Symptoms
__________________ are one of the physical complications of a TBI that causes chronic pain.
Headaches
Child abuse related injury often caused by parent frustration to infants and toddlers that can lead to a TBI.
Shaken Baby Syndrome
True or false? A brain tumor can cause a Traumatic Brain Injury.
False (this is not an EXTERNAL force causing the injury)
This is what TBI stands for.
Traumatic Brain Injury?
_________ changes can cause challenges with social situations, relationship problems, poor self-control, and aggression.
Behavior changes
Brain injury can happen to driver or passengers when this occurs.
Car accident
True or false? A child falling out of the bathtub can cause a Traumatic Brain Injury.
True. A young child hitting their head on a hard tile bathroom floor can cause a TBI.
________-__________ ________ disorder is a mental health condition often associated with experiencing a trauma, but is not a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
_____________ is a common emotional/mental health issue associated with TBI (besides anxiety, mood swings, and irritability).
Depression
________ injuries are often associated with high school students, college students, and adult athletes that activities involve high head impact activities.
Sports injuries
True or false? Even if a person has a helmet on, he or she can still have a traumatic brain injury after a motorcycle accident.
True. (Studies have found that wearing an appropriate helmet reduces the chances of Traumatic Brain Injury by 67%).
Symptoms of a TBI usually appear immediately or within a few days or sometimes weeks of the injury, but in rare situations, can appear ______________ later.
Years
Communication issues after a TBI can make it difficult to explain these two important internal things to others.
Thoughts & feelings
_____________ often contribute to combat injuries causing Traumatic Brain Injuries.
Explosions
True or false? A concussion caused by hitting a soccer ball with one's head is considered a Traumatic Brain Injury.
True. The soccer ball is an external force and concussions are considered a Traumatic Brain Injury, but are usually mild with no long-term effects. However, more serious TBI's have occurred from soccer balls injuries.
A TBI can cause issues with __________ and _________ for students but they can also be a life-long struggle through adulthood.
Reading and writing
Short- and long-term ___________ can be negatively effected by a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Memory
The leading cause of most Traumatic Brain Injuries.
Falls (especially in the oldest and youngest)?
True or false? Domestic violence can not cause a Traumatic Brain Injury, because it is an internal force.
False. Any act of violence that causes a brain injury is considered an external force.
Constant shaking of the hands and arms that can be a symptom of a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Tremors