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Epilepsy And Sleep Apnea — A Dangerous Duo

February 3, 2018
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Almost a third of people with epilepsy may suffer with undiagnosed sleep apnea, a sleep disorder which is dangerous because of the possible serious consequences.

Basically (as you probably already know), sleep apnea is characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing or instances of abnormally low breathing during sleep.

Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from at least ten seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour, causing partial airway obstruction.

Posted in Epilepsy, Research
Tags: continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, lack of oxygen, sleep apnea, sleep deprivation

Sleep and Seizures

October 16, 2012
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Studies have shown that 10-45% of people with epilepsy have seizures that occur predominantly or exclusively during sleep, whereas 34% have seizures upon awakening and 21% have diffuse seizures (while both awake and asleep).

Posted in Epilepsy, Medication Issues, Research
Tags: deprivation, Epilepsy, frontal lobe, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, insomnia, juvenile myoclonic, rolandic childhood, sedatives, seizures, sleep, sleep apnea, temporal lobe, trigger

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