So i was reading the Bathroom Reader(which you should all check out) and i read a section called "Wierd Medical Conditions" and i saw this disease and i though i'd share it with the class
"april 1991
Japan and America
On screen the aliens get zappen and enemy helicopters crash and burn. But people playing videogames do not expect to get hurt. Most do not, but a few wind up with a case of videogame epilepsy(VGE).
"A team of Japanese nuerologists recently described the problem in an issue of "Developmental Medicine and Child Nuerology". They looked at five boys and two girls, ages 3 to 13, who suffered from headaches, convulsions and blurred vision while playing games. The convulsive responses lasted only a few minutes and, in some case, happened only during a particular scene in a particular game.
"Parents can prevent VGE. a letter in the "New England Journal of Medicine" reports a similar incident of 'Nintendo epilepsy in a 13-year-old girl. The doctor discussed the options with her and the parents: abstenstion from Nintendo or anti-convulsion drugs.
"The family chose the drugs, since they felt she would not be able to resist Nintendo's lure."
I personally thought this article was hilarious, so what do you think?
"april 1991
Japan and America
On screen the aliens get zappen and enemy helicopters crash and burn. But people playing videogames do not expect to get hurt. Most do not, but a few wind up with a case of videogame epilepsy(VGE).
"A team of Japanese nuerologists recently described the problem in an issue of "Developmental Medicine and Child Nuerology". They looked at five boys and two girls, ages 3 to 13, who suffered from headaches, convulsions and blurred vision while playing games. The convulsive responses lasted only a few minutes and, in some case, happened only during a particular scene in a particular game.
"Parents can prevent VGE. a letter in the "New England Journal of Medicine" reports a similar incident of 'Nintendo epilepsy in a 13-year-old girl. The doctor discussed the options with her and the parents: abstenstion from Nintendo or anti-convulsion drugs.
"The family chose the drugs, since they felt she would not be able to resist Nintendo's lure."
I personally thought this article was hilarious, so what do you think?
