Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury usually results from a violent blow or jolt to the head or body. An object penetrating the brain tissue can also cause traumatic brain injury. Mild injury may affect your brain cells temporarily. Bruising, torn tissues, bleeding and other physical damage can be caused due to a serious brain injury. These can also result in long-term complications or even death. The injury can be of any type – it can either be closed, without cut or laceration of the skin or it can tear through the skin and/or penetrate into the skull.
Treatment options for Traumatic Brain Injury
- Immediate assessment and stabilization of the airway and circulation
- Controlling intracranial pressure with medications or hyperventilation or high-dose barbiturate therapy
- Improving cerebral perfusion pressure
- Decompressive craniotomies
- Hypertonicity needs medications like dantrolene, baclofen, diazepam and tizanidine.
What are the symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury?
Concussion
Loss of consciousness for a few minutes/seconds
Confused state, memory loss
Headache
Dizziness
Neck pain
Ringing in ears
Slow reflexes
Contusion & Fracture
Blurred vision
Dilated pupil
High Blood Pressure
Low pulse rate
Slurred speech
Headache
Weakness or numbness in arms and legs
Abnormal breathing
Tenderness
Swelling
Skull deformity
Bruising around the eyes or behind the ear
Clear fluid leaking from the nose or ear
Infant’s Injury
- Falls
- Vehicular collisions
- Sports injuries
- Explosive blasts or combat injuries
- Violence
- Patient condition
- Physical and diagnostic findings
