{"id":4804,"date":"2021-11-18T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre-prod.neurosymptoms.org\/?page_id=4804"},"modified":"2023-01-16T19:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:10:29","slug":"should-people-with-functional-seizures-ever-wear-helmets-to-protect-themselves-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/faq-2\/should-people-with-functional-seizures-ever-wear-helmets-to-protect-themselves-from-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Should people with functional seizures ever wear helmets to protect themselves from injury?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is very rare for people with functional seizures to sustain a serious injury.&nbsp;  However, cuts and bruises are common.&nbsp; It is worth remembering that most bangs to the head don\u2019t result in any injury to the brain.&nbsp; However, it is true that people with functional seizures can occasionally sustain significant injuries, and the risk varies between individuals depending on the nature and frequency of the seizures they have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, wearing a helmet to protect from head injury is&nbsp;not&nbsp;recommended either in people with epilepsy or functional seizures.&nbsp; This is for a number of reasons, not least that wearing a helmet could be embarrassing,&nbsp;would be likely to increase the stigma people with these disorders face already or make it harder to participate in work or social situations.&nbsp; In functional seizures, there is the additional problem that using a helmet could actually make seizures more frequent, through changes in the brain\u2019s attention system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have wondered whether wearing a helmet could be helpful in your case, this is something you should discuss with your own clinician.&nbsp; It is really important that any advice is given on an individual basis, having considered the pros and cons for that individual.&nbsp; Having had advice from your own clinician, you can make a decision on what is right for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>It is very rare for people with functional seizures to sustain a serious injury.&nbsp;  However, cuts and bruises are common.&nbsp; It is worth remembering that most bangs to the head don\u2019t result in any injury to the brain.&#038;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":1654,"menu_order":33,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template\/faq-details-template.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4804"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12057,"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4804\/revisions\/12057"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosymptoms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}