Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Explained: What to know about head injuries and seizures

Описание: This month on Epilepsy Explained we focus on Post-Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE) with guest expert Dr. Pavel Klein, Neurologist, PTE Researcher, and Director of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center. Dr. Pavel explains PTE, seizures that result from traumatic brain injury (or TBI), who is most at risk for PTE following head trauma, how it is treated, what we know about the development of PTE, and the research that is being done to prevent it.

In Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Explained, Dr. Klein answers the following questions.

0:00 Intro

0:16 What is post-traumatic epilepsy and how does someone get it?

1:24 Who is at risk to get post-traumatic epilepsy?

2:54 Do we understand how a traumatic brain injury causes post-traumatic epilepsy?

5:04 What are the treatments for post-traumatic epilepsy and how effective are they?

7:00 If a person suffers a head trauma, do they have to worry about developing seizures for the rest of their lives?

8:23 I’ve recovered from a brain injury, but I’m concerned about post-traumatic epilepsy. Are there symptoms of PTE that I should be looking for and is there anything I can do to help prevent seizures?

11:00 As someone living with post-traumatic epilepsy, the medications I’ve been prescribed for depression have not worked. Are there certain medications that may be more effective at treating depression in people with PTE?

12:30 What research is currently being done on post-traumatic epilepsy?

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