Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

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Traumatic Brain Injury (head injury, acquired brain injury, head injuries, severe brain injury, severe traumatic brain injury, children with traumatic brain injury, brain injury children)

Brain injury is the most frequent cause of disability and death among children in the United States. More than one million children sustain brain injuries every year and approximately 165,000 require hospitalization.

A traumatic brain injury is usually the result of a sudden, violent blow to the head. Such a blow can launch the brain on a collision course. The skull can often withstand a forceful external impact without fracturing. The result — an injured brain inside an intact skull — is a closed-head injury. Do you need the services of a birth injury law firm?

A brain injury may also occur when a projectile, such as a bullet, rock, or fragment of a fractured skull, actually penetrates the brain. This type of injury is far less common than is the closed-head variety.

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The severity of brain injuries can vary greatly, depending on the part of the brain affected and the extent of the damage. A mild brain injury may cause temporary confusion and headache, but a serious one can be fatal.

In children some neurologic deficits after head trauma may not manifest for many years. Frontal lobe functions, for example, develop relatively late in a child's growth, so that injury to the frontal lobes may not become apparent until the child reaches adolescence as higher level reasoning develops. Since the frontal lobes control our social interactions and interpersonal skills, early childhood brain damage may not manifest until such frontal lobe skills are called into play later in development. Likewise, injury to reading and writing centers in the brain may not become apparent until the child reaches school age and shows signs of delayed reading and writing skills.

A study released in May 2001 shows that millions of children may be at risk for lead poisoning, as even lower levels of lead appear to damage the brain than previously reported. Children between the ages of 1 and 5 years are particularly vulnerable to the brain damaging effects of lead.

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