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Learn the Symptoms of Brain Injury by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Has persistent clumsiness Complains of excruciating headache Typical symptoms of a non-urgent brain injury... after a mild brain injury, including mental processing speed, attention/concentration, and other executive...
UK Vaccine Injury Win: MMR Caused Brain Damage by Kim S. Patient Expert to the media and Department of Health. This injury by MMR is for seizures, or more precisely, epilepsy...’s brain following the vaccination." Same testimony, same vaccine, same injuries but Michelle Cedillo...
Brain Injury Press by NEdream26 .. Doctor of Pharmacy , I feel this couldn't be a better time for the increased awareness of brain injuries and just how severe...! - I had noticed in the bottom right of my browser on Yahoo.com "Today's Top Searches" that "Brain Injury...
A Review of Compensated Cases of Vaccine-Induced Brain Injury by Kim S. Patient Expert of Compensated Cases of Vaccine-Induced Brain Injury Pace Environmental Law Review, vol. 28, no. 2, 2011 Mary... and seizure disorder.  The VICP has compensated approximately 2,500 claims of vaccine injury...
Role of OT: Traumatic Brain Injury by Laura Efinger, OT Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Effects and Intervention (From the American OT Association: Reproducible consumer handout to further public education) Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused...
Signs & Symptoms of Brain Injury by Med Team Personality changes Seizures Of course, these are just some of the common symptoms of Brain Injury... Here is a list of some of the common signs and symptoms of Brain Injury: Behavioral problems...
Kennedy's Seizure First Link to Brain Tumor Diagnosis by A. Brewster S. Patient Expert When I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, a seizure was my first sign as well. Often...'s is a malignant brain tumor--one of the most aggressive types. Much lies before him- I wish him strength
Seizures, Brain Density, and Sleep Apnea by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor I've written in the past about how untreated obstructive sleep apnea can lower your seizure thresholds. Here's a study looking at children with seizures, that showed that they had lower white matter...
Traumatic Brain Injury, Does Another Part of Your Brain Take Over? by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert ) is significantly diminished. So, if someone suffers a brain injury early in life, there is more potential for recovery..., and throughout development, the brain compensates. However, if someone has a neural injury later in life, the extent...
because of the seizures, he kept ripping all of the tubes out.. about an hour before he died i got a call... so.. what should i do about my puppy... will it hurt him too?  Thanks -Kay-  Seizures may be caused by toxins, infections, trauma, or...

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Depression and Atripila
I am a brain injury and stroke survivor. I am on the HIV medication Atripila and experiencing depression. Is there a depression medication that can be taken with Atripila that wont have drug interactions? I am also taking Keppra for seizure disorder. Please advice so I can go to my doctors...crap

SPASTICITY
I am 58 years old and in 1999 I received a brain injury due to a shelving unit coming loose from a wall and hitting me which caused my brain injury when I fell. I do not have MS but I do suffer severe spasticity, depression, weakness of my right side and painful muscle spasms. I received a baclofen...crap

Trileptal for a head injury, as a preventative measure?
Dr. says i only have to take it for approx. 2 years, maybe less, because of the head injury.  He claims this will prevent me from having a seizure while my brain heals.  I have not had any seizures but because of the injury, i have a 25 percent chance of having one within the next 2 years. Has anyone else heard of thiscrap

My Pain, My Triumph, and My Loss!
In 2007 I was sustained a head injury in a car wreck. The only injury was the head injury.... My seizures were under control, and my previous PCP was slowly decreasing the dosage of Dilantin to see if I could possibly stop taking it. I know the triggers, and we discussed what to do if I did have a seizure. Well...crap

BRAIN INFECTION
MY NEPHEW HAS AIDS.HE RECENTLY HAD A SEIZURE AND THE DR'S SAY HE HAS A BACTERIAL INFECTION IN THE BRAIN NOT RELATED TO THE AIDS..WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. THE ANTIBIOTICS ARE NOT RESPONDING Keith Henry, M.D. BRAIN INFECTION Bacterial meningitis sometimes occurs in the general population...crap

Trileptal as a preventative for head injuries?
Dr. says i only have to take it for approx. 2 years, maybe less, because of a head injury.  He claims this will prevent me from having a seizure while my brain heals.  I started trileptal in February.... According to this Dr. who did a 3 day sleep study on me, I have not had any seizures...crap

Headache, Traumatic Brain Injury and Gender Differences
to be evaluated for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although most recover within a few days after sustaining a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), there are some children who continue to be symptomatic... Brain Injury: A Cohort Study, to determine what the frequency of headache was in children, ages 5 to 17...crap

Depression and pain
I had a traumatic brain injury which left me with major depression and a body that is plagued with spasticity, right sided weakness and PTSD, I simply can't cope at times. I have a loving family but sorry that doesn't help. I try very hard not to show my major depression, they worry so and I want them to see...crap

Traumatic Brain Injury; TBI - Chronic Insomnia
Is it possible to have a traumatic brain injury from getting hit by a train as front seat passenger, and never be able to fall asleep again? My sleep specialist told me that I have chronic insomnia... magazine put the story of my train/car accident and head injury in their magazine a couple years ago...crap

Does smoking pot cause memory loss or isn't that an old myth?!!
I am a brain injury survivor and getting on medical merijuana, the reason...brain injury survivor. I was wondering if its just a myth that it really causes memory loss?!! MommyBag wants to know...crap