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Epilepsy experts are looking to the future to provide hope for the nearly 3 million Americans suffering from the neurological disease. Researchers claim that developing technologies such as advanced imaging will greatly impact treatment approaches and could eventually lead to a cure. Researchers are beginning look at how epilepsy develops; it has many causes including “abnormal brain development, brain injuries, head trauma, medication, and heredity.” By exploring each avenue of development, experts may find new ways to prevent epilepsy and the seizures it causes. Many agree that simply trying new drugs to combat epilepsy once its presence is established cannot offer sufferers realistic hope. Dozens of medications exist to control epileptic seizures, but many people who live with the disease find the medications do not work for them. When such medications do prevent seizures, people with epilepsy still suffer other symptoms, which often carry socially debilitating implications. A National Health Interview Study (2002) on the matter noted that epilepsy greatly decreases people’s chances to marry, achieve higher education goals, and hold a steady job. According to Baylor College of Medicine’s Ann Berg, a British study revealed that people with epilepsy may also develop “schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders,” and other neuroses. Studies are consistently raising awareness that many epilepsy cases result from head injuries. Of particular interest to our service men and women is evidence from a study of Vietnam war veterans that showed “53 percent of veterans with penetrating head injuries developed epilepsy.” This could indicate that veterans of the war in Iraq face particular susceptibility to epilepsy. Unfortunately, it is difficult to combat the disease in its early stages because it can develop years after the brain is injured—some patients did not show symptoms for 10 years. However, with researchers shifting their focus from treatment to prevention and recognizing who is at risk, they may be able to ensure that veterans and all other head trauma victims can avoid epilepsy-related suffering, while providing those with epilepsy the hope of a cure. Information retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index. php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070402-22390800-bc-us-epilepsy.xml
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