Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures
Overview
A rare dominantly inherited form of seizures that occurs during the first year of life. The seizures tend to occur in clusters. The seizures involved limb twitching, averted head, eye-blinking and lip smacking. No neurological or developmental problems are associated with this disorder.
Symptoms
* High fever - may cause febrile convulsions * Heatstroke * Tapeworms * Hypoglycemia * Arrhythmias * Heart attack * Kidney failure * Liver failure * Marijuana - marijuana or cannabis use can trigger seizures in epileptics
Causes
Several causes have been proposed for BINC, including rotavirus infection, low CNS zinc levels, and vitamin B-12 deficiency. None of these causes has been confirmed. The more likely explanation is the presence of a self-limited malfunction in one of the ligand-gated or voltage-gated ion channels.