Soldiers at risk after brain injury
US soldiers Ssg. George Robertson, of NY, from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, stands guard during apatrol near COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, July 26, …
Posted: 08/11/2010
Even years after a brain injury, a new study warns soldiers are at higher risk of developing epilepsy.
Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland published their findings in the July 20, 2010 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. They studied almost two hundred veterans who suffered a traumatic brain injury 35 years earlier. They were given intelligence tests and underwent brain scans to pinpoint any lesions.
The study revealed 44-percent of the veterans had post-traumatic epilepsy. In addition, 13-percent of the cases did not show up until more than 14-years after the initial injury.
Researchers now suggest all veterans with traumatic brain injury should routinely be screened for epilepsy -- even decades afterwards.
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