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Colby Coates, Editor in Chief | December 27, 2007
Researchers investigating concussive brain injuries among injured solders returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are warning that in their post trauma recovery period, many wounded may be prone to developing epilepsy
Marc A. Dichter, M.D., PhD, the University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurology and Bioengineering, says concern exists among the medical community that post-traumatic epilepsy in many returning head-injured veterans may not manifest for months or years "after the insult and will go unrecognized and untreated."
Dr. Dichter says many soldiers may be under treatment for post-traumatic distress syndrome by psychiatrists who are not considering that forgetfulness and other problems may also symptomatic of epilepsy.
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Elsewhere in news about epilepsy, a disconnect appears to occur between what their doctors consider a suitable improvement and what epilepsy societies consider the treatment goal: a 90% reduction in seizures, or complete freedom from seizures.
In a survey sponsored by the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation, 26 percent of patients are not sure what their doctors consider to be an improvement in status; only 35 percent of patients believe their doctor accepts a treatment goal of a 90 percent reduction in seizures or complete freedom from seizures.
