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Neuro-Trauma

More than one million people each year sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), most of them in automobile accidents. A sudden physical blow to the head may cause a contusion (bruising of the brain), a hematoma (bleeding around the brain) or both, and can damage the brain, leading to coma or even death. Sports or physical activities are the second most common cause, and assaults are third. For those who are over age 65, falls are the number one cause. Shaken baby syndrome is another form of TBI.

In the United States, 99,000 people each year will sustain permanent damage from brain contusions.