Seizure remission in childhood-onset epilepsy

In a 2021 survey conducted by the US Epilepsy Foundation among 418 people with epilepsy and 234 caregivers of people with epilepsy, 93% of the respondents identified having a device that could forecast seizures as extremely or very important for the epilepsy community.² Respondents believed that such a forecasting tool could measure or use identifiable seizure triggers or physiological changes, such as menstrual cycle patterns, lack of sleep or food intake, time patterns of their current seizures, brain activity or existing seizure premonitions.²

References:

1.Berg AT, Rychlik K, Levy SR, Testa FM. Complete remission of childhood-onset epilepsy: stability and prediction over two decades. Brain 2014; 137 (Pt 12): 3213‒3222.

2.Grzeskowiak CL, Dumanis SB. Seizure forecasting: patient and caregiver perspectives. Front Neurol 2021; 12: 717428.