ABSTRACT West syndrome is a type of infantile spasm which affects the infants and children. It is characterized by the onset of seizure at a specific age that is accompanied by the characteristic EEG’s (electroencephalogram) pattern. The pattern appearing in West syndrome is termed as “hypsarrythmia”. There are many other names which expert have given to it like Epileptic spasms,…
ABSTRACT West syndrome in the very first phase of disease is a combination of axial spasms, hypsarrhythmia and psychomotor. Variations may occur in the symptoms depending on the patient’s age and aetiology of disease. 10-20% cases are due to unknown reasons. Another term for west syndrome nowadays refers to infantile spasms syndrome.It typically affects infant age more than 2 years.Increasing…