03/19/2021
🧠 National Brain Injury Awareness Month 🧠 Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is a direct or indirect blow to the head that results in tearing or stretching of tissue, secondary inflammation, and neurological dysfunction. Current estimates are 4.8 million cases yearly in the United States, 75% of which are mild TBI (concussion). Over 50,000 people die in the US every year from severe TBI. It is characterized by altered consciousness or loss of consciousness with varying severity of injury that directly coincides with force of initial injury. In most patients, post-concussion syndrome is indicated by headaches, irritability, sleep disruption, fatigue, dizziness, depression, anxiety, apathy, and change in personality.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States.
Case reports of individuals who have suffered with post-TBI symptoms for decades, and who had scans showing decreased blood flow in multiple brain regions, found not only marked improvement in function, but scans after HBOT were completely normal. The common conclusion is that HBOT can induce neuroplasticity, which then leads to the repair of chronically impaired brain functions and improved quality of life in those suffering from TBI. Studies also show that HBOT can reduce cognitive impairment related to memory performance.
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