Question 1

regarding the paradoxal affect of the drug ambein on patients brain trauma. i suffer from a brain injury i would like to know of any clinical trails ?

Accepted Answer

Ambien/ Brain damage: Not sure what type of clinical trials you are looking for.  Suggest you go on internet to:
 
www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials

and follow links for ongoing clinical trials.  Are you using Ambien (zolpidem) for sleep, or other type of effect?

Question 2

is brain injury to the front considered very serious?

Accepted Answer

Can be very serious: Any injury to the brain can have serious implications. The severity depends on the extent of the trauma and what areas of the brain are involved. Frontal lobe trauma can effect intellectual functions and vision among other issues.

Question 3

slight and transit brain injury?

Accepted Answer

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 4

what are the tests for brain injury?

Accepted Answer

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 5

what are common causes of brain injury?

Accepted Answer

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 6

describe the features of a brain injury.?

Accepted Answer

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 7

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

Accepted Answer

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 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

why am i so scared of everything after a brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Need evaluation: Are you concerned about re-injury? Was it a traumatic brain injury?  Frontal lobe affected?  Have you been diagnosed with depression or post traumatic stress disorder? This is not a simple subject- It isn't one we can answer on HealthTap Basic. It is worth discussing with your neurologist. Take care.

Question 10

my father has developed brain injury. what is it exactly?

Accepted Answer

Brain injury types: I would need more informnation to provide a specific reply. Is hisbrain injury ischemic ( such as a stroke , or traumatic ?

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Regarding the paradoxal affect of the drug ambein on patients brain trauma. i suffer from a brain injury i would like to know of any clinical trails ?

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Is brain injury to the front considered very serious?

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What are the tests for brain injury?

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What are common causes of brain injury?

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Describe the features of a brain injury.?

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What is a dissecting brain injury is?

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My father has developed brain injury. what is it exactly?

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