Brain injuries are still under a lot of study to this day. However, as people come to learn more about them, they can better understand why certain changes occur in brain injury victims. For example, people suffering from traumatic brain injury in certain areas often...
Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injuries in children can devastate entire families
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be the result of playing a contact sport like football or rugby. People could also get hurt at work, especially if their job takes them to significant elevations, as is the case for professional window washers and construction...
Two important questions when a child is injured
Healing from an injury can be a long and difficult process. Nothing is more heartbreaking when the injury involves a child. Whether the result of a car crash, dysfunctional toy, accident at a daycare, or other issue an injury to a child requires careful care....
The long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, with a broad spectrum of physical and psychological symptoms, partly due to how they evolve over time. Some TBI symptoms aren’t immediately apparent, appearing days and even weeks after...
Childhood brain injuries may cause later depression and anxiety
Residents of Oakland and other areas of California may want to know more about recent studies that relate to childhood brain injuries. Followed up as adults, those who had traumatic injuries to their brain as a child, experienced psychological effects, such as...
Brain injury recovery: What to expect after a serious injury
A brain injury has life-changing effects on a person from the moment they suffer it. Initially, it will potentially be less serious than it can become, since swelling and changes in brain chemistry can take a few hours or days to completely settle. After this,...
Traumatic brain injuries: The quiet crisis
If you ask a medical professional how much of an impact a traumatic brain injury can have on someone's life, they'll quickly point out that it can be one of the most disruptive and problematic injuries a person can suffer. The symptoms may last for the rest of their...
Could magnetic stimulation therapy help my brain injury?
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have left numerous individuals with lifelong cognitive, emotional, psychological and physical disabilities. Sometimes, TBI patients are left unconscious and in a coma. TBIs are difficult to treat. In many cases, doctors admit that the...
Children may ‘grow into’ brain injuries
You get in a car accident when an 18-wheeler does not stop in time and rear-ends your vehicle in a construction zone. Your child is in the back seat during the crash. You both get airlifted to a nearby hospital. Immediately after the wreck, your child does not seem to...