Common Types of Sleep Disorders Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury Studies show that nearly two of every three people who suffer a traumatic brain injury experience some type of long-term sleep disorder. The risk of interference with sleep patterns is believed to increase about threefold if you … [Read more...]
What Can Cause a Sleep Disorder After a TBI?
What Factors Might Interfere With Your Sleep Patterns? One of the common symptoms of a traumatic brain injury is marked changes in your sleep patterns. You experience difficulty falling or staying asleep, or you find yourself struggling most of the time to stay awake. What's causing those … [Read more...]
What to Expect as You Recover from a TBI
How Recovery Changes as Your Body Heals You've hurt your head in a slip and fall or motor vehicle accident, or while playing sports. You immediately sought treatment, and the doctor diagnosed a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Maybe you've had persistent headaches or nausea, changes in your sleep … [Read more...]
What You Should Do after a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Feeling Better and Minimizing Risk After a Concussion The majority of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are considered mild. These mild TBIs are referred to as concussions. In most instances, if you do the right things, you can expect to fully recover from a concussion within a couple months; … [Read more...]
Recognizing the Symptoms of a Mild TBI
Knowing When a Bump or Blow to the Head Might Be Serious If you live an active life, you're going to occasionally bang your head on something. It might be in a weekend pickup game or a minor fender-bender. It could be as simple as not watching where you're going and taking a tumble. If you're like … [Read more...]
Increased Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults
Factors That Cause Senior Citizens to Have a Higher TBI Rate | Potential Warning Signs of a TBI Data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consistently find that older Americans have a substantially higher risk of suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than any other … [Read more...]
Things You Can Do to Minimize the Risk of a Fall
Tips for Avoiding the Most Common Cause of Traumatic Brain Injury The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that nearly half of all TBI-related hospitalizations are because of falls. The vast majority of those accidents involve small children and elderly adults. Let's look at some of the steps … [Read more...]
How Long Can It Take for Concussion Symptoms to Appear?
Are You Okay If You Have No Immediate Indications of a Concussion? You're in a car accident or fall down and hit your head. You get up and shake it off. You may get a headache, but it goes away pretty quickly. For weeks, you don't notice anything unusual. Lately, though, you're feeling tired and … [Read more...]
Are There Other Health Risks Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury?
Can a TBI Lead to Additional Health Complications? When you've had a bump or blow to the head, you expect that you may experience some cognitive challenges. You may find it difficult to concentrate or focus. Your memory may be fuzzy for a while, or you might have challenges following a conversation … [Read more...]
Can You Fully Recover From a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Will Life Return to How It Was Before Your Injury? When you've suffered any type of bump or blow to the head, it's common to want to know as soon as possible if and when you can get back to living your life. Can you expect a full recovery? Will you have to live your life differently as a … [Read more...]
