What is a brain injury?
Q: What is a brain injury?
A: A brain injury means that the brain has been hurt in some way.
Q: How can brain injuries occur?
A: Brain injuries can happen before birth, due to a physical injury (trauma), or because of medical problems such as lack of oxygen.
Q: What are congenital brain injuries?
A: Congenital brain injuries are brain injuries that occur before a baby is born.
Q: What are traumatic brain injuries?
A: Traumatic brain injuries are brain injuries that occur due to physical trauma, such as hitting the head in a car accident.
Q: Are all brain injuries the same?
A: No, all brain injuries are different. Some are mild, some are severe, some are temporary, and some never get better.
Q: What are the symptoms of brain injury?
A: The symptoms of brain injury can be very different for different people, depending on what part of the brain was injured and how badly.
Q: Can brain injuries get better?
A: Some brain injuries are temporary and may get better quickly, while others may take a longer time to improve or may never get better.
