Can Exercise Trigger Epilepsy? Can people with epilepsy work out? What are some exercises that doctors recommend for patients? 1. Is exercise beneficial or harmful for people with epilepsy? Exercise itself rarely induces seizures. However, fatigue, trauma, hyperventilation (great panting) and even electrolyte and acid-base metabolic disorders (profuse sweating and water loss) caused by excessive or multiple exercise can induce seizures and should be carefully avoided. In addition to the above, many clinical studies have found that moderate to moderate physical activity is beneficial for epileptic patients: exercise can improve imbalanced neurotransmitters, increase GABA levels, pleasure mood, and maintain socialization in epileptic patients. The patient should take into account the type and severity of their seizures, their ability to tolerate exercise, previous seizure triggers, and other factors to find the right type and duration of exercise for them. 2. Which exercises are recommended by doctors for epilepsy patients? Professor Gluseppe Capovilla has compiled recommendations for exercise for patients with epilepsy, published in the prestigious journal Epilepsy. Dr. Xiao Wang extracted some of the exercises that are commonly involved in Chinese patients and recommended them to you. (1) Safe levels: walking, table tennis (national ball), badminton, tennis, dancing, gentle martial arts such as tai chi, bowling, golf, jogging. If patients have seizures while engaging in these sports, they generally do not cause accidental injury to themselves and others around them. (2) Relatively safe: bicycling, fencing, gymnastics, equestrian, shooting, swimming, skating, skiing If a patient has a seizure while playing these sports, there is a certain risk of personal injury to the patient, so when playing these sports, someone needs to accompany and watch over the patient and pay special attention to avoid drowning and falling. (3) Unsafe level: rock climbing, diving, racing, horse racing, parachuting, diving, surfing, piloting an airplane. If patients have seizures while engaging in these sports, it is very likely to lead to accidental drowning, falling and even death. 3.What are the safety precautions? Prepare and warm up before exercise, gradually increase the amount of exercise, and gradually reduce the amount of exercise to stop after exercise; adjust the steady rhythm of whistling, nasal inhalation and oral whistling during exercise; do not force outdoor activities in bad weather; pay attention to timely rest and hydration during exercise; once shortness of breath, chest tightness, panic and palpitations, dizziness and headache or even aura (feeling that you are about to have a seizure) occur during activity Stop exercising promptly, rest actively, and take oxygen if possible.