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The Notorious EEG (M. Scott Perry MD)
@TheNotoriousEEG
Epileptologist/Head of Neurosciences @cookchildrens, I 💜 #HailState, buffalo wings, art, music & foremost Becky & my daughters. Views are mine, not my employer
Aug 17, 2020 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
1️⃣ in 🔟 people will have a seizure in their lifetime. Many times they’re told “everyone is allowed one seizure” and meds aren’t started until a second seizure. But why is this?

#neurotwitter #tweetorial Recurrence risk after a first seizure has been examined in numerous studies. This review by Dr Anne Berg is an outstanding summary.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18184149
Jul 20, 2020 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
We frequently say that 1️⃣ in 2️⃣6️⃣ people in the US will develop #epilepsy in their lifetime. This is a staggering statistic that highlights the importance of #EpilepsyAwareness, research, and better treatments...

But how did we arrive at this number? 🤔 #MedTwitter #tweetorial 2)Incidence is the number of new cases over some period of time - incidence of epilepsy being highest in the very young and very old.

Prevalence is the number of active cases within the total population at risk - the statistic of 1 in 100 people have active epilepsy at any time.