With the rising car crash statistics across the nation, it’s no small wonder the numbers of traumatic brain injuries are also on the increase. Traumatic brain injury patients are at higher risk to slip into a vegetative coma.<\/p>\n
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are also called contrecoup brain injuries that, in a nutshell, means “A specific area of brain injury located directly opposite to the site of impact to the head that results from linear violent collisions of the brain with the skull.” While many TBIs appear to be just fine after their accident (e.g. Natasha Richardson), they rapidly develop a variety of symptoms that may include headache, nausea, dizziness, ringing in the ears, blurred vision, and problems concentrating.<\/p>\n
While a TBI may be classified as mild to severe, even a mild form of TBI may have life altering and long-term consequences. Mild brain injuries usually wind up with the patient either briefly losing (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the rising car crash statistics across the nation, it’s no small wonder the numbers of traumatic brain injuries are also on the increase. Traumatic brain injury patients are at higher risk to slip into a vegetative coma. Traumatic brain…<\/span><\/p>\n