Symptoms often start very early in infancy.It is usually genetic, with several types of gene variants known to cause this condition. Hyperekplexia is seen when there is an exaggerated normal startle response.It can be stopped when the baby is wrapped, or the affected limb is held gently. Jitteriness can be distinguished from epilepsy seizures as it happens more often when the baby is unwrapped, stimulated, startled or crying.While jitteriness is often seen in healthy babies, in the first day of life, it can also be due to other medical causes, such as low blood sugar, low calcium levels or neonatal abstinence syndrome (symptoms that are seen when a baby withdraws from certain drugs).Jitteriness refers to tremor-like movements that are seen in one or more limbs in babies.
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