Patient history Clinical history Photosensitivity Epilepsy Reflex seizures Self-induction

Optimizing the Patient’s History: A Modern Approach

Medical history taking is the starting point of the diagnostic process and still maintains its leading role today, despite the current development of laboratory tests and neuroimaging techniques. Subjects with photosensitivity have high susceptibility for an epileptic seizure provoked by visual stimuli and require a specific approach in gathering information, especially to ascertain the occurrence of reflex seizures and to identify triggering factors.

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