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Physical force injury to the head can cause nerve cells in the brain to stretch, tear, and pull apart, making them unable to relay messages from one part of the brain to another. Sufficiently forceful trauma to the head causes the brain suddenly and violently to slam against the bony structures of the interior of the skull resulting in traumatic brain injury. The head striking an object (a windshield or the ground) at a fast rate of speed or something striking the head (a flying or falling object) can cause brain injury. Injury to brain cells interferes with all sorts of information processing—thinking, remembering, seeing, and controlling and coordinating bodily movements. Traumatic brain injury can range from relatively mild to catastrophically severe depending on multiple factors including degree of force, multiple trauma, neurological complications, and timeliness of emergency medical treatment.

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Q: What is traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

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Physical force injury to the head can cause nerve cells in the brain to stretch, tear, and pull apart, making them unable to relay messages from one part of the brain to another. Sufficiently forceful trauma to the head causes the brain suddenly and violently to slam against the bony structures of the interior of the skull resulting in "traumatic brain injury." The head striking an object (a windshield or the ground) at a fast rate of speed or something striking the head (a flying or falling object) can cause brain injury. Injury to brain cells interferes with all sorts of information processing—thinking, remembering, seeing, and controlling and coordinating bodily movements. Traumatic brain injury can range from relatively mild to catastrophically severe depending on multiple factors including degree of force, multiple trauma, neurological complications, and timeliness of emergency medical treatment.


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