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Traumatic brain injuries affect a person's cognitive, physical,
and emotional aspects, depending on what area/s of the brain
were affected.
Traumatic brain injuries that affect cognitive brain functioning
may include the following symptoms:
- slowed ability to process information
- short term memory loss and/or long term memory loss
- spatial disorientation
- organizational problems and impaired judgment
- trouble concentrating or paying attention for periods
of time
- difficulty keeping up with a conversation; other communication
difficulties such as word finding problems
- unable to do more than one thing at a time
Physical traumatic brain injury symptoms may include:
- pain
- seizures of all types
- muscle spasticity
- headaches or migraines
- double vision or low vision, even blindness
- balance problems
- loss of smell or taste
- speech impairments such as slow or slurred speech
- fatigue, increased need for sleep
Emotional traumatic brain injury symptoms may include:
- a lack of initiating activities, or once started, difficulty
in completing tasks without reminders
- increased anxiety
- impulsive behavior
- depression and mood swings
- denial of deficits
- more easily agitated
- egocentric behaviors - difficulty seeing how behaviors
can affect others
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What
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