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BRAIN INJURY IN CHILDREN 1,500.000 A Year Suffer

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Unfortunately, head injuries are very common with children, accounting for approximately one hundred thousand hospitalizations annually.

Modes of injury include motor vehicle accidents, bicycle accidents, falls, sporting injuries, and child abuse. Certain aspects of brain injury are unique to children.

For example, it is more difficult to determine the measure the loss of brain function in a child. In adults there are prior academic records, I.Q. scores, and job histories to rely on.

At one time it was assumed that children were more resistant to brain trauma than adults because their developing brains could rewire over time. However, mounting evidence seems to suggest otherwise. In fact, it may be that children are more susceptible than adults to permanent brain damage even when the forces involved are equivalent.

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      In many cases children suffering from TBI can exhibit normal or above average IQ following injury, but can still have profound problems. These children were still unable to organize their lives and make sensible daily decisions. They showed severe problems with the organizational skills of everyday activities despite relatively normal testing results and language and intelligence.

      Child T.B.I. causes as an adult, attention deficit and fatigue, impaired planning and problem solving, lack of initiative, inflexibility, impulsiveness, irritability and temper tantrums, opposition, and socially inappropriate behavior.

      One of the common symptoms of traumatic brain injury is that of disinhibition. A person suffering from TBI disinhibition is likely to "speak his mind" and say socially inappropriate things where a normal person might think them but have the sense not to say them. This causes increased difficulty in socialization and advancement as an adult. The other aspect of disinhibition it can also lead to difficulties. That is, it is also commonly associated with addictions to drugs and alcohol. The same mental screens that prevent one from saying inappropriate things would also control primitive appetites for drugs or alcohol. When that is diminished the increased likelihood of addiction frequently occurs.

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