Traumatic Brain Injury

Pressure, strong contact and swelling of the brain can led to brain injury. Specifically traumatic brain injury is caused when force is applied to the skull. The force is transmitted from the skull to the brain leading to deformity, bleeding or swelling of this soft and venerable part of our body. This force damages the neurons that make up the brain reducing its capacity to function. Depending on the area affected functions that are performed by that area are damaged. This causes the person to lose or reduce those functions and disables the full capacity of that area. Being disadvantaged because of our malfunctions in the brain in things we need for our everyday life is extremely hard. Each person depending on their injury need to adapt to certain lifestyle without using functions that they could use before. The damage in the brain can affect the person physically, mentally and emotionally. There are three main types of brain injuries; these include contusion, Axonal injury and bleeding in the brain. Contusion is where there is bruising in the brain caused by the impact of the force applied to the skull. Axonal injury is when the neurons axons twist or break. The third type of brain injury of bleeding is when a blood vessel in the brain is damaged leading to bleeding inside the brain. All this type of injuries can be classified in mild, moderate or severe. The more severe the damage the more time the brain will recover or even permanently stay damaged. It is very difficult to life with this disorders and disadvantages in the function of the brain. Relatives and friends of someone with brain damage needs to be patient with them and understand them.