Epilepsy and Video Games

Epilepsy and Video Games

Video games have a negative impact on today's youth. The amount of time children and adults waste playing video games intrudes on there study time and other activities they need to do. Also, the cost of video games becomes a very costly means of entertainment. more important, playing video games can affect a Childs health. It is speculated that the use of video games can have a negative impact on those children that suffer from epilepsy. It is known that video games can trigger a seizure in a person with epilepsy as well.

Epilepsy is neurological condition that can cause your brain to produce sudden energy bursts. When having Epilepsy it your brain must take time to process thing and in order to function there has to be a balance in the brain using an increase in activity and restraint. If the balance between these things happens the result may be a seizure which does not allow the brain to function. This causes the body to spasm and the person will lose control. The age of onset is generally between 7 to 19 years (87% of patients).

Temporal epilepsy is the most frequent cause of epilepsy. The Temporal lobe is located close to the ear. This takes place where our since of smell is processed and where choices are made. The Temporal lobe begins to develope at childhood and can increase later in life by causing a decline in memory and learning. Even though this is a slow process its best to see a doctor right away.

People with Absence Epilepsy have absence seizures this type of Epilepsy usually runs in the family. They usually begin as a child or at a young teen age. If the child gets the seizures at a young age then it will normally stop by the time the child hits puberty. "Stress, fatigue, or hyperventilation may trigger seizures during video games in some children who have epilepsy" .This type of epilepsy will not have a long lasting effect on the way you thinks and functions. The down side to this is that when a person has this they have so many seizures it cause them to miss school and activities.

Frontal lobes of the brain can be located behind a persons forehead area. They are the largest of five lobes and are thought to be the centers that control the way you think, your personality and a higher thought process which usually includes language and speech. This type of epilepsy causes a short variety of seizures that start very quickly. The symptoms of this usually depend on which lobe is being affected. Some other children are photosensitive. For them, flashing lights, flickering images, or certain color sequences can trigger seizures or create patterns on the electroencephalogram (EEG) that are typical of epilepsy

Occipital lobe epilepsy lies at the back of the skull and is almost like frontal epilepsy and temporal epilepsy. Except for one important thing: these types of seizures are cause by hallucinations. The other is rapid blink, this form of epilepsy and symptoms are cause with issues and troubles with the eye.

Parietal lobe epilepsy lies in the middle of frontal and temporal epilepsy. This type of epilepsy is similar to the other types of epilepsy simply because they just spread all across to other areas of the brain. When it comes to epilepsy it wont do much to the body but it will increase over a period you will lose to ability to control the muscle in the body. Also, over a time period Epilepsy may inhibit perceptual or motor skills.

Overall this will have a heavy impact on you and wear down your body .

Not every video game triggers a person