I *am* a doctor, although I don't work with seizures extensively. (Usual disclaimer, this is for general information only, talk to your own doctor if you're trying to apply this to a specific clinical situation, etc etc)
Photosensitive epilepsy is probably about a hundred thousand people total in the US or so. Many people with epilepsy do not have any such trigger. Probably unlikely to run into such an individual by chance since it's, what, about .03% of the population? The frequency that triggers it varies depending on the individual, but 5-30 Hz (flashes/second) is the most common seen. http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/aboutepilepsy/seizures/photosensitivity/index.cfm has a decent summary. I suspect this is one of those triggers that is more commonly known about because of the Japan incident (which involved broadcast media, so it affected many people across a population) but is fairly rare. Peace and Prosperity, Dipesh _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
