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  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
    • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
    • Brain Injury FAQs
  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
    • Severe Brain Injury Symptoms
  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Slip and Fall
    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
    • Closed Head Injury
    • Frontal Lobe Damage
    • Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury
    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
    • Cognitive Difficulties with Brain Injury
    • Family and Caregiver Issues
  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
    • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
    • Brain Injury FAQs
  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
    • Severe Brain Injury Symptoms
  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Slip and Fall
    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
    • Closed Head Injury
    • Frontal Lobe Damage
    • Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury
    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
    • Cognitive Difficulties with Brain Injury
    • Family and Caregiver Issues

Brain Injury Symptoms

Mild Brain Injury Symptoms

Mild Brain Injury Symptoms

The most common type of mild head injury is concussion. It happens when the brain receives trauma from an impact or a sudden movement change.

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Severe Brain Injury Symptoms

Severe Brain Injury Symptoms

According to the Brain injury Association of America, severe brain injury may cause the person to experience deep sleep where one cannot be aroused nor can he respond purposefully. He has no sleep or wake cycles resulting in a coma or longer period of unconsciousness.

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Glasgow Coma Scale

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The Glasgow Coma Scale is a neurological scale designed to assess the patient’s level of consciousness after brain injury. The scale evaluates the patient’s best eye response, best verbal response, and best motor response, and then assigns a score that ranges from 3 to 15.

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