West Syndrome

I-West Syndrome kunye ne-Infantile Spasms

I-West syndrome yindlela yokutshatyalaliswa kwezifo (ukuhluthwa kwesisu) eqala ukususela ebusaneni. Uhlobo oluthile lokutshatyalaliswa olubizwa ngokuba yi-infantile spasm luyingxenye yale syndrome, njengoko iipateni zengqondo ezingavamile ezibizwa ngokuba yi-hypsarrhythmia, kunye nokulibala kwengqondo. Phantse nayiphi na imeko engabangela ukulimala kwengqondo ingabangela i-West syndrome. Izimbini ezibini eziqhelekileyo ziyi-tuberous sclerosis kunye nokungabikho kwe-oxygen ngexesha lokuzalwa.

Ngamanye amaxesha isizathu sikrokrelwa kodwa asikwazi ukuqinisekiswa; Kule meko, kuthiwa "i-cryptogenic West syndrome."

I-West syndrome ibhalela iipesenti ezi-2 zezihlunu ebuntwaneni, kodwa iipesenti ezingama-25 zokuhluthwa okuqala ngonyaka wokuqala wokuphila. Isantya se-infasal spasm siqikelelwa phakathi kwama-2.5 ukuya ku-6.0 kuma-10 000 azalwa ngokuzalwa.

Iimpawu zeWest Syndrome

I-West syndrome iqala ngokuqhelekileyo phakathi kweenyanga ezi-3 ukuya kwezi-6. Iimvavanyo ziquka:

Ezinye iimpawu ezinokuthi zibe khona ngenxa yesifo esingaphantsi kwesifo se-West syndrome.

Ezinye izifo zengqondo ezinjenge- cerebral palsy nazo zikhona.

Ukuchonga iNtshona Syndrome

I-syndrome ye-West iya kucetyiswa ngobukho bezinto ezincinci. Uviwo olupheleleyo lwe-neuroloji luya kwenziwa ukwenzela izizathu ezinokwenzeka. Oku kungabandakanya iimvavanyo zelabhoratri kunye nokukhangela ingqondo ngokusebenzisa i-computed tomography (CT) okanye i-imagery magnetic resonance (MRI). I-EEG iya kwenziwa ukwenzela i-hypsarrhymia ngokuqhelekileyo ikhona kwi-West syndrome.

Unyango lwe-West Syndrome

Ngokuqhelekileyo i-West syndrome iphathwa nge-adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) okanye i-prednisone. Ezi zonyango zingasebenza kakhulu ekumisekeni okanye ekunciphiseni i-spasms spasms. Ezinye iintsana ziyakwazi ukuphendula ngamachiza anqakraza njengeFelbatol (i-felbamate), iLamictal (i-lamotrigine), i-Topam (i-topiramate), okanye i-Depakote (i-valproic acid). Iintsana ezine-tuberous sclerosis zingaphathwa nge-vigabatrin (engagunyazisiwe ngokufanelekileyo ukusetyenziswa kwi-US). Ngamanye amaxesha, ukususwa kweengxube zeengqondo ezonakaliswe ngophando lobuchopho zingasebenza.

Izidalwa ze-infants zihlala zixazulula malunga nama-5 ubudala, kodwa ngaphezu kwesigamu sabantwana abachaphazelekayo baya kuphuhlisa ezinye iintlobo zokuthintela, kuquka ne-Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Iintsana ezininzi ezine-West syndrome zinexesha elide lokuqonda kunye nokufunda ukukhubazeka, okunokwenzeka ngenxa yokulimala kwengqondo eyabangela ukuba i-spasms infasms.

> Imithombo:

"I-NINDS Information Spasms Information Page." Iingxaki zeA AZ. Ngomhla wama-9 kuMatshi 2008. Isiko seSizwe seNational Psychological Disorders and Stroke.

"I-Spasms ye-Infants / West Syndrome". Syndromes. Isisiseko seSpilepsy.