The severity of brain damage can vary with the type of brain injury. A mild brain injury may be temporary. It causes headaches, confusion, memory problems, andnausea. In a moderate brain injury, symptoms can last longer and be more pronounced. In both cases, most patients make a good reco...
Mild concussions heal themselves, but more traumatic injuries can result in damage to your skull and pressure, resulting in a bump on your head. This needs to be monitored as it can be a sign of brain injury, especially if it doesn’t start to go down within a day or two. Inability T...
It depends on the cause, the location, and other factors. In general, mild inflammation at the front of your eye can clear up quickly, especially if the cause, like an infection, goes away. But in other situations, uveitis can last months or years or keep coming back. If that happens,...
Concussions, or traumatic brain injuries, can be mild or severe. What is the medical definition of concussion? The term concussion describes an injury to the brain resulting from impact to the head. By definition, a concussion is not a life-threatening injury, but it can cause both short-ter...
Molecular events, such as the elevation of cytokines and changes in neurotrophic factors resulting in increased oxidative stress, can occur in even mild TBI.Barbara C. FisherChapter
inflammation, malfunction, or destruction of brain cells or brain tissue. A lesion may be localized to one part of the brain, or it may be widespread. The initial damage may be so small as to not produce any initial symptoms but progresses over time to cause obvious physical and mental ...
Typically, head injuries range from minorcutsandbruiseson the scalp to severe skull fractures and hemorrhages. Brain injuries, which can result from head trauma, can be mild, moderate, or severe. What are the causes of head injury? By definition, trauma is required to cause a head injury, ...
Association of mild traumatic brain injury with and without loss of consciousness with dementia in US military veterans. JAMA Neurol. 2018;75(9):1055-1061. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.0815PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 54. Luis CA, Vanderploeg RD, Curtiss G. Predictors of postconcussion symptom ...
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Other pregnant people make more prostaglandin, a hormone-like chemical that makes their kidneys less sensitive to vasopressin. Most cases of gestational diabetes insipidus are mild and don’t cause clear symptoms. The condition usually goes away after birth, but it might come back in another ...