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Can falling and bumping your forehead on the bathtub cause brain damage?
Any blow to the head may cause brain damage. If you are worried, it is good to go and see a doctor.
What would a severe blow to the back of the head do?
A severe blow to the back of the head can cause a range of serious injuries, including concussions, skull fractures, or damage to the brain itself. This impact may lead to symptoms such as loss of consciousness, confusion, dizziness, or severe headaches. In severe cases, it could result in long-term neurological deficits or even death. Immediate medical evaluation is crucial to assess and address any potential damage.
What causes tissues in the brain or heart to die?
Poor circulation to the brain can cause tissues to die from lack of oxygen. Another cause of tissue damage in the brain can be a blow to your head or inhaling smoke from a fire more than oxygen (which can also cause suffocation).
What are some head injuries that can damage the nervous system?
Head injuries such as concussions, contusions, and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can significantly damage the nervous system. A concussion, often resulting from a blow to the head, can disrupt normal brain function and lead to symptoms like confusion and memory loss. Contusions, or bruising of the brain tissue, can cause localized damage and swelling, affecting neurological function. More severe TBIs can result in widespread damage, leading to long-term cognitive, emotional, and physical impairments.
What type of injury can lead to mental retardation in children?
Traumatic brain injury caused by a blow or a violent shake to the head may also cause brain damage and mental retardation in children.
Can getting slapped in the head give you brain damage?
Yes. Repeated blows to the head can give you brain damage. One hard blow or many small blows can do great harm. Unlike the other organs in your body, the capillaries in your brain are totally closed. Blood stays inside the capillaries as it circulates through your brain. If you get slapped and a capillary breaks, blood can ooze out into your brain. You may have gotten a bruise on your arm or leg sometime in the past. A bruise in your brain kills the brain cells where you get the bruise. A slap to your head can cause a bruise in your brain. Constant slapping can cause brain damage.
Can getting hit in the head cause a brain aneurysm?
A blow to the head can cause a brain aneurysm, but this cause is only 1% of all cases, so it's unlikely.
When your hit in the head do you damage the neurons in your brain or the axons?
When you are hit in the head, both neurons and axons can sustain damage. Neurons are the specialized cells responsible for transmitting electrical signals in the brain, while axons are long, slender projections that extend from neurons and transmit those signals to other neurons or tissues. Impact to the head can cause direct damage to neurons and axons, leading to functional impairment or cell death.
What Causes brain damage in football?
The same thing that causes brain damage to anyone on this planet.A hard blow to the head.When a person hits their head there are two impacts.One when your skull hits the ground & one when your brain strikes your skull.
What causes paramnesia?
what causes amnesia? Amnesia is most commonly associated with either brain damage through injury or degeneration of brain cells in dementia. In both cases, brain cells are lost, and due to the complex network connecting cells within the human brain, they cannot be replaced. Most significant brain damage occurs when the brain is injured, such as in a car accident or as the result of a fall or blow. These traumas tend to cause a state of confusion, and some memory is often lost. Infections that affect the brain, such as herpes or encephalitis may also cause memory loss. Severe alcohol or drug abuse, and malnutrition, act to deprive the brain of nutrients causing the death of brain cells. This can also cause significant loss of memories. Memory loss may sometimes result from stroke, if it affects the area of the brain concerned with memory functions.
Will backfiring cause damage to a vehicle?
In extreme cases, it can blow the muffler wide open.
Can you develop psychopathy or do you have it all your life?
Yes and no. Usually you have to be born with psychopathy; but if you get a tumor or severe enough brain damage in your pre-frontal cortex--where scientists have found faulty wiring in psychopaths--you might be able to experience some symptons of psychopathy. You see the frontal lobe plays a big part in the personality of the person, so getting severe blow to the forehead can cause personality change. I would also like to add that I may have gotten the sections of the brain wrong, but i got the general idea. Don't hold it against me.
