Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by the occurrence of seizures. Epilepsy can often prevent patients from living a normal life since it’s nearly impossible to predict when a seizure will occur. The unpredictability of the seizures makes performing tasks such as driving extremely dangerous. One of the challenges in treating epilepsy is the condition […]
Lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher rates of sudden death due to epilepsy, reflecting disparities in care that deserve attention, experts say.ADVERTISEMENT Epilepsy patients in the poorest communities are more than twice as likely to suffer sudden unexplained death due to epilepsy (SUDEP) than their counterparts at the highest end of the socioeconomic ladder, […]
Almost 80% of epilepsy deaths among adults are potentially avoidable, results of a new study from Scotland suggest. The research shows that such avoidable deaths “remain common and have not declined over time, despite advances in treatment,” Gashirai Mbizvo, MBChB, PhD, clinical research fellow, Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Center, the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, told a press […]
More than one-third of the people in the United States who have epilepsy are at risk for a deadly complication called “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.” That means 1.2 million people are at risk for the complication each year – and it will kill about 4,000 of them. They typically have refractory epilepsy, which means […]
University of Iowa neuroscientists have identified a specific area of the brain involved in the loss of breathing that occurs during a seizure. The findings, published in JCI Insight on March 12, could have important implications for predicting, or even treating and preventing sudden unexpected death due to epilepsy (SUDEP). Although it has been known for more […]
SUDEP prevention is one more reason zero should always be the goal The best defense against sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) — or, more precisely, sudden, unexpected, nontraumatic, nondrowning death in a patient with epilepsy — is good seizure control. Consult QD spoke with Imad Najm, MD, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Epilepsy Center, about his […]
