Many people have probably heard about the fact that flashing lights can cause seizures. About 3% of people who have epilepsy are affected by flashing lights when experienced at particular intensities or patterns. It is more common in young people and sometimes goes away with time, but for others with a condition known as photosensitive […]
Mom Sherrie Judd wants parents to know what the reality of infantile spasms looks like. In a Facebook post that now gone viral, Judd shared a short video of six children having seizures, including her own daughter, Adalind. “Just under a year ago, our life changed dramatically when Adalind was diagnosed with infantile spasms,” […]
A drug that has previously been used as a weight-loss agent dramatically reduces seizures in young patients with Dravet syndrome (DS), new research shows. A new phase 3 study showed that compared with patients taking placebo, those taking low-dose fenfluramine (ZX008, Zogenix) experienced a statistically significant reduction in convulsive seizure frequency. “The study […]
A new Danish study finds that people who suffer from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) — a condition characterized by spasms similar to epileptic seizures but which are unexplained and untreatable — have a lower level of the hormone neuropeptide Y (NPY) in their blood. NPY is a hormone associated with an increased resilience for dealing with […]
Seizures are a common result of traumatic brain injury, especially in military veterans. A new study funded by the DOD, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, and conducted in Providence RI and Birmingham AL (at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Providence, RI and Birmingham, AL, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University and the University of Alabama […]
Early photosensitivity may be a hallmark of ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease, according to the results of a small study. The study “Photosensitivity is an early marker of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 disease” was published in the journal Epilepsia. The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs), or Batten disease, are a heterogeneous group of lysosomal storage disorders that includes, among others, the neuronal CLN2 disease. […]
