EPILEPSY DRIVING LAWS: SEIZING FICTION OVER FACT?Birkes, ColbyUniversity of Louisville Law Review
Laws about medical conditions that may prevent someone from driving vary by state. Learn about the review process, potential liability, physician reporting and more.
These feelings, like having a low self-esteem, may stem from losing independence with certain activities such as driving, which can be dangerous to some patients if they have a seizure behind the wheel. In a review published inEpilepsy Currents,lead author Allan Krumholz, MD, the director of ...
Driving restrictions: Depending on the frequency of seizures and state laws, individuals may be restricted from driving. Mental health struggles: Higher rates of depression, anxiety, and sometimes increased risk of suicide are common among people with epilepsy. Cognitive impairments: Seizures and medicat...
These domains include seizure worry, overall QoL, emotional well-being, energy/fatigue, cognitive functioning, medication side effects, social functioning, and driving. Subscale and total scores can be calculated. The subscales are grouped into two factors: emotional/psychological effects (seizure worry...
“The uncertainty of seizures puts people in danger – even ‘small’ seizures can result in serious injuries or death if they happen while driving, in the shower, cooking or pouring a kettle, climbing stairs or other everyday activities,” it said. “Unfortunately, this means people with ep...
Further studies are needed to discriminate the subtypes of interneurons (e.g., mossy or SST+ cells) that are selectively lost in PTE, the mechanisms driving their demise, and conditions associated with TBI. We found that PTE+ mice showed aberrant migration of Prox1+/DCX+ immature excitatory...