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Suggest Treatment For Twitching Of Face In Kids

Hi my name is Amanda and my son Treyton is almost 4 years old... actually on the 13th... he recently started facial twitching first blinking of the eyes and then I call it the elvis lip (curling the lip up ) and now its all that plus clentching of the mouth he bites his teeth together like he is in pain and as he is doing that he holds his hands in a fist.... please let me know is this something to be worried about??
Wed, 13 Sep 2017
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yes, you need to take your son to a paediatrician...he might be suffering from a form of seizure ...he needs certain investigations to be done like a CT Brain scan, EEG to rule out any epilepticform activities.
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Suggest Treatment For Twitching Of Face In Kids

yes, you need to take your son to a paediatrician...he might be suffering from a form of seizure ...he needs certain investigations to be done like a CT Brain scan, EEG to rule out any epilepticform activities.