Your child suffered a brain injury in a car accident on Interstate 66 last year. After several weeks in the hospital, he is supposed to return to Fairfax County Public Schools when school begins in September. How Can You Send Your Child Back to School? Your child’s brain injuries are interfering with his learning and his ability to care for…
Thousands of people across the commonwealth are suffering from traumatic brain injuries, and some of them don’t even realize it. According to the Brain Injury Association of Virginia, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year as a result of minor falls and impact accidents. These injuries can manifest in hundreds of different ways; some…
No parent wants to see their child hurt or suffer, particularly from an injury to the head. However, traumatic brain injuries are the leading cause of disability and death in children and adolescents. According to Mayo Clinic, newborns through age four and teenagers from 15 to 19 years of age are at the highest risk for suffering from a traumatic brain…
How many times a day do you speak, gesture, write, or otherwise communicate your thoughts to someone? When ordering your lunch at Basil Thyme, how do they know which lasagna you want or if you need one or two cannoli? Most people take their ability to communicate for granted. You think about something you want to tell someone, and you…
Your brain is one of the most important organs in your body. It allows you to take your nightly walk around Dupont Circle, decide if you’d rather eat at Sweet Peas or Raku, and basically tells your body what to do and when. Unfortunately—despite the protection of your skull—the brain is one of the organs most susceptible to damage. Any…
While most people know that there are risks involved with surgery, did you know that one of the most common risks involves a brain injury? The reason for a surgery can be frightening enough—but the complications of a stroke following the surgery can be just as scary. Surgeries related to cardiology, neurology, and pulmonary conditions have the highest risk of…
Approximately 1.7 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury in the United States each year. More than 1.3 million of these people seek emergency medical care for their injuries, but what happens to brain-injury survivors after they leave the hospital? Traumatic Brian Injuries Can Lead to Depression In May 2010, the Journal of the American Medical Association* published the results of a…
Washington D.C. has among the highest recorded instances of head injury cases and fatalities in the nation. Many of these may have been avoided if proper caution and action had been taken early. Throughout our lives we have all experienced headaches, dizziness, or the occasional forgetful moment without fearing those symptoms were caused by brain trauma. Generally, we have thought…
It is the call every parent fears. The school nurse, principal, coach or teacher is one the phone telling you that your child has sustained a head injury. The full extent of your child’s injuries may not be known yet, but you know that your child needs to see a doctor quickly. You drop everything and take your child to…
With over 1.5 million brain injuries occurring each year in the United States (according to the Centers for Disease Control), they may be more common in Virginia than you might think. Children under two and adults over 60 are at the highest risk for traumatic brain injuries, but there are no age groups immune to the challenges that occur with…