Question 1

how does one get hypoxic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Lack of blood flow: This usually results from a lack of blood flow to the brain for a period of time.  How long is required will vary from individual to individual. This can occur when there is an interruption of cerebral blood flow, usually due to cardiac arrest, with blood flow restored a short time afterwards.

Question 2

is it possible to recover from a hypoxic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no: Hypoxic injury can cause brain cells to just shut down, sicken, or die.  Recovery depends on the initial degree of damage, the acute management, and the rehabilitation.  In new born infants good success is occurring with brain cooling.  Following cardiac arrest in adults the recovery depends on the quality of the heart, lung, and kidney function.  Functional recovery is best with quality rehab.

Question 3

what are the chances of a full recovery for a patient suffering fro a hypoxic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Depends on how severe the hypoxic injury is, which is usually relative to the time the brain was deprived of oxygen, as well as to the patient's age and health condition. Full recovery is possible, especially with short hypoxic times and quick resuscitation. Talk to your doctors.

Question 4

how can recovery from hypoxic brain injury may speed up? patient is 74 and in minimal conscious state. he pulled out his feed pipe out of irritation

Accepted Answer

History?: There is no definite way of speeding up the recovery if possible apart from good intensive care and time. No drug has been  convincingly proved to speed thing up!

Question 5

my grandmother  of age 70 got cardiac arrest and hypoxic brain injury occured. how long it will take to recover?

Accepted Answer

Well : The majority of the recovery occurs the first three or four days. Then there can be some slow recovery of brain function. You really need to ask your neurologist or intensive care doctor what they think the prognosis is and what progress she's making

Question 6

i am recovering from a diffuse axonal brain injury so i take a large amount of supplements. how can i help my kidneys process this many supplements?

Accepted Answer

Stop: If you suffered a diffuse axonal injury, you don't need many potentially toxic supplements creating problems for your healing brain.  B-complex vitamins are excellent with Folic Acid for neuronal healing. Other than that, i wouldn't take much else and allow your brain to heal.

Question 7

what are the most likely consequences of brain damage caused by hypoxia?

Accepted Answer

At what age, how : long ago, what areas of the brain were damaged, what functions were lost or have not been attained &amp; how much progress has been made since Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy occurred ?  There are criteria for expected outcomes  of HIE in neonates, for example. Please re-submit your question with specific data. Thanks.

Question 8

does hypoxia induced brain damage show up on an mri?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Depending on etiology and severity of hypoxia

Question 9

i used to hold my breath while lifting weights for around 1 minute at a time. could this cause hypoxia brain damage?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: Swimmers do longer than that routinely! And do well in life!

Question 10

lets say someone ends up with a severe poisoning that causes acute methemoglobinemia. can the hypoxia caused by the methemoglobinemia result in brain damage if no medical assistance is provided? is it possible for the body to even survive on its own?

Accepted Answer

: It depends on the severity.
Yes, hypoxia due to methemohemoglobin can cause brain damage.

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I used to hold my breath while lifting weights for around 1 minute at a time. could this cause hypoxia brain damage?

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Lets say someone ends up with a severe poisoning that causes acute methemoglobinemia. can the hypoxia caused by the methemoglobinemia result in brain damage if no medical assistance is provided? is it possible for the body to even survive on its own?

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