Problem
Photosensitive epilepsy
Other Names:
Hazardous flickering lightsFlickering television screens
Nature:
Flickering television, VDUs and strobe disco lights are known to provoke epileptic fits in sensitive people. There is also a possibility that video games and virtual reality units could aggravate the risk of seizures.
Incidence:
15,000 of the 300,000 people with epilepsy in the UK have the photosensitive kind. After each showing of a cartoon featuring strobe-light in Japan, 700 viewers suffered epilepsy-like seizures, muscle spasms and nausea.
Broader Problems:
EpilepsyVisual strain in modern technologySocially disruptive effects of video gamesSensitivity to bright light Values:
Hazard Subject(s):
Amenities → Equipment??Health Care → Mental health??
Societal Problems → Hazards??
Societal Problems → Impediments??
Transportation, Telecommunications → Television??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
23.12.2019 – 04:00 CET