Infantile Spasms
Infantile spasms are a special form of epilepsy which occurs during infancy. The spasms usually begin when the baby is between three and eight months of age. In approximately 50 per cent of cases, the cause of infantile spasms is not known. However, in the other 50 per cent there are many different conditions affecting the brain such as birth injury and meningitis or head trauma which can cause this type of epilepsy.
Below are two stories I wrote about my daughter, Alison, who had infantile spasms as an infant.