Category Archives: Brain Injury Treatment

The familiesof traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims often have many questions when their loved one is transferred to a rehabilitative care center. What happens in rehabilitation?Similar tothe acute care facility, the TBI patient will be cared for by a team of professionals who specialize in the care of trauma victims. Their goals are to: Each day, the patient will participate in therapy. Initially, the patient may require staff assistance for even the most simple activities: brushing teeth, getting out of bed and eating. The patient also may require staff for safety because there is a risk of falling, eloping (trying to get out of the hospital to go home) or getting hurt. The patientmay be confused and forgetful. The Rehabilitation Team The Physiatrist is the team leader in the rehabilitation program. The physiatrist is a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Physiatrists treat a wide range of problems, including the changes after brain injury. The physiatristwill assess and prescribe the treatment and direct the team. The Neuropsychologist is a key member of the rehabilitation team. The neuropsychologistwill assess the patients changesin thinking and behavior. Changes couldinclude: Many patients areunaware of the changes in the brain and how those changesaffect … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Barbara Rich With regret the Dana Foundation announces that Barbara Rich, executive vice president of communications, died on Saturday, October 2, 2016. She had worked at the Foundation since 1995. Could running a series of tests in a certain order better predict who is at risk for progression from schizophrenia to psychosis? Researchers turn to infants and pre-readers to see if difficulty in reading changes the brain or if the differences were there to begin with. What are we to do with this apparent surplus of neuroscience graduates?Our monthly column fromBrain in the News. Migraine is not a fatal disorder but can ruin a life and a family. Clinically migraine varies from patient to patient and reflects a highly choreographed interplay between brain and the environment. Here is the latest on what now is understood about migraine and what are becoming effective drug targets for treatment. One of our series of Reports on Progress. We speak with Dana grantee Amit Etkin, whose lab is investigating the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in combination with whole-brain EEG and functional MRI to treat depression and help unravel its underlying brain circuitry. One of our series of Scientist Q & … Continue reading →

Barbara J. Webster, Lash & Associates I need a lot more rest than I used to. Im not being lazy. I get physical fatigue as well as a brain fatigue. It is very difficult and tiring for my brain to think, process, and organize. Fatigue makes it even harder to think. My stamina fluctuates, even though I may look good or all better on the outside. Cognition is a fragile function for a brain injury survivor. Some days are better than others. Pushing too hard usually leads to setbacks, sometimes to illness. Brain injury rehabilitation takes a very long time; it is usually measured in years. It continues long after formal rehabilitation has ended. Please resist expecting me to be who I was, even though I look better. I am not being difficult if I resist social situations. Crowds, confusion, and loud sounds quickly overload my brain, it doesnt filter sounds as well as it used to. Limiting my exposure is a coping strategy, not a behavioral problem. If there is more than one person talking, I may seem uninterested in the conversation. That is because I have trouble following all the different lines of discussion. It is exhausting to … Continue reading →

This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. Only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain; diffuse or localised nerve nets are present instead. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the primary sensory organs for such senses as vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. In a typical human, the cerebral cortex (the largest part) is estimated to contain 1533 billion neurons,[1] each connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells. Physiologically, the function of the brain is to exert centralized control over the other organs of the body. The brain acts on the rest of the body both … Continue reading →

One of the keys to ensuring that recovery from a brain injury is as rapid and complete as possible is to choose the right kind of treatment center. There are several different kinds of centers available to people with traumatic brain injury. Acute hospitals are generally used during the early phases of brain injury, as they are designed to provide emergency care, minimize complications and long-term effects, and provide early treatment. A person who has suffered a brain injury should be treated in an acute hospital, or in an acute unit within a hospital, until he or she has stabilized. The length of stay in an acute hospital depends upon the severity of the brain injury, the length of the coma, whether surgery is necessary, and the presence of complications. Once the patient is stable, he or she is usually moved to the rehabilitation unit within the hospital, or is referred to a rehabilitation hospital. This is where the patient begins the road to recovery, and may receive services such as physical therapy, counseling, speech and language therapy, cognitive therapy, or a combination of some or all of the above. Since the rehab unit or hospital a patient or a … Continue reading →

BIAA HOME : LIVING WITH BRAIN INJURY : CHILDREN Incidence Symptoms Recovery Returning to School College and Brain Injury Concussion in Children Prevention Among those ages 0 to 19, each year an average of: Among children ages 0 to 14 years, TBI results in an estimated in: In its 2004 Report to Congress,Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States:Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes falls are the leading cause of TBI for children age 0-4. Approximately 1,300 U.S. children experience severe or fatal brain trauma from child abuse every year. Sources: Langlois JA, Rutland-Brown W, Thomas KE. Traumatic brain injury in the United States: emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2004. Keenan HT, Runyan DK, Marshall SW, Nocera MA, Merten DF. A population-based comparison of clinical and outcome characteristics of young children with serious inflicted and noninflicted traumatic brain injury. Pediatrics. 2004 Sep;114(3):633-9. Shaken Baby Alliance Fact Sheet speech mood swings vision impaired concentration denial hearing slowness of thinking self-centeredness headaches limited attention span anxiety motor coordination impairments of perception depression spasticity of muscles communication skills lowered … Continue reading →

A severe head injury must always be treated in hospital to minimise the risk of complications. The healthcare professionals treating you will prioritise any potentially life-threatening injuries. For example, they may: Once your condition is stable, you'll have acomputerised tomography scan (CT) scan to help determine the severity of your injury. Read more aboutdiagnosing a severe head injury. If you need to stay in hospital for observation,the healthcare professionals treating you will regularly check: These checks will be made every half an hour untilit's clear you know who and where you are, you can speak and move as requested, and your eyes are open.After this, checks will be less frequent. If your CT scan results show bleeding or swelling inside your skull, a small device called an intracranial pressure (ICP) monitor may be fitted.A thin wire will beinserted into the space between your skull and the brain, through a small hole drilled into the skull. The wire is attached to an electronic device that will alert hospital staff to any changes inthe pressure inside your skull. Any externalcuts or grazesto your head will be cleaned and treated to prevent further bleeding or infection. If there are foreign bodies in the … Continue reading →

Brain injury rehabilitation involves two essential processes: restoration of functions that can be restored and learning how to do things differently when functions cannot be restored to pre-injury level. Brain injury rehabilitation is is based on the nature and scope of neuropsychological symptoms identified on special batteries of test designed to measure brain functioning following brain injury. While practice in various cognitive tasks--doing arithmetic problems, solving logic puzzles, concentration skills, or reading--may help brain rehabilitation, this is usually not enough. Brain injury rehabilitation must be designed taking into account a broad range of neuro-functional strengths and weaknesses. Basic skills must be strengthened before more complex skills are added. Only through comprehensive neuropsychological analysis can the many possible effects of brain injury be sorted out. This pattern of functional strengths and weaknesses becomes the foundation for designing a program of brain rehabilitation. Brain recovery follows patterns of brain development. Gross or large-scale systems must develop (or be retrained) before fine systems. Attention, focus, and perceptual skills develop (or are retrained) before complex intellectual activity can be successful. What Are the Cognitive and Communication Problems That Result From Traumatic Brain Injury? Go here to see the original: Brain Injury Rehabilitation - Cognitive … Continue reading →

Brain injury (BI) is a type of neurotrauma caused by external or internal forces that disrupt the functioning of the brain. BI can result in a range of physical, cognitive, emotional, and/or behavioral effects, and can have outcomes varying from recovery to disability and death. Conventional medical therapies for both traumatic (TBI) and acquired brain injury (ABI) emphasize the pharmacological management of symptoms in combination with rehabilitation. With the advancement of stem cell treatments in China now you have a novel treatment option for Brain Injury. Unlike standard treatments, our stem cell regimen is different in the way that we target to repair the brain tissue damage itself and recover functions. Stem cell treatment focuses on the root of the problem and not the symptoms. Cell death occurs when cells are injured. However, these dead cells are surrounded by damaged and healthy cells. Stem cells have the potential to stimulate the healing of these injured cells by the secretion of cytokines, such as nerve growth factor to promote the bodys self-repair mechanisms. The objective of the treatment is to repair the injured cell area around the lesion. This will lead to improved symptoms in physique, movements and intelligence. The majority … Continue reading →