Brain injury: One teen's story
After a car accident bounced her brain against her
skull, a Minnesota teenager had to relearn the most basic of skills.
Kirsten Jensen, after her exceptionally swift
recovery from
traumatic brain injury.
Full article >>>Traumatic brain injury: Brain damage from
trauma. The three
leading causes of death from
traumatic brain injury relate to firearms, motor vehicles and
falls. The
leading causes of death differ by age group.
Full article >>>Brain Injury Information Page
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brain injury information for TBI survivors, spouses and caregivers, including dealing with medical bills, symptoms,
rehabilitation and
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Full article >>>Brain injuryTumors and brain
lesions that occupy space (such as
hematomas)
Disorders affecting the
blood vessels (such as
stroke and TIA) ...
Full article >>>Brain injurymay affect any age, highest
incidence in young adults
most likely to occur if the brain
membranes are damaged
seizures usually begin within 2 years after the
injury ...
Full article >>>Traumatic brain injury is a critical problem in the United States. According to annual figures compiled by the
Brain Injury Association, approximately 373,000 people are
hospitalized, more than 56,000 people die, and 99, ...
Full article >>>Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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Full article >>>Traumatic brain injury occurs anytime there is a blow to the head. Most commonly this involves what doctors call a "closed
head injury," meaning that there is no open wound, only direct
trauma to the head. You may know this as a
concussion.
Full article >>>brain injury at
birth brain
infections such as
meningitis or
encephalitis brain tumor stroke drug intoxication withdrawal from alcohol and drugs such as narcotics,
cocaine, tranquilizers, and sleeping pills ...
Full article >>>Brain Injury (
Head Injury)
Broken Bone (Bone
Fracture)
Broken
Hip (
Hip Fracture)
Broken Nose (
Nose Fracture)
Broken OR Dislocated
JawBurnsCartilage Tear (
Meniscus Tear)
Chemical Burns
Child Abuse (
Shaken Baby Syndrome) ...
Full article >>>diseases that affect the
nerves and
muscles, such as a
stroke,
tumor,
nerve injury,
brain injury, or
muscular dystrophy, and can cause
paralysis or poor function of the
tongue or the
muscles in the throat and
esophagus large
tonsils ...
Full article >>>Some possibilities include developmental abnormalities of the brain,
brain injury to the
fetus caused by low
oxygen levels (
asphyxia) or poor
circulation,
infection, and
trauma.
Full article >>>Avoiding the causes of
brain injury that may result in dysphasia is important. For example, not
smoking and keeping
blood pressure at a safe level will reduce the risk of
stroke. Over time varying degrees of improvement occurs.
Full article >>>Most are traceable to
brain injury related to physical
trauma,
disease,
infection,
drug and
alcohol abuse, or reduced
blood flow to the brain (
vascular insufficiency).
Full article >>>Seizures that occur singly or in a closely associated group are commonly triggered by an
acute condition such as
brain injury and may occur as an isolated incident, or they may develop into a
chronic seizure disorder.
Full article >>>A
stroke is a type of
brain injury. When a person suffers a
stroke, the
blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly cut off. This means that the brain cells don't get enough
oxygen.
Full article >>>Rarely,
learning disabilities are associated with problems during
birth, particularly
brain injury or exposure to
infection.
Full article >>>Following an
injury, it can be difficult to tell the difference between a mild
traumatic brain injury (
concussion) and a more serious
brain injury.
Full article >>>Depending on where their
brain injury is and how big it is, their
muscle tone may be too tight, too loose, or a combination of too tight and loose.
Full article >>>ACEA 1021 An experimental
drug for
stroke and
traumatic brain injury currently in
clinical trials. ACEA 1021 is an antagonist of the glycine site of the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor. Co-developed by CoCensys Inc. and Ciba-Geigy Limited.
Full article >>>In some instances, a true
organic or biochemical
brain injury has occurred. But most of the time, the problem is more easily treatable.
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Full article >>>"This is truly concerning because we saw changes that suggest
brain injury in areas of the brain that house critical cognitive functions, such as attention, learning and working memory," said Halbower.
Full article >>>Likewise, the severity of symptoms can be related to the severity of the
brain injury, but this is not always true.
If the
injury is not too severe, these symptoms may get better over time.
Full article >>>The test can also be used to evaluate
bleeding and
swelling in the brain and to detect
spinal cord injury in patients who have experienced
traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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