Healing: When you get a traumatic brain injury (TBI), your life will probably never be the same. Although the time of healing depends on the area of your brain that was most affected, it can take up to several months to re-learn some of the most common things that you usually took for-granted; this tends […]
Recovery
How to Prevent Neurons from Dying after Brain Injury
Electrical stimulation of the brain by applying current to the eye may help retinal nerve cells to survive injury. While these neurons may not be restored to full function, they are prevented from dying. But to achieve survival, their interconnections, the dendritic tree, needs to disconnect rapidly for the protective action to unfold. In a […]
How a Brain Injury Tells The Body it is Hurt
Brain Injury – Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a new way that cells in the brain alert the rest of the body to recruit immune cells when the brain is injured. The work was completed in mouse models that mimic infection, stroke or trauma in humans. Investigators already knew there was […]
Sleep is Important in the Healing of TBI
There is a link between the amount of sleep the patient gets and the rate at which their brain heals. A study of 30 people that were hospitalized for moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries found that sleep quality and brain function improved in tandem, researchers reported in the journal Neurology. “Patients who still had […]
New Test to Quickly Identify Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
A new test using peripheral vision reaction time could lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of mild traumatic brain injury, often referred to as a concussion. Identify Brain Injury A new test using peripheral vision reaction time could lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of mild traumatic brain injury, often referred […]
What is a Diffuse Axonal Injury? (DAI)
“As tissue slides over tissue, a shearing injury occurs. This causes the lesions that are responsible for unconsciousness, as well as the vegetative state that occurs after a severe head injury. A diffuse axonal injury also causes brain cells to die, which cause swelling in the brain.” DAI is characterized by axonal separation, in which […]
Tips on How To Recover from a TBI
Recovering from a Brain Injury could be a long and grueling process, especially if you do not have the information to better assist you to heal. In this post, we go over how to help accelerate the healing of your brain. Recover – Get a lot of rest around evening time, and rest amid the […]
Positive Thoughts, Positive Results
Audio: – “Through my own experience dealing with a TBI, I found it beneficial to think positive, not only to me; but the world around me.” -Ryan There may be no different choice around it, sorry… you will enjoy negativity in your lifestyles–maybe on a day by day incidence. There may be some of those […]
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Audio: Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) A brain injury, in which damage is in the form of extensive lesions in white matter tracts occurs over a widespread area. DAI is one of the most prevalent and devastating types of traumatic brain injury, DAIs are a major cause of unconsciousness and most likely, leads to vegetative state after […]
TBI Recovery Phases, Short/Long-Term Impacts
Audio: Like almost everything else in life, recovering from a TBI is a process. This article will make you aware of the different stages of that process. ————— Common stages In the first few weeks after a brain injury, swelling, bleeding or changes in brain chemistry often affect the function of healthy brain tissue. The […]