If you have a pacemaker and become terminally ill with a condition unrelated to your heart, such as cancer, it's possible that your pacemaker could prolong the process of dying. Doctors and researchers have varied opinions on turning off a pacemaker in end-of-life situations.
Epilepsy Fellowship About the Program The academic role of Epilepsy clinics is to familiarize fellows with epilepsy disorders or mimetic conditions in pediatric and adult population. Fellows will learn the etiology, pathophysiologic process, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work up and therapeutic management of epilepsy disorders as well as the social aspects of the disease.
Some people may notice that their seizures occur in response to very specific stimuli or situations, as if the seizure is a 'reflex'. There is a type of epilepsy called 'reflex epilepsy' â in this type, seizures occur consistently in relation to a specific trigger. 1  For example, one type of reflex epilepsy is photosensitive epilepsy where seizures are triggered specifically by flashing lights.