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People with epilepsy can have their seizures triggered by flashing lights
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Can flashing lights cause autisim?
NO! Flashing lights causes seizures, NOT autism. An autistic child may be entranced in them, though...
How do flashing lights affect balance?
Flashing lights might affect the balance by causing a person to feel unsteady or confused when confronted by these lights. Flashing lights can also cause seizures that affect balance in some cases.Ê
Are flashing white lights a symptom of seizure disorder?
Flashing white lights aren't symptoms of seizure disorder, they're what many people believe to be the cause of seizures.
Does the Kindle cause seizures?
If you are talking about the kindle reader, for reading books, then there is no reason why it should. It is not like a flashing light, which can cause seizures for some people. The form of epilepsy that has seizures caused by flashing lights is known as photosensitive epilepsy. That only affects some people. Most people with epilepsy are not affected by flashing lights. One of the many misconceptions about seizures and epilepsy is that they are caused by flashing lights. That is only true for those who are photosensitive. Only about 3% to 5% of people with epilepsy are photosensitive. For other people with epilepsy it is not a problem at all. So the kindle reader is not a problem.
Can the new Wii fit cause seizures?
It is no more likely to cause seizures than any other game system. Seizures occur because of temporary dysfunction in the brain, and can sometimes be triggered by flashing lights. A video game with flashing images at the proper frequency could, in theory, trigger a seizure.
What are photosensitive epileptic seizures?
Seizures for people who have photosensitive epilepsy. They are caused by reactions to light, like flashing lights, strobe lights, flickering lights etc.
Whatconditions in the classroom could potenially cause a seizure?
That is a very difficult question to answer. Epilepsy has a wide range of causes, so there is no one thing that would cause a seizure in every person that has epilepsy. For example, you will often hear of flashing lights causing seizures. This is only for about 3% to 5% of people who have epilepsy. So for the vast majority of people who get seizures, flashing lights will not trigger one and have no effect on them. If there were flashing lights in a classroom and there was a person there who has epilepsy and their seizures were caused by flashing lights, then it is a condition in a classroom that could cause them. So it is more a case of the individual rather than the physical conditions of where they are that will determine if they have a seizure. So someone whose seizures are caused by something like stress won't be affected by physical conditions.
Does technology cause a seizure?
There are many causes of seizures. Flashing lights or strobe lights can trigger seizures in people who have what is known as photosensitive epilepsy, but that is only about 3% of people who have epilepsy. Lights are technology, so for those people, then it can, but for most people with epilepsy, it is not a risk.
Can flashing lights make you have seizures?
There is a form of epilepsy known as photosensitive epilepsy. People who have that form can have a seizure as a result of flashing lights. They are a very small percentage of the people who have epilepsy. It is about 3% to 5%. For the vast majority of people who have epilepsy, flashing lights have no effect on them at all.
What is it called when you faint if you see flashing lights?
That is called photosensitive epilepsy. It is a form of epilepsy in which seizures are triggered by visual stimuli such as flashing lights.
Why do we continue to manufacture strobe lights even though many people can have seizures due to the flashing lights?
Population control and amusement.
Can movies give you seasures?
Movies themselves do not usually bring on seizures, however effects such as strobe and/or flashing lights can bring on epileptic fits/seizures.
