When arteries in the brain burst, it causes what is referred to as cerebral or intracranial hemorrhages. Blood can leak into nearby tissue and cause the death of brain cells. There are many ways that brain bleeding can occur, and there are several tests that doctors...
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Brain Injury
Can a brain injury impact your sense of smell or taste?
Brain injuries can have a dramatic impact on your life, and the way they manifest is different in almost every case. Different parts of the brain control vastly different parts of the body and the severity of the damage also plays a critical role. It is important to...
Trauma can lead to a potentially deadly brain hemorrhage
A brain hemorrhage happens when one of the arteries in your brain bursts. This causes bleeding inside of the brain and it is one type of stroke.Many people think of strokes as something that happens to the elderly due to the impact of aging, diet and other such...
How could a PoNS help heal a brain injury?
Healing a brain injury is difficult and sometimes impossible. Researchers are always looking for new methods as we learn more about how the brain works.One device that has shown promise after a traumatic brain injury is known as a PoNS, or Portable Neuromodulation...
Aquatic therapy can help after serious injuries
After suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI), you deal with constant pain and discomfort. Your motor skills are far more limited than they used to be. Just doing daily chores is a struggle. You accept that you will never be able to exercise again.It does not have to...
Why does the brain have such trouble healing?
You can break your arm and have full function restored in a matter of weeks. You can cut yourself, and your skin heals over in days; even a bad cut that takes weeks to heal and leaves you with a scar is still going to heal.The same isn't always true with the brain....
Therapy options vary after a traumatic brain injury
A traumatic brain injury can lead to significant changes in the way that a victim lives his or her life. Once the initial impacts of the injury are handled by the medical team caring for you, there is a good chance that you will need to undergo therapy.Some patients...
Second-impact syndrome can be deadly for young concussion victims
Concussions are an all-too-prevalent injury among American youth. Roughly one in five teenagers has suffered from at least one concussion, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Medicine. These injuries commonly happen in sports, bicycle accidents and...
Long-term effects of traumatic brain injury on children
"What will my child be like ten years from now?" That is a question that parents who have a child with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) want answers to. Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have some idea of the long-term effects of a TBI on...
Young children’s brain injury symptoms
When adults suffer brain injuries, they can typically communicate the symptoms to medical professionals or other adults. They know they don't feel right, they know something is wrong, and they know they need treatment.When young children suffer these injuries, though,...