Head Injury
Alternate Names : Concussion, Injury to the Head, Closed Head Injury, Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury
A head injury is defined as any trauma to the head that may or may not injure
the brain.
What are the causes and risks of the injury?
There are many possible causes for a head injury. Some common causes are
bicycle accidents, automobile accidents, falls, and work-related injuries.
Contact sports, especially football, are another common source of head injury.
Other sports that place a person at risk for head injuries include:
boxing
basketball
baseball
ice hockey
skiing
skateboarding
wrestling
almost any other contact sport
Head injuries are more common in an individual with:
an altered mental state as a result of drugs or disease
difficulty walking because of
arthritis, leg injury, or neuromuscular disease
weakness
loss of balance or poor coordination from
aging or disease
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