Traumatic Brain Injury

Today brain injurys are extremely common they happen when you hit your head extremely hard. The three main types of brain injuries are Contusions Bleeding and Axonal injuries. Contusions are those injuries that show bruising in the brain tissue.Bleeding is a type of brain injury that is known as a hemorrhage, and it affects blood flow and brain tissue. Axonal Injuries are those injuries that axons tear or break and this is severe, because axons send electrical impulses throughout the body, and if your suffer this type of injury, your are likely to have problems with your nervous system. Besides Traumatic Brain injuries theres also Frontal and Temporal lobe injuries. Traumatic brain injuries occur when force is applied to the skull, hurting any lobe which is compressed by the skull. Frontal and Temporal lobe injuries are those who affect the excecutive aspect such as analyzing and decision making. Above all a severe Brain Injury can end up taking someones life if they have an in injury and just because they think its nothing they never go to the doctor to get checked.

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