Brain damage can cause a disruption in the functions of your brain. Symptoms that may be caused by injury to the brain contain slowed thinking processes, mystery switching in the middle of tasks, diminished libido, disturbed sleep, emotional outbursts, irritability, depression, faulty judgment, impaired memory, mystery concentrating, inattention and inordinate sleepiness. It is sometimes difficult to sort out actual brain damage from other ailments or issues including job loss, financial loss, depression, medications, pain elsewhere and throbbing head headaches.
The severity and extent of neurological dysfunction caused by brain damage can be measured with the help of testing. Neuropsychologists use these tests to enable them to isolate the qoute to a specific area of the brain. The frontal lobes operate inhibition of inappropriate behavior, foresight, attention, interpersonal behavior, judgment, personality, mood and drive. An injury to the frontal lobe is sometimes linked with olfactory damage, and this may cause patients to have an altered or reduced sense of smell.
The effects of brain damage on the sick person may be surpassed by the corollary it has on their family. Brain injuries are enormous stressors in interpersonal relationships.
As a rule, brain injury symptoms should lessen as time passes, as the brain heals. But sometimes the symptoms get worse, since the sick person can't adapt to the injury to the brain. It often happens that psychological problems arise or get worse after brain damage.
There is a wide range of symptoms that can occur after brain injuries. The symptoms will vary depending on what part of the brain was injured. Here are some inherent symptoms, and the area of brain damage that can cause them:
If there is brain damage to the frontal lobe or forehead:
Inability to express language
Difficulty in solving problems
Changes in personality
Changes in group behavior
Mood changes
Inability to focus on tasks
Persistence of one singular thought
Loss of flexibility in thinking
Loss of spontaneity in interacting with others
Inability to plan a sequence of involved movements
Loss of simple movement of body parts
If there is injury to the parietal lobe, near the top and back of the head:
Difficulty with hand to eye coordination
Lack of self-awareness of unavoidable body parts
Difficulty doing mathematics
Difficulty in distinguishing right from left
Difficulty drawing objects
Problems with reading
Inability to name an object
Inability to attend to more than one object at a time
If there is damage in the occipital lobes, at the back of the head:
Difficulties in reading and writing
Inability to recognize an object's movement
Difficulty in recognizing drawn objects
Inability to recognize words
Inaccurately finding objects
Hallucinations
Difficulties identifying colors
Defects in vision
If you notice these symptoms in someone that you care for, caress their health care pro immediately, take them to the crisis Room, or call 911.
