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Brain, "Open Head" and "Closed Head" Injuries...
In
the United States alone, over 1,000,000 people suffer from head injuries
each year. Head impact injuries, especially "traumatic brain
injuries," can leave the victim in varying states of debilitation.
While blunt trauma to the skull is the most likely source of traumatic
brain injury, prolonged lack of oxygen, or the "anoxic brain injury" can
also have severe and life threatening consequences. With traumatic
brain injury, the victim's brain may swell, bruise, and tear, while
anoxic brain injury causes the brain cells to die from lack of oxygen.
Traumatic brain injury is more common than anoxic brain injury, however
both injuries have similar consequences and treatments.
There may be a period of unconsciousness immediately following the trauma, which may last minutes, weeks or months. Due to the twisting and rebounding, the traumatically brain injured patient usually receives damage or bruising to many parts of the brain. This is called diffuse damage. An "open head injury" is a visible assault to the head and may result from a gunshot wound, an accident or an object going through the skull into the brain. This type of head injury is more likely to damage a specific area of the brain.
So called "mild brain injury" may occur with no loss of consciousness and possibly only a dazed feeling or confused state lasting a short time. This is sometimes referred to as brain injury without coma. Although medical care administered may be minimal, persons with brain injury without coma may experience symptoms and impairments similar to those suffered by the survivor of a coma injury.
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Traumatic Brain Injuries
Tearing - The sudden impact of the body colliding with another object (such as a car or baseball bat) may cause very delicate tissue in the brain to tear apart. Unfortunately, modern medical devices (x-ray, CT scan, MRI) often do not detect torn brain tissue. As a result, the injured patient may be given a clean bill of health when in fact there has been significant brain damage.
Bruising - Bruising, like tearing, is caused by impact to the skull. The impact forces the soft tissue of the brain into the much harder skull. The collision between the tissue and the skull may rupture small blood vessels allowing blood to escape into areas of the brain unsuitable for such blood. The unconfined blood places additional pressure on the brain tissue. This pressure may cause parts of the brain to stop functioning. As the brain is responsible for operating the most basic bodily functions (such as breathing), it can be quite perilous for any part of the brain to shut down.
Swelling - While swelling in most other body parts is not typically considered life threatening, swelling of the brain can be. When swelling occurs in other parts of the body, the tissue surrounding the injured area expands to relieve the pressure. The brain however is surrounded by the hard bone of the skull and therefore cannot expand to accommodate the swelling occurring inside. When the brain swells, the pressure inside the skull increases along with the likelihood of severe consequences as a result thereof.
Anoxic Brain Injuries
Anoxic brain injury occurs when the brain is deprived its oxygen intake for some significant amount of time. Such deprivation may occur as a result of drowning, choking, strangulation, or other respiratory difficulties. The cells within the brain require oxygen (an therefore blood) to function. Lack of oxygen for a significant period causes the brain cells to die.
Subtle Brain injury- The absence of a significant or identifiable period of loss consciousness does not mean that an injured person has not suffered a permanent brain injury. Likewise, permanent brain injury can occur without a person having hit his or her head. While seemingly not as dangerous as injuries involving coma, hematoma, and surgery, these injuries can be life altering, and in some cases as disabling as many coma injuries.
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