Sentences with phrase «severe damage to the brain»

They occur when a blunt force impacts the head and can leave a victim with severe damage to the brain.

Not exact matches

Thanks to the work of several dogged journalists, and despite the NFL's best efforts to subvert the truth, we now know that repeated blows to the head experienced in the normal course of football play can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage resulting in early onset dementia and severe (and, in the worst cases, suicidal) depression.

If an addiction to alcohol is superimposed on severe mental illness — a psychosis of the schizophrenic, manic - depressive or chronic brain - damage types — it is essential to get the alcoholic to a psychiatrist.

We have learned how physical damage to the brain impairs the functioning of various parts of the body to which the nervous system connects it, and severe brain damage of a congenital nature can prevent the development of anything like a genuinely human personality altogether.

This young boy suffered severe brain damage from hitting a rock head first and will have to wear a football helmet and drool cup for the remainder of his life.

If the damage to the brain is severe enough, you could become paralyzed or even die.

The next week, the father again loses his temper and hits the child over the head with a shovel, and the child goes back to the hospital with severe brain damage.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously murdered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously mur * dered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

I had never heard of this, but according to WebMD, kernicterus «is a very rare type of brain damage that occurs in a newborn with severe jaundice.»

Except for perhaps some sort of catastrophic injury to mother (e.g. post partum bleed so severe it ends in brain damage), I think most mothers would choose to trade injury to themselves for the life of their child.

It was traumatic because, had I not chosen to have the care of an obstetrician and go for a hospital birth, had I bought into this home birth culture that is huge in the city where I live, my son would likely not be here today or we'd have been left with a child with severe brain or neurological damage.

(I would also mention the increased risk of brain damage severe enough to need cooling therapy, in case she cared about that.)

Moderate to severe jaundice however, is more serious as the bilirubin can travel up to the brain, staining the brain, thus resulting in permanent brain damage.

Shaking your baby sometimes results in severe head injury to the baby, permanent brain damage or even death.

It's supposed to be one of the major highlights of the parliamentary year, and if you suffer from severe brain damage or pronounced spiritual decline then that may be true.

Also at 11 a.m., Sen. Tony Avella holds a press conference with Helen Kim, Christine Colligan and members of the Korean community to demand that the Montefiore Hospital release information on their yearlong investigation into the assault on Seong Soo Kim that resulted in severe brain damage, Montefiore Hospital, Moses Campus, 111 E. 210th St., the Bronx.

Stephen sustained severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen for 10 to 15 minutes.

Zika can cause babies to be born with severe brain damage — but we may be able to harness the virus to fight brain tumours in adults.

As football players are learning, a violent blow to the head has the potential to cause mild to severe traumatic brain injury — physical damage to the brain that can be debilitating, even fatal.

Soon after it was applied to their brains, 15 people with severe brain damage showed signs of consciousness, including moving their hands or following instructions using their eyes.

In a small phase I and II clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues elsewhere found that the high - fat, low - carbohydrate ketogenic diet was a safe and effective treatment option for the majority of adults experiencing a relatively rare, often fatal and always severe form of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures that require medically induced comas to prevent them from further damaging the body and the brain.

Given the delicacy of the organ — a living brain has the consistency of custard — it is amazing that we manage to get to the end of each day without suffering severe damage.

Less severe brain damage leads to a minimally conscious state (MCS).

The hippocampus also gets damaged — albeit to a lesser extent — in cases of severe and protracted stress as stress hormones gnaw the brain.

Severe cases of acute high - altitude disease have long been known to cause brain damage.

In such cases, even the best resuscitation efforts are unable to prevent severe brain damage, Dr. Muraskas said.

I was vociferous in my insistence that the husband should make the call in the case of Terri Schiavo [about whether to continue her artificial nourishment after her severe brain damage].

Projects on brain development mainly focus on perinatal asphyxia as this remains a major cause of (severe) brain damage in newborn infants leading to developmental delay or even severe handicaps.

The toxin is known to cause severe brain damage and even death.

The later stages of Alzheimer's may bring about such severe brain tissue damage that the body begins to shut down.

To further support this idea, HD patients who display the most severe brain damage are the ones with the highest levels of CAG repeat instability.

In addition to losing her husband to a delayed cancer diagnosis, her son, Cal, now 13, was the victim of lack of treatment for too - high bilirubin levels as a newborn, which resulted in kernicterus, or brain damage from severe jaundice.

If the fever is reaching a dangerous level, or your child is not drinking, Tylenol should be given along with natural methods unless you wan na risk brain damage and severe dehydration.

Laura Hayes, BA, (with distinction from Stanford University) is the mother of 3 young adult children, all of whom suffered some level of vaccine injury, one to the point of permanent and severe brain damage and disability.

The soybean is now being linked to breast cancer, thyroid disease, menstrual and fertility issues, as well as severe allergies, compromised immunity and brain damage.

its made an unbelievably huge difference for me and i managed to heal my epilepsy and hashimotos disease (with all the accompaniing symptomps like severe hair loss, weight gain, constant fatigue, brain fog, severe anxiety and panic attacks, IBS, grand mal seizures, status epilepticus and so on...) which so many doctors around the world told me i have to live with until i die because there is no cure for these diseases, they just wanted me to take pharma drugs wich in the end did way more damage then they helped with the symptoms.

The toxins have been proven to cause abdominal distress in the intestines that range from mild discomfort, bloating to serious illnesses such as celiac disease, auto - immune conditions and severe brain damage.

Balboa backpedals on the warnings of severe brain damage Rocky received in Rocky V to clear the path for a comeback fight not unlike his initial shot in the first film.

The family of a 10 - year - old District of Columbia boy who suffered severe brain damage when he fell eight feet onto the asphalt surface of a neighborhood playground four years ago has agreed to a settlement that could bring him as much as $ 15 million.

Severe shocks may cause internal damage to the brain, heart, lungs and gastrointestinal tract.

On the other hand, people with immune system problems, such as those with HIV / AIDS, those taking certain types of chemotherapy, or persons who have recently received an organ transplant, and infants, may develop severe toxoplasmosis, which results in damage to the eye or the brain.

Severe toxoplasmosis can cause damage to the brain, eyes or other organs — infants born to mothers who are newly infected during or just before pregnancy are among those most likely to develop severe toxoplasSevere toxoplasmosis can cause damage to the brain, eyes or other organs — infants born to mothers who are newly infected during or just before pregnancy are among those most likely to develop severe toxoplassevere toxoplasmosis.

In both pets and people, more severe brain damage is characterized by an inability to learn new information or to do two or more things and as in show or obedience training, the normal ability to ignore distractions is compromised.

Severe infestation can lead to liver, lung, and brain damage.

Lead exposure has been proven to cause severe anemia and permanent brain damage.

A fall, car accident, sports injury, or myriad of other incidents may cause brain damage, spanning the spectrum from mild to severe.

While the award by the jury is significant, there have been larger verdicts in medical malpractice cases in Massachusetts, including a 2005 case in which a jury awarded nearly $ 40 million to the family of a Dracut boy born with severe brain damage after a traumatic delivery.

The injuries resulting from slip and fall incidents can run the full range from minor to severe and can include brain damage, concussion, headaches, TMJ (jaw), scars and disfigurement, hearing loss, seizures, neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, leg pain, rotator cuff tear, herniated and bulging discs, fractures and broken bones, muscle damage, ligament damage, tendon damage, nerve damage, spinal cord injuries, and many other physical problems.

Accident injuries can range anywhere from minor scrapes and bruises to severe brain or spinal cord damage.