Question 1

how to know if i have a traumatic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Ask your doctor: There are many factors, and without telling us, we have no idea.  You should ask you doctor.

Question 2

will weed hurt my brain if i am recovering from a very traumatic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Weed is harmfull whether you injured your brain or not. Never use weed.

Question 3

what does weed do to my brain if i am recovering from a very traumatic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

More damage: Marijuana use causes brain damage on its own.  Using it when your brain is already fragile is an extremely bad idea.

Question 4

can you give me advice? i have been working on as much information as possible regarding traumatic brain injury, what the chances are for a full recovery?

Accepted Answer

Too many variables: There are so many variables, from mild to moderate to severe brain injury, time in post traumatic amnesia, structural damage, etc. It is difficult to say even when we have the whole clinical picture, much less without a specific patient in mind. This is still such a developing area of medicine, its just way to hard to say with any certainty. Sorry i can not be more specific, but i hope that helps!

Question 5

i've had symptoms of ocd since my traumatic brain injury why is this?

Accepted Answer

OCD is an uncommon, : but well-documented, consequence of TBI. The pattern of OCD, I.e., the types of obsessions &amp; compulsions, are very similar amongst patients with TBI, whether they have mild TBI &amp; normal MRI's or moderate &amp; severe TBI with bruising of the the fronto-temporal cortex, subcortical structures (caudate nucleus) or both on their MRI's. Just one more thing for which you need therapy &amp;, maybe, medication.

Question 6

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 7

traumatic brain injury always permanent?

Accepted Answer

No: A person can have full recovery.  The best time to tell what will be permanent is those symptoms still present after one year.  A few predictors of permanent damage is how much memory is lost and the length of being unconcious or if there was lack of oxygen for a prolonged time.

Question 8

could a traumatic brain injury be reversed?

Accepted Answer

Depends on severity: Mild brain injuries can heal and be technically reversed. However, moderate to severe injuries often will have significant structural damage to neuronal structures that just will not heal correctly and once this occurs, there is very little we can do to reverse that damage. Most of the recovery then will be on improving function with the new normal cognitive baseline.

Question 9

what symptoms follow traumatic brain injury?

Accepted Answer

Several: Acutely you have headache, pain at the trauma site, possibly memory loss, over time there can be has, mood symptoms, memory symptoms, behavioral issues.

Question 10

is traumatic brain injury same as brain damaged?

Accepted Answer

No: It's not about being politically correct.  It is specific to damage from trauma (such as car crash, etc), rather than other types of damage (stroke, etc).

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