{"id":1907,"date":"2021-08-02T18:29:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/?post_type=sub-practice-areas&#038;p=1907"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T18:29:18","slug":"types-of-t-b-i","status":"publish","type":"sub-practice-areas","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/types-of-t-b-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Traumatic Brain Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), is a physical injury to brain tissue which may produce temporary or permanent cognitive deficits.&nbsp; The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated in 2007 that over 1.1 million people presented to the emergency room with a TBI.&nbsp; It is estimated that more than 80,000 people each year become disabled from TBI\u2019s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TBI\u2019s can be either open head injuries, which involve penetrating forces that enter the brain, or closed head injuries, which result from a blow to the head.&nbsp; There are several types of traumatic brain injuries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;A <\/em><strong><em>concussion<\/em><\/strong><em> results from the brain being battered or violently shaken.&nbsp; A contusion is a direct bruising to the brain tissue.&nbsp; A <\/em><strong><em>coup-contrecoup<\/em><\/strong><em> injury describes contusions at the site of impact and on the opposite side of the impact.&nbsp; A <\/em><strong><em>diffuse axonal<\/em><\/strong><em> injury is caused by rotational forces which causes a shearing or tearing of nerve tissues in the brain.&nbsp; A <\/em><strong><em>penetrating<\/em><\/strong><em> injury occurs from the impact of a bullet, knife or other sharp object that actually penetrates the skull and damages brain tissues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brain injuries can also be \u201cAcquired\u201d meaning that the brain injury occurs when the brain does not receive oxygen.&nbsp; Anoxic and Hypoxic brain injuries are considered Acquired Brain Injuries.&nbsp; Anoxic brain injury describes when the brain does not receive any oxygen for a period of time and is damaged as a result.&nbsp; Hypoxic brain injury describes a brain injury when the brain receives some, but not enough oxygen over a period of time which causes damage to brain tissues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TBI\u2019s can cause physical problems like loss of consciousness, seizures, headaches, dizziness, visual disturbances, loss of smell, and balance problems.&nbsp; TBI can also cause sensory deficits, behavorial changes, cognitive deficits, communication deficits and visual deficits.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Behavorial changes might include, combativeness, depression, mood swings, impulsivity, anxiety, stress, and agitation.&nbsp; Cognitive deficits include memory loss, problem solving, reasoning, executive functioning (goal setting, planning) and attention to tasks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TBI is usually diagnosed by physicians using a combination of brain imaging, patient history, clinical presentation and neuropsychological testing.&nbsp; Often a team approach is utilized in diagnosing and treating TBI\u2019s, which may include a neurologist, a neuroradiologist and a neuropsychologist.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1909,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[75],"class_list":["post-1907","sub-practice-areas","type-sub-practice-areas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traumatic-brain-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub-practice-areas\/1907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub-practice-areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sub-practice-areas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}