http://www.braininjuryfaq.com Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:15:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/how-long-after-tbi-will-a-seizure-occur/ http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/how-long-after-tbi-will-a-seizure-occur/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:11:03 +0000 admin http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/?p=105 It can be immediate but there is often a lag time of  days, weeks, months or even years before post-traumatic epilepsy expresses itself.

]]> http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/how-long-after-tbi-will-a-seizure-occur/feed/ 0 http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/what-is-the-difference-between-epilepsy-and-post-traumatic-epilepsy/ http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/what-is-the-difference-between-epilepsy-and-post-traumatic-epilepsy/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:10:28 +0000 admin http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/?p=103 Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that causes recurrent seizures.  Post-traumatic epilepsy is a type of partial epilepsy with the seizure beginning in one damaged area of cortex.

]]> http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/what-is-the-difference-between-epilepsy-and-post-traumatic-epilepsy/feed/ 0 http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/what-is-a-seizure-and-are-seizures-common-in-tbi-patients/ http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/what-is-a-seizure-and-are-seizures-common-in-tbi-patients/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:04:58 +0000 admin http://www.braininjuryfaq.com/?p=100 A seizure is a convulsion from an abnormal burst of electrical activity in the brain.  Yes, seizures are common in TBI patients; about 25% of TBI victims will suffer related seizures.

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