Are Seniors at Risk for Epilepsy?
The genetic type of epilepsy usually doesn’t happen with older adults. In this video, family physician Sharecare Advisory Board member Daniel Spogen, MD, describes what can cause epilepsy in older adults.
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So the familial type of epilepsy that people get, usually they get that as a child. So the genetic type of epilepsy doesn't usually
show up as an adult. That shows up as a child. When you develop epilepsy as an adult, you're looking for some sort of brain injury.
A stroke is probably the most common cause of epilepsy in adult. But we worry about other things that can grow in the brain. Brain
tumors can cause epilepsy, and certain infections can cause epilepsy. So there's usually an event that causes epilepsy in an adult and
epilepsy
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