Video game‐induced reflex seizures via a smartphone

Reflex seizures are consistently evoked by a specific afferent stimulus or by patient activity. Patients experiencing reflex seizures when playing a game on a mobile phone are rarely reported. We describe a boy with reflex seizures after prolonged exposure to the game, Cut the rope, on his mobile ph...

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Published inEpileptic disorders Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 197 - 201
Main Authors Riva, Antonella, Rebessi, Erika, Parente, Eliana, Viri, Maurizio, Striano, Pasquale, Romeo, Antonino
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2022
Subjects
Cellular telephones
EEG
Electroencephalography
epilepsy
Humans
Male
Reflex - physiology
reflex seizure
Seizures
Seizures - etiology
Sensory neurons
Smartphone
video game
Video Games - adverse effects
video‐EEG
epilepsy
reflex seizure
video game
video-EEG
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Summary:Reflex seizures are consistently evoked by a specific afferent stimulus or by patient activity. Patients experiencing reflex seizures when playing a game on a mobile phone are rarely reported. We describe a boy with reflex seizures after prolonged exposure to the game, Cut the rope, on his mobile phone. The video‐EEG documented electroclinical events characterized by distal myoclonic jerks of the upper limbs, in combination with irregular, diffuse spike‐and‐wave and polyspike‐and‐wave discharges on EEG, followed by a tonic‐clonic seizure. Playing video games on mobile phones may potentially induce reflex seizures, similar to other commonly used platforms such as docking stations connected to video screens.
ISSN:1294-9361
1950-6945
DOI:10.1684/epd.2021.1382