HI!!
I'm physiotherapy student.. can somebody help me to understand more on pathology of seizures or epilepsy?? then how can be traumatic brain injury leads to seizures??
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HI!!
I'm physiotherapy student.. can somebody help me to understand more on pathology of seizures or epilepsy?? then how can be traumatic brain injury leads to seizures??
hi all,
Epilepsy is a temporary physiological dysfunction of the brain caused by a self-limited, abnormal hypersynchronous electrical discharge of cortical neurons.
It is characterized by repeated seizures that continue intermittently throughout life unless successfully treated.
It affects about 1 % of the population
Causes of Abnormal Cellular Discharge :
Trauma (head injury, birth trauma, concussions )
Oxygen deprivation (ischemia)
Tumors
Infections (meningitis or encephalitis).
Axonal sprouting after neuronal injury.
Metabolic disorders (e.g. hypoglycemia).
Genetic epilepsy.
Drugs and alcohol
After neurosurgery
Febrile seizures (convulsions)
No specific causative factors can be found in more than 65% of the cases.
Types of Epilepsy:
Based on the initial location of the brain involved and the manner in which it spreads to other areas, epilepsy h divided into:
1. Partial (or focal or simple) epilepsy.
2. General epilepsy.
3. Unclassified seizures
After a neck injury in march 2010 I had the EEG of an epilieptic but no classic symptoms of it, just sometimes shaky hands, but I have had this all my life occasionally....