Head Injuries can range from a minor bump on the head to a devastating brain injury. Learning to recognize a serious head injury & implementing medical care can make a difference in saving someone’s life & making quality of life the best it can be.
Common causes of head injury include:
= accidents from traffic violations,
= falls,
= physical assault,
= accidents at home, work or workplace, and
=while playing sports.
A person may or may not be able to notice signs of his/her own memory problems. If a person has suffered brain injury, the doctor, nurses & family will be on the alert for signs of trouble.
Anytime a person has been hit in the head, it’s important to see a doctor who will test the person’s ability to recall events, names, or places by asking lots of questions. In the case of a brain injury, a doctor will also want to take a picture of the patient’s brain & skull using something called a CT scan.
If someone has a memory problem, he/she will be unable to remember important things for varying lengths of time. The more severe the injury, the longer the memory loss is likely to last. Some people forget just the moments right before & after the injury, which is not unusual with brain injury. Sometimes, these memories come back. More significant problems with memory may make it hard to remember what happened a week or days ago, & it can be difficult to learn or remember new things.
If the person has memory loss from a head injury, the doctor will design a treatment plan to help the brain heal or if necessary, to help the person re-learn things that have been forgotten. If the memory loss is from using drugs or alcohol, the person needs to stop abusing before the memory can improve.
With strokes, memory can return but it depends on severity or location of the stroke in the brain. With Alzheimer’s, memory lost cannot be restored, but scientists are working on medicines the hope will someday prevent this kind of memory loss.
Memory problems can affect people whether 8 or 88. Memory can be strengthened by brain exercises, by reading challenging material, doing puzzles, or brain challenging exercises from books or approved video games. #
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Acts as command central, controlling everything that happens in the body. It's packed with tiny, fragile cells that are easily damaged--by free radicals, too much alcohol, raging blood sugar, Brain Injury, or bad cholesterol.
Sadly, your brain doesn't recover from slight or serious injuries, abuse, neglect, or Brain Injury as rapidly as other body parts such as your heart.
Many believe that "Once a nerve cell is dead, it's dead," says nutrition scientist J. Miller, PhD, assistant professor of medical pathology at the University of California-the Davis, Medical Ctr. "Nothing can bring it back from the dead.”
You can either coddle or curdle your brain by what you do to & what you feed it. "More than any other organ in your body, your brain is dependent on its minute-to-minute nutritional supply," says Dr. Miller.
New science of how food affects your brain is starting to reveal the best food that will help you hold onto your thinking cap. #
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