There are many individuals that suffer from a traumatic brain injury but some lead to different syndromes depending where and how hard the individual was hit in the head.The locked in syndrome is a neurological disorder in where an individual is paralyzed and has no control of their body except there eye movement. Individuals who suffer from this syndrome are fully awake but have no ability to move their body or speak. The locked-in Syndrome can affect anyone at any age but, it is most often seen in adluts.Since these individuals do not have the ability to talk they communicate using only their eyes by blinking or looking up or down to indicate yes or no. According to the Coma Science Group the term locked in was first introduce in 1966 by
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Locked in syndrome is also caused by traumatic brain injury, tumors, infections in certain parts of the brain, inflammation of the nerves, and loss of myelin that surround the nerve cells.The brain anatomy affected in this syndrome is the brainstem and the cerebrum, the brainstem is affected because of the damaged to the pons. Pons hold an important pathway between the spinal cord, cerebellum, and the cerebrum since pons get damaged it causes the pathway to not function. According to rarediseases.org it states that "In locked-in syndrome there is an interruption of all the motor fibers running from grey matter in the brain via the spinal cord to the body’s muscles and also damage to the centers in the brainstem important for facial control and speaking." Which means since the whole body is affected because the individual has no control of their body movement or control of speaking. Individual's who suffer from this syndrome have trouble breathing, eating, and drinking they are assist with two different tubes the tracheotomy and the gastrostomy.The tracheotomy tube is placed in the throat to help assist them with breathing, not all individuals who have this syndrome need a tracheotomy tube. The gastrostomy tube is placed in the stomach and helps with feeding and
Locked in syndrome is also caused by traumatic brain injury, tumors, infections in certain parts of the brain, inflammation of the nerves, and loss of myelin that surround the nerve cells.The brain anatomy affected in this syndrome is the brainstem and the cerebrum, the brainstem is affected because of the damaged to the pons. Pons hold an important pathway between the spinal cord, cerebellum, and the cerebrum since pons get damaged it causes the pathway to not function. According to rarediseases.org it states that "In locked-in syndrome there is an interruption of all the motor fibers running from grey matter in the brain via the spinal cord to the body’s muscles and also damage to the centers in the brainstem important for facial control and speaking." Which means since the whole body is affected because the individual has no control of their body movement or control of speaking. Individual's who suffer from this syndrome have trouble breathing, eating, and drinking they are assist with two different tubes the tracheotomy and the gastrostomy.The tracheotomy tube is placed in the throat to help assist them with breathing, not all individuals who have this syndrome need a tracheotomy tube. The gastrostomy tube is placed in the stomach and helps with feeding and