Most traumatic brain injuries are misdiagnosed and go untreated because patients and doctors alike are poorly informed about the nature of traumatic brain injuries. More than 120,000 people each year suffer long-term disabling effects from traumatic brain injury (TBI), whether closed or open skull injuries. The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has introduced programs to educate about, prevent, and improve the treatment of TBIs. College and university professionals, such as L. Syd Johnson of Michigan University, who have looked at the horrific effects of TBIs (also called concussions) in sports, are calling for major changes to how contact sports (i.e., football, hockey, rugby) are. he played
TBIs, whether sustained in its own drinking glass, so that they forget their winter coats to warm up the heat.
As David Lenrow, M.D., of Traumatic Injury.com points out, some other symptoms of TBIs are often misdiagnosed or overlooked;
- Whip
- Chapter
- Loss of confidence
- Poor concentration
- Loss of balance
- Motivities and mood changes
- Invasions
- Feeling sadness
- Slowness of thought
- Loss of memory
- Loss or impairment of cognitive function
It is said that TBI therapists can pinpoint the area of the brain that is damaged by which skills or cognitive processes are impaired or altered. The brain injury in TBIs (in addition to the additional injuries in open TBIs) comes from the action of the brain colliding against the inside of the skull. The impact of the collision causes the brain to crash forward and back against the skull, in the direction of the impact, until it comes to rest at the moment of the crash.
As stated by BrainLine.org, this back and forth crash can result in swelling and bruising of the brain, lacerations and bleeding in the brain, nerves damage (due to shear forces: disruption of neuron signal transmission caused by broken or damaged neurons), and auxiliary damage such as neurological chemical imbalance, fever and seizures.
The CDC calls its free online educational program “Capita” and offers one course for professionals and one for students and schools. Although TBIs occur at a higher per capita rate during sports, they are no less fatal when sustained outside of sports. Therapy can reduce or eliminate the effects of TBI through the generation of compensatory neuro-compensatory pathways if undertaken directly after the injury. Many people, though, do not seek treatment for months or even years after a TBI, because 15 percent of TBI sufferers have symptoms that last for two or more years. The best means of defense against TBI (apart from the non-concurrent) is to learn about the symptoms of TBI and their duration, the possibility of erroneous diagnoses, and the availability of TBI therapy.
Sources: Michigan Technological University. “Hockey and football concussions: Time for big changes.” September 7, 2012. Web. November 14, 2012.
“Traumatic Brain Injury.” BrainLine.org. Web November 14, 2012.
“Mild TBI Symptoms.” Editor, David Lenrow, M.D.. TraumamaticBrainInjury.com. Web November 13, 2012 p.
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.” Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Web.
“Concussion and mild TBI.” Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Web November 14, 2012.
Report:
- www.cdc.gov/concussion/
- www.cdc.gov/TraumaticBrainInjury/severe.html< /li>
- www.newswise. com/articles/hockey-and-eu-concussions-time-for-big-exchanges
