Question 1

does a forceps delivery contribute to brain injury and what are the symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Forceps brain injury: Usually would not result in br injury, also count in time duration from full dilation to forceps use. Difficulty from forcep delivery add up to total trauma + times suffering low oxygenation. Symptoms would not appear till late if just cognitive weakness, if physical trauma-brain bleed sx would be immediate (reflexes + respiration adequacy + tonus of muscles..).

Question 2

can forceps delivery cause head and brain injuries in babies?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes it can, but in the hands of a well trained obstretician they can also be life saving.

Question 3

can i have brain damage if born by forcep delivery?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: It is unlikely that forceps use to assist in the delivery process would cause brain damage to the newborn infant.

Question 4

forceps brain injury :  grandson had forceps & ventouse delivery. he has palsy & static hydrocephalus. could this have been the contributing factor ?

Accepted Answer

Not the forceps: Fetal distress at the time of delivery often necessitates use of forceps to facilitate the delivery.  The distress is often due to decrease in blood flow to the baby's brain.  Hie is the term often used and can result in cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and hydrocephalus.  This may result even if forceps are not used.  The exact cause may never be determined.

Question 5

what are the features of a "mild" brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Erroneous assumption: The concept of "minor" brain injury is misplaced. All brain injury is serious. Exact need for rehabilitation recommendations depends on type of injury, extent of disability and patient's pre-existing level of function.

Question 6

is there any natural protection from brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Viral infections yes by good hygiene practices.  Genetically derived dementia including alzheimer's can be unpredictable. Curb lifestyle habits including substance abuse.

Question 7

what is the definition or description of: brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Brain Injury=: damage to, or loss of, brain tissue due to various etiologies such as trauma or ischemia/stroke

Question 8

what to do if i was given the brain injury i had, how am i doing?

Accepted Answer

Clarification: If you are asking how to learn about your functional profile after a head injury, the ideal way to go is to see a physician who specialized in brain injury first.  Neuropsychological testing, if done to standard, can be very helpful in clarifying domain strengths and areas affected.  Brain imaging obtained well after an injury can be helpful but less so as it does not speak to function.  good luck

Question 9

what's a traumatic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Brain damage: Tbi- traumatic brain injury is when the brain is injured from a strike, fall, accident, explosion or any other concussive injury to the head injuring the underlying soft brain tissue.  They can be mild from concussion to severe such as persistent vegetative state.

Question 10

what is a dissecting brain injury is?

Accepted Answer

Brain injury: Sounds like you are talking about a dissecting vascular injury where a blood vessel is "dissecting" which means the wall of the blood vessel is being dissecting by blood that has been pushing in between the normal anatomical layers of the blood vessel.

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What are the features of a "mild" brain injury?

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