Epileptic seizures can follow high doses of oral vardenafil

Epileptic seizures can follow high doses of oral vardenafil.

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: can we make a positive diagnosis?

Many disorders other than epilepsy are characterized by paroxysmal events. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (NES) form one differential diagnostic group which mimic epileptic phenomena and are caused by various psychic disorders. The diagnosis of NES is mostly based on the exclusion of epilepsy. We review the histories of six patients, who were hospitalized in an epilepsy unit and were diagno...

Magnelic stimulation can modulate seizures in epileptic patients.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of external magnetic stimulation (EMS) in epileptic patients using magnetoencephalographic (MEG) measurements and non-linear analytic techniques. METHODS The examined group consisted of 15 men aged 19-56 years (mean: 39.5 +/- 11.3) and 15 women aged 15-53 years (mean: 36.7 +/- 11.4). For each one the magnetic activity was recorde...

Prediction of epileptic seizures.

For almost 40 years, neuroscientists thought that epileptic seizures began abruptly, just a few seconds before clinical attacks. There is now mounting evidence that seizures develop minutes to hours before clinical onset. This change in thinking is based on quantitative studies of long digital intracranial electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings from patients being evaluated for epilepsy surge...

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) need to be differentiated from epileptic seizures as the management varies for both. Presence of tongue biting, falling and urinary incontinence favors a diagnosis of epileptic seizures. We report two children with features suggestive of epileptic seizures that were eventually diagnosed as PNES with the help of video-EEG monitoring.