Background Recently, an exceptional increase was witnessed in cell phone users. The brain has greater exposure to the electromagnetic field (EMF) created during mobile phone use than the rest of the body, which may impair its function. In persons with epilepsy, the brain has more tendencies towards electrical instability. Objectives The current study aims at investigating the effect of mobile phone radiation (MPR) on the electroencephalogram (EEG) of persons with epilepsy as well as healthy adults. Subjects and methods Thirty patients with idiopathic epilepsy and 30 matching controls underwent EEG recording including 15 min of sham exposure followed by 30 min of real exposure to MPR and a final post-exposure recording for extra 15 min. The number of abnormal EEG events was counted during sham and real exposure for each subject. Correlation analysis was done between the number of epileptic events detected during the real exposure to MPR and the patients’ clinical data Results In the control group, the EEG under real MPR exposure showed no abnormal discharges. In persons with epilepsy, all those with abnormal EEG during sham exposure MPR (33%) showed an increase in the number of events with real exposure to MPR. One patient showed a change in the pattern of discharge from interictal changes to an ictal rhythm. Another patient with normal EEG during sham record developed temporal epileptiform discharges during real exposure. Conclusion Mobile phone radiation shows recognizable effects on the brain rhythm of persons with epilepsy. These results should be confirmed by future studies to establish a recommendation addressing the use of such devices in epileptic patients.

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手机电磁辐射对癫痫患者的影响：一项脑电图研究

背景 近期，手机用户出现异常增长。与身体其他部位相比，大脑在使用手机期间产生的电磁场 (EMF) 的暴露量更大，这可能会损害其功能。在癫痫患者中，大脑更倾向于电不稳定。目的 本研究旨在调查手机辐射 (MPR) 对癫痫患者和健康成人的脑电图 (EEG) 的影响。受试者和方法 30 名特发性癫痫患者和 30 名匹配的对照者接受了 EEG 记录，包括 15 分钟的假暴露，然后是 30 分钟的 MPR 实际暴露，最后的暴露后记录额外 15 分钟。在每个受试者的假暴露和真实暴露期间计算异常 EEG 事件的数量。对实际暴露于MPR期间检测到的癫痫事件数与患者临床数据进行相关性分析结果在对照组中，实际MPR暴露下的脑电图未见异常放电。在癫痫患者中，所有在假暴露 MPR 期间出现异常 EEG 的人 (33%) 显示真正暴露于 MPR 的事件数量增加。一名患者表现出从发作间期变化到发作节律的出院模式的变化。另一名在假记录期间脑电图正常的患者在真实暴露期间出现了颞叶癫痫样放电。结论 手机辐射对癫痫患者的脑节律有明显的影响。这些结果应得到未来研究的证实，以制定解决癫痫患者使用此类装置的建议。