You get a skull fracture when the bone in your skull breaks or cracks. It’s often caused by blunt force trauma, like being hit in the head very hard. It can harm your brain tissue and its blood vessels. Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms A traumatic brain injury can cause many symptoms, ...
Brain tissue reacts to the trauma from the injury with a series of biochemical and other physiological responses. Substances that once were housed safely within these cells now floodthe brain, further damaging and destroying brain cells in what is called secondary cell death. Depending on the seve...
Brain trust: a medical study confirms what too many have feared--the sport of football can cause brain trauma. What can the NFL do?(Fore front)Psychic trauma (Causes ofFootball players (Psychological aspectsFootball players (DiagnosisFootball players (Drug use...
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Traumais the most widely recognized cause of acutebrain injury. Bleeding or swelling within the skull can directly damage brain cells, or the pressure that can build within the skull can compress the brain and compromise its ability to function. Trauma can also damage the brain on a microscopic...
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by a bump or impact to the head that disrupts the brain's normal function. According to the CDC, most TBIs that occur each year are mild and sometimes calledconcussions. Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) can cause changes in brain activity, lead...
Blunt force trauma to the head can cause a number of conditions that affect the brain and could even result in death. One of the most serious of these is swelling of the brain. When the brain expands because of swelling, it may eventually press against the skull causing pressure to build...
What is Traumatic Brain Injury Rehab? By: Balint Radu The human brain. By: Pavel Losevsky A computed tomography (CT) scan can often determine the severity of a brain injury cause by trauma. By: william87 Car accidents are a common cause of traumatic brain injury. ...
In the years I spent recovering from a brain injury, the result of an attempt to end my life, I experienced every single one of these. What Is Post-Traumatic Growth? There’s no standard to determine what constitutestraumaor healthy growth. However, science has determined why some people ex...
Acoustic neuroma: This is a benign tumor of the ear that can be present with vertigo. Neurologic: Much less commonly, the cause of vertigo may arise from the brain. Stroke, tumors, seizures, and multiple sclerosis may be associated with vertigo. Trauma: Vertigo may be a symptom of concussio...