How Can Traumatic Brain Injury Affect Your Life?

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), is the result of an external force, such as a knock to the skull that injures the brain. Brain injury could affect anyone, but people who are in the military, sportspeople, old and young, and people who suffer from strokes are most likely to experience problems. Brain injury has a range of life altering traumatisms from Dementia to Parkinson’s, to loss of memory and facial recognition. Damage will scale will the level of trauma suffered from a knock.

Brain damage (TBI) is a result to a blow to the head. A knock to the head makes the brain move inside and bruise against the skull causing damage to the brain. Depending on the severity of the knock, the patient will experience a range of symptoms as the brain is starved of oxygen for a period of time.

The people most susceptible to TBI are military personnel, high-impact sportspeople, old people who often fall, and 15-24-year-old males, due to the heightened chances of taking a damaging blow to the head. However, it is important to note that anyone could be a victim.

The most common causes of brain injury are car accidents, blows to the head, sports injuries, falls or accidents, and physical violence. As we can see, there is a correlation between the most common causes, and the most vulnerable. For example, studies indicate 15-24-year-old males are the most reckless drivers of all demographics; consequently, they have a higher chance of putting themselves in situations where they could get a brain injury.

Not all impacts are life altering. Light to medium knocks to the head cause confusion, lack of spatial awareness, and sometimes nausea. In both cases, patients usually make a good recovery. With more serious brain injury, people suffer life changing and debilitating problems. Depending on where the damage is localized, the patient will experience different symptoms.

But how can brain injuries affect your life? Brain damage symptoms scale with the severity of impact. More serious ramifications include relearning to walk, loss of personal memories and facial recognition – with patients forgetting who they are. Also, depending on where the damage is localized, patients could lose motor skills or in most severe cases not know how to speak. The more severe the impact, the more severe the consequences.

If you are suffering from any of the symptoms listed, please contact us as it is important you speak to your physician as soon as possible. Contact our switchboard on: (212) 241-6321