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The difference is that one can have a brain injury and not have brain damage. Essentially, brain damage is caused by injury or trauma to the brain. However, not every injury to the brain will cause brain damage.
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What is the difference between brain injury and brain damage?
The difference is that one can have a brain injury and not have brain damage. Essentially, brain damage is caused by injury or trauma to the brain. However, not every injury to the brain will cause brain damage.
Is alzheimer's a traumatic brain injury?
No, its certainly a type of progessive brain injury (neurodegenerative), but TBI refers to a physical object penetrating the brain and causing damage.
If you suffer traumatic brain injury and a coma do you you have permanent brain damage?
In most cases, yes.
What are some symptoms and criteria for a head injury?
There are many symptoms and criteria for a head injury. You can get some serious damage to the brain. Brain injuries are the most common injury to the head.
What is a difference between the symptoms of traumatic brain injury for adults and children?
Children are often not able to describe or report what is wrong.
What is a person who has brain damage called?
It really all depends on what the brain damage was. Someone might have had a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, a tumor, bleeding in the brain, or many different things.
Can cats get brain damage?
Any kind of animal can get brain damage. Did the cat have a head injury of some kind? It may need to be taken to the vet, there could be hemorrhaging (bleeding of the brain).
What can cause epillipsy?
Brain damage from a head injury or toxic substances can cause epilepsy.
What causes apraxia?
Apraxia is caused by brain damage related to conditions such as head injury, stroke, brain tumor, and Alzheimer's disease. The damage affects the brain's ability to correctly signal instructions to the body.
Why you should protect your brain from injury?
You should protect your brain from injury because your brain is THE MOST important organ in your body. Any damage to the brain can cause serious effects that could very well change your life in a negative way.
What are the chances of the baby coming out healthy and ok if a woman is pregnant but the father has brain damage?
It depends on whether the father sustained the damage through injury or illness. it was by injury... a car accident
What will happen if your cerebrum is damage why?
As with any injury it depends on the extent of the damage. Your cerebrum is a part of your brain so the consequences could be severe.
