Protecting the Brain From Epileptic Seizures by Listening to the Heart

Epilepsy is a disorder in which abnormal electrical signals between brain cells lead to seizures. Seizures can cause people shake, blank out, or even lose consciousness. When medications cannot prevent seizures and there no area that be removed solve the problem, procedure implanting vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) an option. VNS machines send pulses up through major connecting rest of body—the nerve. These calm down, making intense less likely. Since racing heartbeat often comes before seizures, new cardiac listen patient’s heart burst electricity down during seizure. This article reviews how this revolutionary technology works, compares it previous types describes could help who suffer from epilepsy.