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When gaming triggers epilepsy

Two people gaming. (Courtesy)

As the world congregates to commemorate Epilepsy Awareness Day or Purple Day, today, we cannot afford to overlook the reality that video games have repeatedly been linked to seizures and even epilepsy.

Other studies refute the fact that video games cause epilepsy but they also agree that they can trigger a seizure in an extremely small number of people, who already have Photosensitive Epilepsy.

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