Brain Injury

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.
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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.
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Brain Injury Information Page
Coma and severe brain injury information for TBI survivors, spouses and caregivers, including dealing with medical bills, symptoms, rehabilitation and prognosis.
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Brain injury
Tumors and brain lesions that occupy space (such as hematomas)
Disorders affecting the blood vessels (such as stroke and TIA) ...
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Brain injury
may 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 ...
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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, ...
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Vision Impairment
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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.
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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 ...
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Brain Injury (Head Injury)
Broken Bone (Bone Fracture)
Broken Hip (Hip Fracture)
Broken Nose (Nose Fracture)
Broken OR Dislocated Jaw
Burns
Cartilage Tear (Meniscus Tear)
Chemical Burns
Child Abuse (Shaken Baby Syndrome) ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Rarely, learning disabilities are associated with problems during birth, particularly brain injury or exposure to infection.
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Following an injury, it can be difficult to tell the difference between a mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) and a more serious brain injury.
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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.
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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.
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In some instances, a true organic or biochemical brain injury has occurred. But most of the time, the problem is more easily treatable.
Food allergies are often a key problem.
TREATMENT" ...
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"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.
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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.
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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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