The 5 most common causes of convulsions in a baby in the 1st 28 days of life

1- Decreased oxygen to brain tissue :

After failure of resuscitation after delivery 

 

2- Cerebral stroke ( mostly thrombosis) leading to infarction 

 

3- Hemorrhage inside the brain e.g. Intra-ventricular , intra-crebral , sub-dural and epi-dural.

 

4- Infections e.g. meningitis , septicemia or TORCH infections . 

 

5- Metabolic disorders e.g. hypoglycemia , hypocalcemia , hypomagnesemia .