Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is most often associated with returning veterans who have served in war zones. Traumatic Brain injuries (TBI) are also associated with returning veterans but also civilians and athletes. The take-away message of this blog is that...
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Neuropsychologists and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
As I have discussed in previous blogs, there is often no definitive test to detect a traumatic brain injury (TBI). CT scans and MRI scans are extremely insensitive to detecting brain injuries unless those injuries are severe. Glasgow coma scales which are used to...
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Children
This week the The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a detailed report to Congress describing the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on children. This blog has been committed to providing the latest news on a very hot topic. The public is paying attention,...
Blood Test for Traumatic Brain Injury Gets FDA Approval
CBS news reported this week (2/15/18)- "The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injury gets FDA approval." One purpose of this blog is to keep the public aware of the rapidly changing field of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It seems as though...
Flashing Lights and Traumatic Brain Injury
Many patients experience flashing lights when they experience significant head trauma. Flashing lights which are transient and well-connected to an immediate episode of head injury are usually of little consequence. Often individuals see stars in front of their eyes...
Traumatic Brain Injury and Visual Fatigue
After head injuries, a traumatic brain injury, people often say their eyes are "tired." If that seems vague, it is vague to me as well. Eye doctors want more specific information, but the complaint is real and common. Patients often state they want to close their...
Whiplash, Traumatic Brain Injury, and the Eyes
Whiplash is the term most frequently associated with automobile accidents. We hear the word all the time, is it a real thing? People who are injured often use this word to describe their personal experience of a collision. An individual describes the head jerking...
Traumatic Brain Injury and Eye Pain
After significant head trauma (TBI), patients frequently complain of eye pain. Interestingly, people complain of eye pain even when there was no direct injury to the eyeball itself. An observer would expect that an eye which was directly injured in a motor vehicle...
Smooth Pursuit and Traumatic Brain Injury
I have previously discussed the important role of saccadic eye movement in visual function. Saccades are rapid eye movements that allow a person to swiftly look from one place to another in the real world. Humans can quickly shift attention to an object in the field...
Floaters and Traumatic Brain Injury
In previous blogs, I have generally covered visual problems secondary to head injuries that are related to the brain. Obviously, there are vision problems related to direct trauma to the eye, but that has not really been the purpose of my blog. These direct eye...
