Focal and diffuse brain injury

Most people have experienced pain. Stubbing a toe, breaking an arm, or hitting one’s head while getting into a car can all result in a varying amount of pain. The unfortunate part about injuries is some take longer to recover from and result in lasting impacts for years. A concussion is an example of an injury that takes much longer to recover from. The physical and mental pain that are side effects to a lengthy recovery process are why concussions seem to be transforming into a major discussion…

this video of the Charlie Rose Brain Series it discuss the alzheimer disease and the frontotemporal dementia. The alzheimer disease is considered as the loss of memory while the frontotemporal dementia is characterized by language and behavior dysfunction. Both of these diseases are generative that not only affect the individual who has this disease because it also affect the people that is around this individual. Alzheimer is known as the most common degenerative brain disease. According to…

Concussions Concussions take the life of 138 people in the United States every day (CDC 1). A concussion is the consequence after a hit taken to the head, causing the brain to rattle and hit the side of the skull and swell. Over the last several years, concussions have become an apparent problem. They can have a magnitude of effects on the body and might cause serious health problems in the future. Also these can happen everywhere, for example, playing sports or getting into a car crash. There…

many forms of advertisements and media. The idea that humans aren 't operating at their brains full potential is detrimental. It is imperative to know how to separate fact from fiction is psychological science because tricks and schemes could waste your valuable time and consume money merely for marketing purposes. "So much of what is published and said is useless," says Kurt Fischer, director of the Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) graduate program at Harvard University. "Much of it is wrong,…

risk of head and brain injuries in the event of a crash. It all started on a spring evening around four o’clock, I was playing with my friends at The Little School House day care in Mattoon, while I waited anxiously for my dad to come pick me up. I was so excited to leave and go home because that meant I could go over to my friend Corrine’s house and ride our bikes together. In the back as I…

this connect with this patient because he too prior service. The patient was at WSH because he was experiencing psychotic symptoms relating from his combat injuries, he suffered when his parachute failed to deploy properly…

Nature of Things, multiple techniques are explained by Dr. Norman Doidge, that help to improve the function of brain; allowing for better injury recovery. This study includes treatments for, severe causes of autism, traumatic brain injury recovery, Parkinson’s, and a girl missing one-third of her cerebellum. Specifically, these treatments include light treatment, sound treatment, using other brain regions to complete everyday tasks, and passing electrical currents through the tongue. These tests…

At the present time, treatment of concussions and traumatic brain injuries in sports are a hot topic. However this was not always the case. Years ago, fewer than 50% of High Schools had certified athletic trainers and there was no concussion protocol to follow which then lead to the deaths of kids like Jaquan Waller, and Nathan Stiles (CNN, 2012). Since then there has been the creation of concussion protocols in which many people question if high school students should really be required to…

college football players” (Concussion, 2016). Though football is very popular many people do not understand the underlying dangers and risks that can come to those who play the sport. Among team sports football currently has one of the highest rates of injury, not including collegiate or professional football around 70% of football players in the United States that are under the age of 14 can see up to 240 impacts to the head during a single season (Filley, 2015). Whereas with college and…

However, the equipment is not the only problem, the concussion protocol that is required to be done after a big play, makes the experts question the effectiveness of diagnosing a head injury. Former star for the Detroit Lions, Calvin Johnson, also one of the most prolific wide receivers to ever play the game, chose to retire last offseason at the age of 30 due to his fear of his already long medical record that was tested during his time…