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Acquired Brain Injury: |
About Brain Injury Composed of soft tissue and weighing about 3 pounds, the human brain can store more information than any library in the world, and can sort, organize and retrieve it far faster than any man-made machine. It is responsible for the way we act, the way we think, our ideals, our impulses, and the regulation of many of our basic bodily functions. The Injury The Immediate Effects of the Injury
The Indirect Effects of the Injury The immediate effects of the injury soon create a number of related problems, such as loss of income, the loss of friends, the loss of intimacy and the loss of freedom. The cumulative effect of the immediate and indirect effects of head injury are usually devastating, not just for the victim, but also for his or her family. Dealing with Head Injury After medical stabilization (often after emergency healthcare in a modern hospital trauma unit and ICU), the outcome of a head injury will be affected by many variables, such as the nature, extent and location of the injury to the brain, pre-injury attributes of the individual involved, the quality of assessment, and the availability of support systems.
Life-Long Effects of the Injury Except for some mild injuries, full recovery to pre-injury status and ability is usually not feasible; the effects are life-long and the need for support is also life-long. Even those who successfully re-integrate into the community after intensive support for periods of 2 to 3 years have demonstrated the requirement for support intervention from time to time to avoid conditions such as depression, or for assistance to cope with difficult changes such as death, loss of a job, or other like crisis to which they remain much more vulnerable than they would have been prior to the injury. |
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