{"id":1053774,"date":"2013-02-06T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/mild-traumatic-brain-injury-mtbi.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:54:53","slug":"mild-traumatic-brain-injury-mtbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/mild-traumatic-brain-injury-mtbi.php","title":{"rendered":"Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8d801d3ed6_200px-Hippocampus.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8d801d3ed6_200px-Hippocampus.png\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><b>What is Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)?<\/b><\/p><p>Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is commonly known as concussion. A universally accepted definition is lacking. <\/p><p>Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion are classified by:<\/p><p>- transient loss of consciousness<br>- amnesia<br>- altered mental status<br>- a Glasgow Coma Score of 13 to 15<br>- focal neurological deficits following an acute closed head injury<\/p><p>\"Red flag' symptoms include: progression of physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms, seizure, progressive vomiting, and altered mental status. <\/p><p><b>What is the prognosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)?<\/b><\/p><p>Most patients recover quickly, within 1-2 weeks. <\/p><p>However, persistent symptoms may be noted in 5-20% of persons who have mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI): <\/p><p>- Physical symptoms include headaches, dizziness, and nausea, and changes in coordination, balance, appetite, sleep, vision, and hearing. <\/p><p>- Cognitive and behavioral symptoms include fatigue, anxiety, depression, and irritability, and problems with memory, concentration and decision making. <\/p><p><b>Who is at greatest risk after a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)?<\/b><\/p><p>Women, older adults, less educated persons, and those with a previous mental health diagnosis are more likely to have persistent symptoms. <\/p><p><b>Protecting the brain from concussion: $20-helmet is a good way to protect $100,000 education<\/b><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kim_gorgens_protecting_the_brain_against_concussion.html\">Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens<\/a> makes the case for better protecting our brains against the risk of concussion -- with a compelling pitch for putting helmets on kids: A $20-helmet is a good way to protect $100,000 education. \"Mind your (brain) matter.\" <\/p><p>References:  <br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23198672?dopt=Abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subacute to chronic mild traumatic brain injury<\/a>. Mott TF, McConnon ML, Rieger BP. Am Fam Physician. 2012 Dec 1;86(11):1045-51.<br>Image source: Hippocampus, from Wikipedia, public domain.<\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion are classified by:- transient loss of consciousness- amnesia- altered mental status- a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/mild-traumatic-brain-injury-mtbi.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1246864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neurology"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}