EXAGGERATED STARTLE A CASE OF NEONATAL HYPEREKPLEXIA

Hyperekplexia in neonates is a rare condition. A 2 day old boy baby presented with rigidity in all muscle groups and exaggerated, non- habituating startle response along with increased hyper tonicity with each startle response. Sepsis screen, serum electrolytes, Amplitude integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) and MRI brain were normal. He was started on clonazepam that helped in controlling the symptoms but did not eliminate them completely.