Re:New AI System Predicts Seizures
by matthewdgreen on Saturday November 16, 2019 @12:04PM
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How does this become a treatment, assuming the results actually hold up? Is it possible to prevent seizures with a timely dose of a powerful epilepsy medication? Are there portable EEG rigs that can produce sufficiently powerful readings?
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Re:New AI System Predicts Seizures
by gnarcoregrizz on Saturday November 16, 2019 @01:34PM
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I assume it’d be used in an implant like the RNS, which is used to treat (mostly) focal seizures. It’s a small device implanted in your skull to record localized EEG and provide neurostimulation to quell burgeoning seizures. Currently, it’s periodically adjusted and individualized by neurologists based on the the EEG it records. Maybe this could speed up or automate that process.
At least it lets you get into a safe place and position. Perhaps you can even get someone to watch over and be ready to call 911 if it comes to that.
Edit: Perhaps this hints at some medication that is not currently viable but could be administered if the seisure was predicted: "Notably, seizures are controllable with medication in up to 70 percent of these patients."
Correct - a friend had a seizure on the stairs and was lucky to get away with just a cut lip...