Medical Terms For Head Injury

Head Injury | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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A head injury is a broad term that describes a vast array of injuries that occur to the scalp, skull, brain, and underlying tissue and blood vessels in the head. Head injuries are also commonly referred to as brain injury, or traumatic brain injury (TBI) , depending on the …

Traumatic brain injury - Symptoms and causes - Mayo …

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Glossary of Brain Injury Terms | BrainLine

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mild brain injury — a patient with a mild traumatic brain injury is a person who has had a …

Head Injury: Types, Causes, and Symptoms …

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A head injury is any sort of injury to your brain, skull, or scalp. This can range from a mild bump or …

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | National Institute of …

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A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be caused by a forceful bump, blow, or jolt to the head or body, or from an object that pierces the skull and enters the brain. Not all …

Head injury: Types, symptoms, causes, and …

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If the skull breaks and the bone or another object punctures the brain, a doctor will refer to the injury as an open head injury or penetrating head injury. …

Head Injuries (Contusion, Hematoma, Skull Fracture): …

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Head injuries are damage to the scalp, skull, or brain caused by trauma. When it affects the brain, they’re called a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. To most people, …

Concussion - Symptoms and causes - Mayo …

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Head trauma is very common in young children. But concussions can be difficult to recognize in infants and toddlers because they can't describe how they …

Head injury | definition of head injury by Medical dictionary

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The most important consequence of head trauma is traumatic brain injury. Head injury may occur either as a closed head injury, such as the head hitting a car's windshield, or …

Head injury - first aid: MedlinePlus Medical …

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A head injury is any trauma to the scalp, skull, or brain. Head injury can be either closed or open (penetrating). A closed head injury means you received a hard blow to …