UVA research sheds new light on why sleep increases risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy – News-Medical.Net

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals why sleep can put people with epilepsy at increased risk of sudden death.
Both sleep and seizures work together to slow the heart rate, the researchers found. Seizures also disrupt the body’s natural regulation of sleep-related changes. Together, in some instances, this can prove deadly, causing Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, or SUDEP.
We have been trying to better understand the cardiac changes around the time of a seizure…

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