E. (1997) Common misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among family members of rehabilitation patients. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 12: pp. 41-50Springer JA, Parmer JE, Bouman DE. Common Misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury among family members o...
While everyone is aware that a brain injury can impair your ability to think clearly, it’s important to be aware of the common physical symptoms of brain injury. Knowing these can help you get the treatment you need. Head Bump As brain injuries are often the result of trauma it is likel...
"Research shows thattraumatic brain injuryis a hallmark of recent military conflicts, affecting nearly a third of allwounded soldiers," said Alexander Razumovsky, Ph.D., lead researcher and director of Sentient NeuroCare Services in Hunt Valley, Md. Constricted blood vessels in the brain are cereb...
One of the most common symptoms ofmild traumatic brain injuryis dizziness and imbalance. The results of the Kent study, which assessed 162 military veterans, show for the first time that dizziness may be one cause of the long-term depression, anxiety, headache and forgetfulness that can accompan...
Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy represent conditions that have a profound socioeconomic impact for both the individual and the wider community. They are all characterized by specific protein aggregation that results in synaptic dysfunction, neuronal death, ...
Brain diseases can be induced by multiple factors, including injury and genetics. Injuries within the brain can occur as a result of blunt trauma that leads to damaging of the brain nerves and neurons. However, brain injury can be identified through various symptoms such as nausea, numbne...
Traumatic brain injury is one of the most common reasons for emergency department care; over 1 million visits per year in both the USA and UK have bee..Nigro Lorenzo
While a bruise will likely heal on its own, a broken bone or brain injury will take much longer to heal. Some severe forms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) never fully heal. Any injury to the head should be examined right away; when you see your doctor after a rear-end car accident,...
Researchers have determined that the presence of photophobia in dry eye, migraine and traumatic brain injury (TBI) suggests a shared pathophysiologic mechanism. As such, they suggest that practitioners inquire about the presence of migraine, TBI and other pain complaints in patients with dry eye. ...
(HealthDay)—Approximately one in five individuals may develop mental health symptoms up to six months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), according to a study recently published in JAMA Psychiatry.