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Traumatic brain injury (Symptoms of a brain injury can include: (headaches…
Traumatic brain injury
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Primary head injury. This is the affect on the brain that is caused by the initial injury. These initial injuries can be things such as lacerations, bleeds or ischema.
Secondary brain injury- these changes tend to happen days or months after the initial injury took place. These changes can be neurophysiological and anatomic
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Hematoma
This is a collection of blood outside of the blood vessels. If this occurs after a brain injury this can lead to a build up of pressure within the brain. This can cause an individual to have permanent brain damage
Haemorrhage
This is where an individual has uncontrolled bleeding. When this occurs in the space around the brain it is known as, subarachnoid haemorrhage
Concussion
This occurs when the impact to the head is enough to cause the brain to hit again the walls of the skull. If this is severe enough it can cause brain injury
Edema
Any brain injury can lead to swelling. It is serious when swelling occurs to the brain itself. The skull does not accommodate for swelling which leads to a pressure build up in the brain
Diffuse axonal injury
This is an injury that doesn't do direct damage to the brain but it damages the brain cells. The damage results in these brain cells not being able to function.
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