Approximately 30% of patients with significant head trauma will complain of a significant disruption of sleep. In more significant brain injuries, doctors are often concerned with increased sleeping and altered levels of consciousness. This blog is focused on mild TBI...
Brain Injury Vision Symptom Survey (BIVSS) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
So what if I told you a one-page, 28-item questionnaire which takes a patient 30 seconds to one minute to check off could help make the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI)? And what if I told you a score of 31 or greater indicates a significant visual...
Whiplash and Visual Symptoms
Approximately half of whiplash victims have problems with vision. These are not necessarily patients with head injury or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)- these are patients who experience what is termed in medicine "whiplash associated disorder" (WAD). As you know I am...
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,...
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...
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...
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Reading (or EKG for the EYE)
Reading is perhaps THE single most important visual/perceptual skill we need to function in everyday life. Yet, we seem to accept as a given, that all people can read, some a little a slower, some faster. What happens when normal reading is disrupted? We all know that...
How I See TBI and Ophthalmology’s Relationship
The clues for brain damage are in the eyes. Most head injury victims with severe brain injury end up in the hospital, yet upwards of 95% are sent home, even though they may be experiencing vision problems. They may see a chiropractor or orthopedic surgeon if they have...