Signs of focal epilepsy before the seizures start: hear all about it from neurologist and epileptologist Dr. Jacob Pellinen, who shares with us his research and results proving that people can experience things like depression or learning difficulties at school or work before seizure onset.

Chapters 📖
00:00 Trailer & intro
00:44 Meet Jacob
02:34 Epilepsy is more than seizures
02:54 Later epilepsy diagnosis & The Human Epilepsy Project
03:05 “Later onset focal epilepsy with roots in childhood: Evidence from early learning difficulty and brain volumes in the Human Epilepsy Project” paper
07:29 Anticipating seizure onset
08:30 Improving recognition of seizure symptoms
09:02 Seizing for years before diagnosis
10:33 Learning difficulties not Intellectual Disability
13:18 Closing thoughts & thanks

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