HSS 3305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Closed Head Injury, Blunt Trauma
14 Dec 2016
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Lecture 22 pathology of the nervous system part 1. With the brain, it"s not always all or nothing. You can selectively lose muscle ability, or get paralysis in one tiny part of the body, or lose speech. The region of the brain affected, explains why we have what we have. Trauma (head injury closed or penetrating, skull fractures, hematomas) Range from a minor bump on the head to a devastating brain injury. Common causes of head injury include traffic accidents, falls, physical assault, and accidents at home, work, outdoors, or while playing sports. Closed head injury, the head sustains a blunt force by striking against an object. No obvious signs on the outside but it can cause significant. Signs and symptoms of a head injury may occur immediately or develop slowly over several hours. At the time of injury the person may seem fine even though they are not actually okay damage.
