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About brain Injury

An Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is an injury caused to the brain since birth.

  There are many possible causes:-

  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) - usually resulting from a fall, a road traffic accident or other pysical blow to the head
  • A brain injury occured through natural causes are difficult to predict or avoid such as
    • Tumour
    • Haemorrhage
    • Viral infection
    • Stroke
    No two people are affected in quite the same way and each have unique physical, intellectual,  emotional or social problems.


Categories usually used to classify severity are mild, moderate and severe brain injury.

The effects of the BI will also vary according to:

The cause of the brain injury

The force of the impact

Length of time between injury and start of medical treatment/rehabilitation

Patients pre-injury mental/physical health/age etc

The patients culture/social background

Pathology of disease

 

PREVENTION
 

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For more detailed information about brain injury, visit the website of Headway - the brain injury association and click on 'Information'.

To order Headway books and leaflets about brain injury, click here.

 

 
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