Severe Brain Damage Information

Help for Severe Brain Damage Survivors and Loved Ones

By Gordon S. Johnson, Jr.

The aim of the next discussions is to provide a manual on severe brain damage, including coma, brain bleeds, hemorrhage, subdural hematoma and severe diffuse axonal damage.

The next materials will be presented in several layers. We will begin with the emotional help for loved ones of a brain injury on help for Coma in Arizona. Part of that help is the information on what’s really going on inside of the skull currently while you wait for your loved one to wake up from a coma.

In this discussion, we will touch on the chief kinds of problems of severe closed head injury pathology, including the specific diagnosis of injury, intracranial pressure, and to understand the following:

• Skull Fracture

• Intracranial Lesions

• Subdural hematoma

• Epidural hematoma

• Contusions and Intracerebral Hematoma

• Severe Axonal Damage

• Brain Stem Damage

• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

• Midline Shift

Skull Fractures

A skull fracture involves a broken bone in the skull. This does not necessarily indicate severe brain damage. It may not be the worst of injuries, but it deals with horrible damage to the brain oftentimes. It takes a large force to damage the skull, which is designed to absorb considerable force. Depending on how much force there is, there can be damage to the brain as well. CT scans and X-rays are designed to establish where the broken part of the skull is. But these brain imaging machines may not show the extent of severe brain damage.

The skull’s job is to keep the brain protected, even in cases where it is broken. Sometimes the skull may break with minimal damage to the brain within. Still, the risk of a complication called hematoma, or a brain bruise, can be increased as much as 400 percent after skull injury.

The Function of Dura In Understanding Severe TBI Pathology

When the skull is fractured, the force may be transmitted to the areas of brain tissue surrounding it. The soft brain is enclosed in the dura. The dura is a coarse, tight-fitting encasement, like the texture of a pair of blue jeans. It is the dura that makes the first contact with the skull in an injury.