Traumatic Brain Injuries: Marines, Helmets and the War in Iraq
The medical director of polytrauma at McGuire Veterans Medical Center said, "Traumatic brain injury is the signature injury of [the Iraq] war." Roughly 62% of the troops injured in Iraq suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI's occur when the head is unexpectedly and forcibly hit with an object. In severe cases, the object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue. Depending the object's impact on the skull, TBI sufferers may experience a variety of symptoms. Symptoms include headache, blurred vision, fatigue, behavioral changes, convulsions and/or seizures, slurred speech, and loss of coordination.
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