Is epilepsy good after radiotherapy

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Many people suffering from cancer after chemotherapy, will lead to epilepsy, making the patient and the patient's family are more difficult to do, but there are still many people do not understand how the epilepsy is, today we have to answer for you.

Is epilepsy good after radiotherapy

First: speaking of the reason, the most important thing is heredity. Genetic factors are an important cause of epilepsy, especially idiopathic epilepsy. Molecular genetic studies have found that the molecular mechanism of some hereditary epilepsy is the structural or functional changes of ion channels or related molecules.

Second: in addition to the above, brain diseases: such as congenital brain dysplasia: heterotopic gray matter. Cerebral perforating malformation. Tuberous sclerosis, cerebral and facial angiomatosis, etc. Brain tumor: primary or metastatic tumor, may lead to epilepsy.

Third: craniocerebral trauma, birth injury, intracranial hematoma, brain contusion and laceration, and various brain combined injuries, cerebrovascular diseases: cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral infarction and cerebral aneurysm, cerebral arteriovenous malformation, etc., degenerative diseases: Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, pick's disease, etc., these diseases can not be ignored.

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Therefore, after radiotherapy, the family members of patients need to pay special attention to whether there are signs of epilepsy. If found, they need to start treatment. If to later stage, will miss the best treatment time.