“Current technology used to capture brain activity related to epileptic seizure is decades old, and has limited our progress in developing new treatments,” says Daniel Friedman, MD, co-director of the electroencephalogram (EEG) laboratory at NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
The findings explain why many people with epilepsy start experiencing breakthrough seizures after conception, reinforcing the need to proactively increase doses of certain antiseizure medications and closely monitor blood levels over the course of pregnancy.
The study was conducted on a random sample of Polish school students, in total 472 participants. Participants’ knowledge was assessed by a self-completed survey. Students are unaware of the wide range of symptoms occurring during seizures.
Epilepsy surgery is an effective treatment option for drug-resistant focal epilepsy patients with associated structural brain lesions. However, little epidemiological data are available regarding the number of patients with these lesions.
We identified and implemented an alert system in our epilepsy monitoring unit which led to more efficient and accurate data collection while maintaining improved response times that resulted from the first intervention.
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown impacted seizure frequency and the psychosocial wellbeing of people with epilepsy in Uganda.
Even basic tele-medicine strategies can be a very effective and satisfactory mode of follow-up for people with epilepsy in resource-poor settings. Steps should be undertaken to make people aware of the availability of such a facility.
