Patient's question:
Does the recurrence of epilepsy relate to brain trauma? My brother had a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. After recovering, he developed epilepsy. He has been treated for over two years, but it hasn't improved.Doctor's answer:
General traumatic brain injury can lead to epilepsy, including open and closed traumatic brain injuries. Statistics show that about one-third of epilepsy patients have a history of traumatic brain injury. Without a doubt, traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of epilepsy. Epilepsy patients still account for a very small proportion in traumatic brain injury. Approximately 5% of patients with traumatic brain injury may experience a recurrence of epilepsy after the injury. However, in patients with epilepsy, early seizures may occur in one-quarter of cases after traumatic brain injury, but they may also occur later. Additional brain injury during childbirth is a significant cause of epilepsy in children.