Exploring Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in children and adolescents (Yeates, 2005). The US Centers for Disease Control (2010) reports that 7 million people each year suffer from TBI, 51% of which occur during brain development. Children (0-4 years), older adolescents (15-19 years), and adults (65 years and older) are most likely to develop TBI (CDC, 2010). Brain damage often results in severe and widespread potentially irreversible damage to human nerve, cognition, emotion, social function (eg Wilde et al., 2012; Yeates, 2005).

Traumatic brain injury: Traumatic brain injury that coexists with TBI and affects individuals and caregivers is also known as TBI. "Invasive brain injury is an acquired brain injury that occurs when sudden trauma causes damage to the brain, as the head suddenly strikes the object suddenly, or as it enters the brain tissue through the skull, it is in the TBI Connect "(NINDS, 2010). There are two main types of TBI. For example, head injuries such as hitting the windscreen and penetrating the head, and enthusiastic fans of sports can be seen everywhere. Good exercise, then they try to let the children participate in the sports. They want to win athletes never before. You can see that athletes were injured during exercise. As a parent, you do not want to see this happen to your child. Children are at high risk of injuries and can easily injure. This did not invalidate the purpose of maintaining health and being able to learn from competition. When I was young, I

In the United States, 1.6 million to 3.8 million people suffer from traumatic brain injury every year. Types of traumatic brain injury include concussion, diffuse brain injury, secondary impulse syndrome, subdural hematoma, and epidural hematoma. Concussions rarely cause death, but they may be the starting point for other deadly brain injuries. Athletes under the age of 15 occupy the majority of traumatic brain injuries. Furthermore, in each age group men showed a higher proportion of traumatic brain injury than females.