Gratification, Masturbation or Paroxysmal Hyperkinetic Motor Syndrome of Infancy?

Phillips, Dawn F.; Seshia, Shashi S.

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“…[7,[12][13][14] It is a self-stimulatory behaviour, more appropriately termed "gratification disorder", "infantile gratification", "self-gratification", "gratification behaviour, or "early childhood masturbation." [6,10,13,[15][16][17][18] To emphasise the associated motor elements, Nechay et al [19] and Phillips and Seshia, [17] proposed the use of the terms "benign idiopathic infantile dyskinesia" and "paroxysmal hyperkinetic motor syndrome of infancy" respectively.…”

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“…[6,12,14] These somatosensory symptoms have been likened to orgasmic experiences in adults but they are essentially non-erotic in IM. [17,22] Some children may exhibit transient fixed or staring gaze ("watching of television in the air"). [8,23] IM mostly occurs in the prone position because this position brings the genital area in contact with physical objects in the environment such as with the index case.…”

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“…[12,14,15,23] Other positions include supine or knee-chest; the events in the index case occurred only in the prone position. [12] Each episode may last up to 2-10 mins, or even hours occasionally, [10,12,17] with the frequency ranging from 2 to 20 times in a day. The events usually occur while awake or just before sleep, but may rarely occur during (the early phase of) sleep as occurred in the index case.…”

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“…[6,12,14,23,25] Although the diagnosis of IM is purely clinical, a high index of suspicion is required. [13,17,26] While there are currently no clear-cut clinical diagnostic criteria, the presence of certain features are regarded as highly suggestive of IM: (1) onset from the age of two months to four years, (2) stereotypic episodes of variable duration and frequency, (3) somatosensory symptoms like grunting, flushing, perspiration, (4) perineal pressure or stimulation with characteristic posturing of the lower limbs, (5) occurrence with intact sensorium but often just before sleeping, (6) cessation of events with distraction, (7) and normal physical and/or laboratory findings. [6,17] The diagnostic hallmark that has consistently distinguished IM from epilepsy is the cessation of the events with distraction (sometimes eliciting anger or temper tantrum, which did not occur in the index case).…”

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Infantile Masturbation in a Nigerian Child: A Case Report of a Rare Seizure Mimic

Ubuane¹,

Ma²,

Oyinlade³

et al. 2021

Ann Health Res

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Infantile masturbation is a benign, paroxysmal, non-epileptic condition with stereotypic stiffening of the body/limbs, copulatory-like thrusting/rocking of the pelvis and somatosensory symptoms. It usually occurs without direct genital stimulation thus, making it easily misdiagnosed as epilepsy. A 12-month-old girl presented with a one-month history of 'jerking' with no fever or altered consciousness. The event usually stopped with distraction. The frequency and duration of events worsened progressively. Epilepsy was suspected initially but a subsequent review of a video recording showed a conscious female child with intermittent rhythmic rocking/thrusting of the pelvis while lying prone, making epilepsy unlikely. Infantile masturbation was diagnosed and the parents were counselled on behavioural therapy (distractions). The frequency and duration of the events progressively declined until complete resolution by six years of age. The characteristics of the events remained similar overtime except for occasional tucking of her clothes into her vagina at age five years. This report is accompanied by a review of the relevant literature on infantile masturbation.

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Infantile Masturbation in a Nigerian Child: A Case Report of a Rare Seizure Mimic

Ubuane¹,

Ma²,

Oyinlade³

et al. 2021

Ann Health Res

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“…The possible underlying brain mechanisms for the mature sexual cognition Preschoolers have very limited sexual cognition (knowledge and attitude about sex)[2] [3][15], but masturbation in youths and adults, besides the pleasure via self-stimulation of the genitalia, involve "a complex of feelings, attitudes and fantasies"[16]. This complex is set up gradually by social learning, self-concept development, sexual imagination, personal sexual preferences, etc.…”

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Common Childhood Masturbation, But Different Sexual Attitudes in Three Male-at-Birth Adolescents: Possible Implications for Sexual Development

Zhu¹,

Li²,

Jo³

2020

OJMP

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Although the child masturbation is recognized as not uncommon behavior, our understanding of normative sexual development in humans is fairly limited. To investigate the possible relationship between early childhood masturbation and subsequent sexual cognition, we retrospectively researched three adolescents who had been reared male and who masturbated in early childhood in similar ways, but had different subsequent sexual cognition. The three young people all recalled primary sexual pleasure from masturbation at age 4 or 5. Their distinctive sexual attitudes could be discerned at age 15 to 20. One was transgender, one was homosexual, and one was heterosexual. Combining recent findings of the neural mechanisms of sexual pleasure and cognition, it can be inferred that the early sexual pleasure in preschoolers might have little significance for the development of sexual cognition in adolescence.

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Çocukluk çağı masturbasyon davranışı: bozukluk mu semptom mu?

Dağ

Aksu

2020

Cukurova Medical Journal

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Öz Purpose: This study aims to examine the sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidity of children with masturbation. Materials and Methods: The medical records of the patients who applied with the complaint of masturbation were collected retrospectively. The records of children who applied to the clinic on the same dates and whose psychiatric examinations were considered normal were collected to form the control group. 98 patients and 101 healthy children included the study. Sociodemographic data, parental psychopathologies, comorbid disorders, and medical histories were examined and compared with the healthy control group. Results: Having less than two siblings was higher in the patient group. Fathers' psychiatric disorders were higher in the patients' group. When participants only older than 6 years are evaluated, this difference was higher. When the participants older than 6 years were compared, the history of seizures was significantly higher in the patient group. 54.08% of the patients had a comorbid psychiatric disorder. The most common comorbidities were attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (23.4%) and anxiety disorders (11.22%). The mean age of patients with ADHD was older than patients without ADHD. Conclusions: In this study the frequency of preterm birth, epileptic seizure, and ADHD was higher in the patient group that older than 6 years of age. These results may suggest that patients older than 6 years of age may require further psychiatric and neurological examinations.

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Gratification, Masturbation or Paroxysmal Hyperkinetic Motor Syndrome of Infancy?

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Infantile Masturbation in a Nigerian Child: A Case Report of a Rare Seizure Mimic

Infantile Masturbation in a Nigerian Child: A Case Report of a Rare Seizure Mimic

Common Childhood Masturbation, But Different Sexual Attitudes in Three Male-at-Birth Adolescents: Possible Implications for Sexual Development

Çocukluk çağı masturbasyon davranışı: bozukluk mu semptom mu?

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