Headaches common in kids months after brain injuryBy Kerry GrensNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who have a concussion or other traumatic brain injury are more likely to develop headaches for up to a
And football, bicycling, playground activities and soccer were the activities most likely to cause a brain injury in kids. In a study published Thursday, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System...
“The helmet will decrease the severity by decreasing the chance of fracture or bleeding, but it does not decrease your chance of concussion injury,” Laugel says. “We still encourage kids to wear them … but it is really misleading to think that if you buy a very expensive helmet, your...
SEATTLE — Children who sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to experience greater daytime sleepiness, sleep disturbances, and poorer overall sleep quality, and to have impaired emotional, physical, and social functioning, when compared with children without TBI, a small study suggests...
Most kids included in the study had suffered a blunt head injury, most often due to a traffic crash, researchers said in the study. They were treated at 10 hospitals across the U.K. Results show that children who didn’t survive their brain injury, or who couldn’t fully recover from ...
It's estimated that up to 3 million kids experience a brain injury like concussion (脑震荡) each year, and while most of these injuries are not serious, they can have long-term effects.As any high school coach will tell you, concussion can be dangerous, so recognizing and treating it as...
Kids, particularly newborns and those under 5 years old Teenagers and young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 Adults who are 60 or older Traumatic Brain Injury Types Traumatic brain injuries can be split into two main categories: penetrating and non-penetrating. It’s possible to have just...
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(open brain injury). However, there are variations of these general terms in the medical literature so people may not agree on all points (For example, is a depression of the bony skull toward the brain an open or closed brain injury?). Consult your doctor about the type of head injury...
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