Any type of brain injury can increase the risk of developing epileptic attacks. Epileptic seizures can vary in their severity and the fits can either affect the whole of the brain or small focused areas of the brain. Serious seizures can include rapid body movements, loss of bladder and bowel control, breathlessness and loss of consciousness and less severe seizures can include lapses in concentration, twitches and forgetfulness.
- One in every hundred of the general population suffers from epilepsy
- Epileptic seizures occur in 35 per cent of patients with a penetrating head injury
- It may be difficult to diagnose epilepsy in head injuries, and seizures may not occur until one of two years after the head injury occurred
The above statistics were take from 'Head Injury: A Practical Guide' by Trevor Powell, Winslow Press Ltd, 1994.
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