Unit 1.2.4 Aquired Brain Injury Flashcards
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Acquired brain injury
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- Injury resulting from damage to the brain occurring after birth, at any time during life.
- Interferes with the brain’s normal functioning
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Traumatic brain injury
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- Damage to the brain
- Caused by an external force
- E.g. falls, vehicle accidents
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Non-traumatic brain injury
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- Damage to the brain
- Caused by internal factors such as lack of oxygen or tumour
- E.g. stroke, substance abuse
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Biological impacts
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- Impaired sensory functioning
- headaches
- seizures
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Psychological impacts
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- memory loss
- irritability
- personality changes
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Social impacts
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- impaired social/communication skills
- agressive beahviour
- impulsivity
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Aphasia
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- An acquired language disorder
- Resulting from damage to the language-processing centres of the brain
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Wernicke’s aphasia
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- An acquired language disorder
- Characterised by difficulty comprehending speech + producing meaningful sentences
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Broca’s aphasia
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- An acquired language disorder
- Characterised by difficulty producing fluent speech
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Concussion
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- Mild form of traumatic brain injury
- Resulting from an external force to the head or body causing the brain to bounce inside the skull
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Stroke
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- Acquired brain injury
- Involves an interruption to the blood supply in the brain or bleeding in the brain
- Resulting in deterioration of brain tissue
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Phineas Gage - Overview
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- Metal rod went through his frontal lobe
- Gained consciousness after a few minutes
- Able to talk
- Vomited out 1/2 teacup of brain
- Changed personality bubbly –> grumpy