Brain Damage

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hard impacts against the skull in the event of head trauma. One of the key faults of brain damage is from motor vehicle crashes that account for over 50% of brain injuries and anything sports related adding another 20%.
It is also important to remember that head trauma is not the only cause of brain damage, one of the most devastating to parents is learning that genetics have caused brain damage within their children. Genetics are also one of the main causes of brain damage as there is a variety of diseases that cause brain damage in newborns and elderly alike. One of the most common forms of brain disabilities is cerebral palsy in newborns. Cerebral palsy is a disease that affects children from the time they’re in the womb, it causes severe damage to the motor control centers of the brain that can cause paralysis, up to the point of complete quadriplegia. The worst part about Cerebral palsy is that it is incurable, with limited amounts of treatments that can truly help ...

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health. Overall Genetics plays a key role in a lot of brain illnesses whether it is young or old.
The most frightening version of incoming brain damage is any form of brain cancer which is some of the deadliest diseases to strike humans. Any form of brain tumor is inherently serious and considered life-threatening because of its invasive as the brain has a limited amount of space inside of the cavities. All tumors are considered high-risk but not all of them are inherently fatal, some of neoplasms within the brain are benign which means it will not spread or seek to be aggressive within the body. With all that said though, left completely untreated nearly any form of brain tumor ...

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