Tom has been experiencing changes in his sensations due to a recent tumor in the posterior aspect of the spinal cord at C6. Considering that the injury on in the posterior aspect, the ascending tract of the dorsal column medial lemniscus (DCML) will be affected. As a result, Tom has lost bilateral conscious proprioception, vibration, discriminative touch, and stereognosis, which may also lead to sensory ataxia Despite all the sensations that have been affected, Tom will have other sensations that remain intact. These sensations include his ability to sense discriminative pain, crude touch, pressure and temperature because they are controlled in the anterior lateral spino-thamlaic (ALST). The sensory deficits will be present in dermatomes…
People who've had a severe head trauma or repeated head trauma appear to have a greater risk of Alzheimer's disease.…
There are several foundational theories that are under-pinning’s for treatment and services. The Biological Theory says that violent behavior is biological and organic. This means that the violent behavior can be explained by genetics, biochemistry, and changes in brain development because of trauma that may have occurred (Jaffe & Wolfe, 1999). It is believed that certain abusers may suffer from head injuries which may have affected their ability to solve problems and act on their ability to perform self-control.…
It is very important to be educated on potential head trauma in everyday life. If we keep living through our lives not paying attention to our surroundings or our love one, it can be very damaging. For example, one of our kids hurt themselves and gets knock out and we never find out, it isn’t good. Anytime someone gets unconscious and they don’t get checked out, it could cause some future trouble. Traumatic injuries are serious and it cause a lot of things. Any head trauma is a straight to the emergency room kind of thing. Kids play hard and sometimes doesn’t realized how hard the play is. Accidents can happen at anytime, so being well educated on what to do is the best thing for anyone. Trauma can cause bleeding in the brain tissue or any…
The Lenrow, M.D., David, Joanne Finegan, and Stewart L Cohen. (2001) Website explains, “Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex injury with a broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities. The impact on a person and his or her family can be devastating”. Head injuries are a serious problem. Whenever you are dealing with the brain, you want to take everything about the injury very seriously. Since our brain identifies who we are, the consequences of a brain injury can affect all aspects of our lives, or even including our personality. An injury in these areas limits the use of a specific part of your body, but your personality and mental abilities remain unaffected. Injuring the brain has different effects on people because it depends on the brain part that was injured. This determines the form of recovery treatment that is necessary for the brain to return to its normal operating condition. A traumatic brain injury is a disability that comes from an injury to the brain. This includes the brain stem that will result in impaired cognitive, physical, or emotional functioning. If there is mild loss of consciousness or…
There are different precautions to prevent closed head injuries. When driving, I would wear seat belts in an motor vehicle as this will help in case of an accident. Again wearing helmets will help when cycling in all terrains. But for people with Turbans such as myself, I would recommend not going on hard trails for bikers. If you do want to go please put your hair down tie a bandana and wear a helmet. To prevent closed head injuries this might sound a little odd, I have done this before at a Punjabi Party. An elderly man got drunk and was walking to his car. I can see he was drunk because he kept falling down after a couple steps. I stopped him took him to his wife, and then his wife yelled at him and thanked me. I will personally go up to…
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2011 - The threat of death after head injury remained significantly increased for as long as 12 years, irrespective of the severity of the injury, results of a case-control study showed.…
There are about seven-hundred thousand annually, of individuals who are admitted into the hospital with the case of severe head injury. There are more than seventy-thousand individuals who survive serious head injuries, but many of them suffer long term consequences, such as impaired physical, cognitive, and psychosocial human function. This can significant impair every part of an individual’s daily life, such as personal, familial, social, educational, and recreational. With a serious head injury, something about the person might change and be affected, meaning that the person might not be quite the same as they used to be compared to how they were before the injury. Ayres, Kephart, and Piaget theorizes that physical interaction, along with…
I am independant and very stubborn. This past winter during basketball season I received a concussion one day during practice. Concussions are way more difficult to cope with than most people think. I knew the people who loved me did, and that they would always be there for me. However, before my concussion I never truly had to rely on them. I love my friends and family to death but I am very independant. I hardly ever want help with anything because I want to do it all by myself and I am really stubborn, these arent always the best characteristics to have but it’s part of my package. Before my injury, I was the one who helped other people with their problems and I never really told people about my problems, so I just stuffed it down and acted like everything was fine. I was able to get by, barely, until December 15, 2016…
Traumatic brain injuries differ from other disabilities in that it’s an acquired condition, typically the result of a blow to the head or the head colliding with a solid object that causes the brain to impact the inside of the individual’s skull. This condition can also be the result of an object piercing the skull, eyes, or nose and entering the brain tissue. This type of injury can result in hematomas (ruptured blood vessels) and/or contusions (bruising of brain tissue) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, 2015).…
Head trauma can cause long-term consequences including cerebral palsy or blindness. Other long-term consequences consist of improper brain development, which can cause learning disabilities, addiction to alcohol, drugs, and/or cigarettes, the inability to properly regulate emotions, a lack of language skills, psychiatric disorders like eating disorders, depression, and anxiety, and “certain chronic diseases as adults, including heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, liver disease, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high levels of C-reactive protein” (Child Abuse and Neglect,…
Dr. Burke discussed some very interesting information about the effects of childhood trauma on not only the child’s brain, but also on their immune system, hormonal system and even the functioning of their DNA. Early exposure to childhood adversity affects many parts of the brain, including the nucleus accumbens that triggers pleasure, the frontal cortex that triggers your impulse control, and the amygdala which triggers fear responses. After reading about a study conducted by another doctor that proved how significantly a child’s health can be compromised, Dr. Burke decided to do something within her practice to help decrease the amount of health problems in children exposed to adversity. By completing a thorough history and physical examination…
Merriam-webster describe trauma as very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes mental or emotional problems for a long time. Trauma also known as a Greek word for wound. People experience trauma when exposed to something disturbing or traumatic. According to healthline traumatic events are marked by a sense of horror, domestic abuse, serious injury, natural disasters, terror attack or the threat of serious injury, sexual abuse, and any other event that’s beyond a person’s natural ability to cope (2016). Children exposure to trauma at an early age are at higher risk of developing depression, anxiety, and other disorders. Research examined by Broderick & Blewitt (2015) found that children exposed to trauma, there is a sensitization of the stress response, as well as the functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the brain. The HPA axis controls the primary neuroendocrine stress response system that helps a person adapt and overcome the stress responses associated with trauma (Broderick & Blewitt ,2015 pg. 66-68)…
According to the CDC and Arizona State University childhood trauma has been shown to affect the victim throughout his or her entire life. Traumatic experiences often involve a threat to life or safety, but any situation that leaves you feeling overwhelmed and alone can be traumatic, even if it doesn’t involve physical harm. Childhood trauma is also a major contributor to the development of personality disorders later in life. In particular, borderline personality disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociative identity disorder, and the physiological malformations of the brain that are associated with those disorders. Still today doctors are not trained to routine screening and treatment, but there are many steps we can take…
The doctor was telling about fractures, but my mom didn’t know what it meant, so the doctor explained the meaning: “it’s a crack, break, or shattering of a bone, and Toots (my brother) has a crack in his bone. He has a tibia stress fracture. It’s an acute traumatic injury. which usually involve a single blow from a single application of force.”…