Category: Brain Injury

Brain injuries are among the most difficult accident-related injuries to endure because they’re so closely related to their sufferers’ emotional and psychological well-being. Such injuries are known as traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Concussions are a mild form of TBIs.TBIs, because they affect the brain, can also be extremely serious. Even a mild TBI can lead to significant mental and emotional…

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) sustained in an accident can have very serious and sometimes permanent consequences associated with them. These injuries may also require a tremendous amount of medical treatment in order to correct or reduce. Statistics show that approximately 1.5 million Americans suffer from traumatic brain injuries on a yearly basis. This equates to one traumatic brain injury every…

A concussion is a serious injury that can impact the victim’s memory and language skills, particularly when someone suffers more than one concussion in their lifetime. Perhaps nothing has raised the visibility of the dangers of concussions more than the plight of professional football players in the NFL. Although concussions are serious injuries for men, they carry perhaps greater consequences…

You’ve probably heard a lot in the news lately about the prevalence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in football players. Athletes and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma, such as concussions, develop this degenerative brain disease. As a result of recent studies, some parents have begun to turn their children away from high-impact sports such as football. So…

Traumatic brain injuries are classified in three different ways: mild, moderate, and severe. A severe brain injury can result in a coma and permanent disabilities and moderate brain injuries often require supervision and a recovery period that can last months. On the other hand, the symptoms of a mild brain injury often clear up on their own within a few…

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have become a pervasive problem in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain a TBI every year. 52,000 of these injury victims die. TBIs are a contributing factor in nearly one third (30.5 percent) of all injury-related deaths in the United States. And while nearly…

Birth injuries occur to an alarming number of infants born in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than twenty-three thousand infants died in 2015 alone. Many more children suffered permanent physiological damage as the result of birth injuries. Brain injuries are among the most devastating of all birth injuries. Many of these injured…

According to the Centers for Disease Control[1] and Prevention, as many as 1.4 million Americans suffer a brain injury on an annual basis. Brain injuries can be caused by anything from a car accident to a fall in the shower to a sports-related accident at school. If a loved one has sustained a brain injury, there are some general terms…

Following a traumatic accident or incident, victims may suffer a variety of physical and mental injuries. Two common injuries resulting from auto collisions falls, explosions, or similarly severe accidents are traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These conditions are each very serious in their own right and can have significant adverse effects on victims. Differences between TBI…

Especially in infant children, early onset or in utero brain injuries can be hard to diagnose, and even if they are diagnosed, it can be nearly impossible to tell how the injury will manifest in the life of a child. Typically, brain injuries present from birth occur as the result of lack of oxygen during the birthing process, which is…