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A brain implant may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by picking up the early warning signs, a small study suggests. \u00a0The device uses the brain’s electrical activity to tell patients if their risk of a seizure is high, moderate or low.\u00a0The study on 15 people,\u00a0published in the Lancet Neurology, showed the device worked in some patients.<\/p>\n

The charity Epilepsy Action cautioned that it was still early days, but said it could be an “exciting development”.<\/p>\n

Epilepsy is thought to affect 50 million people worldwide. Abnormal activity in part of the brain causes seizures involving involuntary shaking. \u00a0Independence impact signals were collected from the surface of the brain and sent down wires to another implant in the chest. This beamed the data to a hand-held device which worked out the odds of a seizure.<\/p>\n

The trial was run at three hospitals in Australia and was funded by the manufacturers NeuroVista.<\/p>\n

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If a person is able to be alerted when they are about to have a seizure, this could help them to take steps to make sure they are safe during the seizure\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Simon WigglesworthEpilepsy Action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The results were mixed. For the first four months the brain was monitored so the system could learn a patient’s brainwaves before a seizure.<\/p>\n

Only eight patients then progressed to the stage where the device was fully activated and they were constantly informed of their chance of a seizure. It was between 56% and 100% effective in those patients. \u00a0Prof Mark Cook, from the University of Melbourne, said if the technology could be proven if could help remove the unpredictable nature of epilepsy. \u00a0He told the BBC: “Being able to predict the events with many minutes or hours lead time could have significant impact on independence.<\/p>\n

“This could change the way the illness is treated. For instance, our current strategy of giving medications continuously because of the unpredictable occurrence of events could alter the types of medications being developed.\u00a0Short-acting therapies may prove to be effective without subjecting patients to the long-term problems that currently available therapies may cause.”<\/p>\n

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A brain implant may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by picking up the early warning signs, a small study suggests. \u00a0The device uses the brain’s electrical activity to tell patients if their risk of a seizure is high, moderate or low.\u00a0The study on 15 people,\u00a0published in the Lancet Neurology, showed the device worked in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,13,14,9],"tags":[204,335,336],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-50-plus-first-aid","category-first-aid","category-first-aid-at-work","category-online-learning","category-protrainings-eu","tag-head","tag-implant","tag-seizures"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nBrain implant 'predicts' epilepsy seizures - Online Health & Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Aid News and Updates\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/brain-implant-predicts-epilepsy-seizures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brain implant 'predicts' epilepsy seizures - 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