Traumatic brain injury
A Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow to the head which is sufficiently intense as to alter the level of conscience or to cause a cranial fracture. Most people who suffer a TBI are young men and women who have had accidents at work or by traffic accidents. Other causes of TBIs are falls (especially among children and old people), blows and knocks suffered as a result of a sports activity or a risk activity
Other causes
Other causes which could produce Acquired Cerebral Damage are:
- Anoxia cerebral
A lack of oxygen in the brain which could be caused by a heart attack, a suffocation, poisoning through carbon monoxide, a choking and other disruptions of the breathing system. Prenatal or perinatal anoxia are also frequent causes of cerebral injury.
- Tumors
As in the case of traumatisms, survival in cases of cerebral tumors are increasing. This gives rise to cases of people have survived this serious illness but who need to face processes of rehabilitation.
- Encephalitis
The most frequent cause is infection through the herpes virus. This type of infection affects the temporary and front lobes above all. Problems of memory and of language as well as emotional and behavioral ones are common in the most serious cases.