I am trying to spread awareness about these sleep-safe
pillows. These are not just for Epilepsy but other
medical issues listed below as well.

We had just had a person die in our group from
suffocation and I had a friend who did many years ago.
I just dont want to see it happen again.

Can you also place it in your links or
files for future use?

Please pass this info on to others in hoping to save a
life!

Thanks
lisa
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/

Anti-Suffocation Pillows

Discount web site
http://www.sleep-safe.co.uk/id90.htm

These anti-suffocation pillows are made from a
pharmacist in the UK who had a son who had epilepsy.

There is 2,700,000 people in the U. S. who have
epilepsy and 50,000,000 worldwide. This year another
200,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with
epilepsy.
Seizures in up to 30% of people with epilepsy do not
respond to available medications.

New cases of epilepsy are most common among children,
especially during the first year of life. The rate of
new cases gradually declines until about age 10, and
then becomes stable. After age 55 or 60, the rate
starts to increase, as people develop strokes, brain
tumors, or Alzheimer's disease. (All of these
disorders can cause epilepsy.)

25,000 to 50,000 will die of seizures and related
causes, including status epilepticus, sudden
unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), drowning and
other accidents.

The death rate among people with epilepsy is two to
three times higher than the general population and the
risk of sudden death is 24 times greater.

Because SUDEP typically happens at night, anxiety and
fear of being alone and helpless during a nocturnal
seizure may compromise sleep quality in patients with
epilepsy, thus increasing the likelihood of seizure
activity. So it seems that for many epilepsy patients
there develops a cycle: fear of nighttime seizures =
insufficient sleep = increased seizure activity.

SUDEP have suggested that the person may suffocate
from impaired breathing, fluid in the lungs, and being
face down on the bedding.

Sleep-Safe Pillows can aid in these medical
conditions:

Epilepsy - aftermath of meningitis / stroke
/Alzheimers /Dementia /Asthma / brain tumour /
breathing problems / head injury following a fall -
Downs syndrome -
cerebral palsy - congenital and developmental problems
- medication side effects

Sleep-Safe pillows should not be used for babies and
children under three years old. However, children who
are `at risk' should start using Sleep-Safe pillows as
soon as possible and continue to use them for as long
as they remain `at risk'. Sleep-Safe pillows are an
aid in the management of medical conditions in which
suffocation is a risk;
The 'newly made' firmness of Sleep-Safe pillows
decreases as the pillows 'relax' with use, however the
anti-suffocation properties remain unaffected.


Here is the DISCOUNT web site for the pillows.

http://www.sleep-safe.co.uk/id90.htm

Please place this in Favorites.

If you go to the main site, please make sure you go
back to the discount web site to buy your pillows.