Understanding Brain Trauma: Causes, Symptoms & Severity

Brain injury is a serious condition that can result in death. Brain trauma is frequently associated with car accidents, sports-related injury and assaults.

Concussion

• Concussion is a minor trauma to the brain due to blunt impact. The symptoms are confusion, loss of consciousness and memory loss.

Moderate Brain Injury

• The impact of a brain injury may be delayed when there are more immediate traumatic problems. Signs of a moderate brain injury are dizziness, memory problems, nausea, tiredness and personality changes.

Death

• Each year, 50,000 people die due to a brain trauma injury. Males are more likely than females to be impacted by brain trauma.

Contusion

• A contusion is bruising of the brain, resulting in broken blood vessels. Contusions are signs of shaken baby syndrome caused by violently shaking the brain against the skull.

Post Trauma

• Conditions that may develop are Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, seizures and infections after someone survives brain injury.