.babycenter.com/post/a1076945/head_nodding_-_w...
community.babycenter.com/post/a1076945/head_nodding_-_worried
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Infantile spasms (West Syndrome) information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). ... What are Infantile Spasms? ... The onset of infantile spasms is usually in the first year of life, typically between 4-8 months. The seizures primarily consist of a sudden bending forward of...
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www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/infantilespasms/infantilesp...
www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/infantilespasms/infantilespasms.htm
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The behavior did not seem to represent a manifestation or even a partial manifestation of any recognized neurologic or motor disorder such as infant shuddering, staring spells, or other nonepileptic paroxysmal disorders presenting in infancy.
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pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/3/e...
pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/3/e367
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Use shudder in a Sentence ... See web results for shudder ... Shuddering attacks...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/shudder
dictionary.reference.com/browse/shudder
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