A person who suffers a spinal cord injury in an accident often needs considerable medical care. This medical care usually begins in the emergency department and continues at a medical care center that can accommodate the patient’s needs. When the injury first occurs, stabilising the patient is the top priority.
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A child who suffers a spinal cord injury can often face considerable obstacles throughout life. The child’s parents and other family members also face some lifestyle adjustments. These adjustments and obstacles can greatly affect the child and all the family members.
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Impaired driving is a big problem in Canada, including in Ontario. Drivers who are impaired lack the ability to react to obstacles and situations that occur while they are driving. That delayed or absent reaction can lead to horrible accidents.
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In our previous post, we discussed how there seems to be a connection between teenagers who drink energy drinks and traumatic brain injuries. That post touched on how teens who suffer TBIs often have a variety of effects from the injury. Dealing with those effects often means that the teen needs continued care long after the TBI.
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Brain injuries in any patient are troublesome. For teens and adolescents, the effects of brain injuries can be devastating because the brain in children those ages are still developing. Effects like mental health issues, substance abuse and trouble in school are some of the possible results of a TBI in the teen years. That is what makes a recent study so troubling.
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When you injure your spinal cord in an accident, almost every life function can be affected. The injury can affect your ability to move your limbs, breathe, use the restroom and a host of other functions. Even your behaviour and cognitive function can change after a spinal cord injury.
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When a person suffers from a concussion, getting an accurate diagnosis is often difficult. Unlike broken bones, torn muscles and other injuries, there isn’t any diagnostic imaging test that can detect a concussion. Experts hope that soon changes. They hope that they will soon be able to diagnose concussions using a blood test.
Continue reading Research might provide easier diagnosis of concussions
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