Side Effects to Brain Injury in Children?
Many children may suffer from headaches for up to a year after a brain injury.
According to a recent study, these headaches may affect their performance in school and other activities because they may have trouble concentrating and sleeping.
More than a half a million children in the Unites States suffer from a brain injury from sports, a fall or car accident.
The Seattle Children’s Research Institute colleagues tracked more than 400 children for a year who had come into the emergency room with a mild to severe brain injury.
After three months, almost 43% of those children children who experienced a mild brain injury com
plained of headaches. Of those with moderate or severe brain injuries, only 37% complained of headaches.
Only 26% of children who visited emergency rooms with only bodily injuries, such as those to the arm, complained of having headaches three months later.
According to the study, girls were more than twice as likely to have headaches after brain injury as boys. This could be because females have a higher rate of migraines, which may be due to hormone levels, suggesting that hormone levels may also play a role in headaches after a brain injury.
Researchers found that the headaches went back to the levels seen in children who suffered only a bodily injury, 12 months after a brain injury.
At Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys, we have been representing brain injury victims for more than 15 years. We have a special interest in helping children who have suffered a brain injury. Articles and videos and other resources are available on our site to help those struggling with the often devastating impact of a traumatic brain injury. If you or a loved one has suffered a head injury due to the negligence of another, call the experienced brain injury attorneys at Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys for a free consultation with no obligation.
