Epilepsy News

What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...

National Epilepsy Day: 4 Effective ways to help with seizure control - National Epilepsy Day is marked on November 17, which serves as a reminder to raise awareness about epilepsy and support those living with this neurological condition. Epilepsy is a disorder of the ...

Signs Of Epilepsy In Children That Go Beyond Seizure - Epilepsy is a brain condition that occurs due to abnormal electrical brain activity, also known as a seizure. The condition can affect people of all ages, including children, but can be more prone in ...

What Is Epilepsy Surgery? - Medications can control seizures in most people with epilepsy, but they don’t work for everyone. About 30% of people taking the drugs can’t tolerate the side effects. In some cases, brain surgery may ...

Women and Epilepsy - You could say that epilepsy doesn't discriminate. It strikes men and women at about the same rate. Men are slightly more likely to develop it than women. But that doesn't mean that it always affects ...

Liver Transplantation in PNPO Deficiency: Management Challenges and Biological Lessons - Pyridox(am)ine 5' Phosphate Oxidase deficiency (PNPO) presents with refractory epilepsy responsive to treatment with pyridoxal 5' phosphate (PLP) or pyridoxine. A 15-year-old boy with PNPO deficiency and cirrhosis underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma without extra-hepatic disease. Pre-transplant, the boy was cognitively normal with well controlled epilepsy on ...

Patient outcomes in KCNQ2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy - The aim of this study was to review and summarize the literature describing clinically observed or caregiver-reported and patient-reported KCNQ2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) outcomes. Three online databases and selected congress proceedings were searched (August 2023). Case reports and series, observational studies, non-randomized and single-arm trials, and registries and da...

Suppression of epileptic seizures through sensory stimulation: A historical overview and assessment - Neurologists often encounter medically refractory epileptic patients, who manage to suppress focal motor seizures by means of various types of sensorimotor stimulation. The aim of this article is to provide a critical evaluation of the historical investigations of such abatement methods. Peripheral therapies for epilepsies have been recommended since antiquity, but it was not until the nineteen...

Approach to epilepsy: overview and update of diagnosis and management - Epilepsy is a prevalent chronic neurological disorder marked by recurrent seizures, affecting over 70 million people worldwide. This review offers an up-to-date guide for general physicians, general practitioners and general neurology trainees on diagnosing and managing epilepsy, emphasising the importance of early referral to specialist teams. It discusses the epidemiology, significant societa...

Outcomes of neurosurgery and otolaryngology team surgery for revision vagus nerve stimulation implantation surgery - CONCLUSIONS: ENT involvement in VNS revisions could prevent common complications such as postoperative voice changes.

Recurrent hypocalcaemic seizures: diagnosing 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in early adulthood - We report the case of a male in his late teens who presented to our emergency department with acute generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Neurological examination, neuroimaging and laboratory tests confirmed severe hypocalcaemia, secondary to hypoparathyroidism, as the cause of his seizures. A detailed history was significant for recurrent urinary tract infections and epilepsy, accompanied by impa...

Brain signal irregularity may provide clues to understanding epileptic process - Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help detect epilepsy-induced features from these signals much quicker than conventional analysis techniques.

Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.

Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.