Massively multiplayer online role-playing game-induced seizures: A neglected health problem in Internet addiction
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game-induced seizures: A neglected health problem in Internet addiction
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10.1089/cpb.2006.9.451
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2006-08-01
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Chuang, Yao-Chung
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作者：
Chuang, Yao-Chung
随着互联网迅速而广泛地融入社会，网络成瘾已成为一个日益严重的社会心理问题。然而，在这方面，另一个不寻常的健康问题癫痫发作往往被忽视。对10名在玩最新类型的电子游戏——大型多人在线角色扮演游戏（mmorpg）时发生癫痫发作的患者进行了调查。患者主要为年轻男性，大多数事件为全身性强直阵挛性发作、肌阵挛性发作和缺席。这些患者应归类为特发性全身性癫痫。尽管光敏性是一个重要因素，但行为和高级精神活动似乎也是癫痫发作的重要诱因。结果表明，mmorpg引起的癫痫发作与普通视频游戏引起的癫痫发作不同。值得注意的是，癫痫发作警告并不总是出现在mmorpg的网站和软件说明上。虽然mmorpg诱发癫痫的患病率尚不清楚，但它可能超出我们的预期并影响我们的社会。不仅是临床神经学家，还有初级医生、教育工作者、社会学家和全球在线游戏发行商，都应该意识到这种特殊形式的反射性癫痫发作，以便向MMORPG玩家提供适当的健康警告。
As the Internet has become rapidly and widely integrated into society, Internet addiction has become a growing psychosocial problem. However, epileptic seizure, another out-of-the-ordinary health problem, is often neglected in this regard. Ten patients who experienced epileptic seizures while playing the newest genre of electronic games-Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)-were investigated. Patients were predominantly male young adults, and most of the events were generalized tonic-clonic seizures, myoclonic seizures, and absences. These patients should be categorized into idiopathic generalized epilepsies. Even though photosensitivity was an important factor, behavioral and higher mental activities also seemed to be significant seizure precipitants. Results demonstrated that MMORPG-induced seizures were not analogous to the ordinary video game-induced seizures. Significantly, an epileptic seizure warning did not always appear on the websites of MMORPGs and instructions for the software. While the prevalence of MMORPG-induced seizures remains unknown, it may exceed our expectations and impact our society. Not only for clinical neurologists but also for the primary physicians, educators, sociologists, and global online game publishers, there should be an awareness of this special form of reflex seizures in order to provide an appropriate health warning to MMORPG players.