Question 1

slight and transit brain injury?

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Good question: The brain is very complex.  Brief disruption can happen, and full recovery can occur.  A transient ischemic event can happen.  Concussion can happen.  A seizure can happen.  A migraine can happen.  A psychotic break can happen.  All can recover fully or leave deficits.  A good neurologist can help determine cause and effect.

Question 2

what are the tests for brain injury?

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Neuro exam, MRI: While there are many tests for brain injury, MRI is the most sensitive test to show brain injury from a test perspective.
Neurological examination is the hallmark of patient evaluation.
Neuropsychometric testing will help determine functional abnormalities after brain trauma.

Question 3

what are common causes of brain injury?

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CDC guidelines: According to cdc: 
the leading causes of tbi are:
    falls (35.2%);
    motor vehicle – traffic (17.3%);
    struck by/against events (16.5%); and
    assaults (10%).
The link for the above is at:
http://www.Cdc.Gov/traumaticbraininjury/causes.Html.

Question 4

describe the features of a brain injury.?

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Brain injury: Organic brain injury is not a disease in itself. Instead, this term refers to any number of conditions that frequently lead to decreased mental functioning, usually trauma, but causes may include infection (meningitis), poisons (carbon monoxide), tumors. With the iraqi and afghanistan wars there has been a dramatic increase in closed head injury with resulting brain injury.

Question 5

what to do if i think i have a brain injury?

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See one of us: If acute, goto the ER.  If it happened sometime in the past, and you are not currently dizzy or nauseated, or having stroke-like symptoms, then make an appointment with a neurologist, psychiatrist or PMR (rehab) doctor for assessment.  Seeing one of us with added board certification in 1) behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry or 2) brain injury medicine is ideal.

Question 6

what should you do if you have had a brain injury?

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Let me explain: You have to try to understand your injury? What are your limitations?
You have to try to live with your limitation?
Do not bashful to ask for gaudiness and help.
Good luck.

Question 7

what's a traumatic brain injury?

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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 8

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.

Question 9

how is brain injury observation done?

Accepted Answer

Constant vigilance: The patient should be checked every two hours for the first 24 hours after the  injury.  If the patient is asleep, he or she should be awakened. Seek emergency help if they are unusually sleep, confused, restless, agitated, nausea, vomitting, headache, unequal pupil size.

Question 10

how do you define anoxic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

No oxygen: An anoxic brain injury is caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain. This can be global in nature, as in chocking or near-drowning, or it can be local, as in a stroke.

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