Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Diagnosis of blepharospasm has been enhanced by the proposal of objective diagnostic criteria that start from "stereotyped, bilateral and synchronous orbicularis oculi spasms" and proceed to the identification of a "sensory trick" or "increased blinking". [38] The criteria have been validated across multiple ethnicities in multiple centers. [39]
Photosensitive epilepsy was again brought to public attention in December 1997 when the Pokémon episode "DennÅ Senshi Porygon" ("Cyber Soldier Porygon") was broadcast in Japan, showing a sequence of flickering images that triggered seizures simultaneously in hundreds of susceptible viewers (although 12,000 children reported symptoms which may ...
Hyperphantasia is the condition of having extremely vivid mental imagery. [1] It is the opposite condition to aphantasia, where mental visual imagery is not present. [2] [3] The experience of hyperphantasia is more common than aphantasia [4] [5] and has been described as being "as vivid as real seeing". [4]
Another example is blinking to relieve an uncomfortable sensation in the eye. Some people with tics may not be aware of the premonitory urge. Children may be less aware of the premonitory urge associated with tics than are adults, but their awareness tends to increase with maturity. [12] Complex tics are rarely seen in the absence of simple tics.
About 1% of children and adolescents [4] Between 0.3% and 1.0% of general population [ 5 ] Tourette syndrome or Tourette's syndrome (abbreviated as TS or Tourette's ) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence.
A gelastic seizure, also known as "gelastic epilepsy", is a rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing. [1] This syndrome usually occurs for no obvious reason and is uncontrollable.
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), or emotional incontinence, is a type of neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing. PBA occurs secondary to a neurologic disorder or brain injury .
[9] [14] [15] Epilepsy is more common in children and older people. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In the developed world , onset of new cases occurs most frequently in babies and the elderly. [ 18 ] In the developing world, onset is more common at the extremes of age – in younger children and in older children and young adults due to differences in the ...