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Is traumatic brain injury same as brain damaged?
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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).
Answered 1/23/2020
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Not always equal: traumatic brain injury means a traumatic event has occurred to the head and brain, causing a fpr, pf braom damage. The term brain damage has a broader connotation, including all causes of damage to the brain, such as infection, metabolic derangement (hypoglycemia etc), poisoning), effects of degenerative disorders).
Answered 5/22/2015
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