Infantile reflexes

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Infantile reflexes

Moro reflex

Overview

Treatment

Infantile reflexes

Alternative Names:

Primitive reflexes; Reflexes in infants

Call your health care provider if:

Abnormal infantile reflexes are usually discovered by the health care provider during exams performed for other reasons, and the affected individual (or the parents in the case of an infant) may not have been aware of the condition.

What to expect at your health care provider's office:

The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed.

Documenting infantile reflexes in detail may include:

In an infant:

What reflexes were present?
At what age did each infantile reflex disappear?

In an older child or adult:

What reflexes were present?
What other symptoms are also present?
Is there decreased consciousness or seizures?

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

An evaluation of the infantile reflexes is performed during well-baby examinations. The (abnormal) presence of infantile reflexes in an older child or adult is discovered during neurological examination.

AFTER SEEING YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

You may want to add a diagnosis related to abnormal infantile reflexes to your personal medical record.

Review Date: 5/10/2006
Reviewed By: Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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