Will My Child Suffer From Headaches After a Brain Injury?
It depends. Is your child a boy or a girl? Did they suffer a mild or severe brain injury? Both of those factors will depend on the answer to your question.
According to a new study in the journal Pediatrics, girls are more likely than boys to have headaches after suffering a brain injury.
And surprisingly, the children who suffered mild injuries were more likely to report headaches than those who suffered more severe injuries, according to the study.
Children aged 5-17 were examined. The prevalence of headaches was the focus. 43 percent of children reported headaches, compared with 37 percent of children with moderate to severe injuries, and 26 percent for the control group three months after a mild brain injury,
Girls reported the most headaches at Fifty-nine percent of those children. Additionally, the risk of headaches increased with age in girls, but not with boys.
Worse off are girls who suffer from migraines before a concussion. But anyone who is susceptible to migraines can get concussions from mild traumas which doesn’t affect those who are not prone to migraines, and the concussions they suffer are often more severe.
Girls are four to six times more likely to suffer from migraines than boys. This factor alone could explain why girls are more likely to have headaches after a mild brain injury or concussion.
If your child has suffered a concussion or another form of traumatic brain injury as the direct result of an accident in Kansas or Missouri, your family may be entitled to compensation for your losses. Contact the experienced Kansas and Missouri Personal Injury Lawyers at Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys. With over 15 years of experience dealing with Child Injury Accidents, as well as Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries, we may be able to assist you and your family through this difficult time. Call our office today to set up your free consultation or download our free resource guide 10 Essential Steps You Must Take to Protect Your Injury Claim.
Teen Suffers Head Injury in Pedestrian Accident During Scavenger Hunt
Protect your child. Know the signs of a concussion to prevent long term brain damage.
Sometimes its easy to get so caught up in a moment that you can very easily forget where you are and what the real life rules are. Welcome to the life of a teenager, where kids are living out their last care free days of irresponsibility.
A 14 year-old girl was struck by a car while crossing a busy street as she was trying to collect clues for a scavenger hunt. The teen victim suffered a very serious head injury and was hospitalized. Also, injured in the accident was a 15 year-old boy, who was also hospitalized with serious injuries to the body. The pedestrian head injury accident happened in North Carolina.
Our experienced Brain Injury Lawyers want your child to be safe in all of their high school activities. While you may feel redundant, constantly repeating yourself to them, it is always best to remind them of the rules because chances are they aren’t thinking that far ahead. When kids aren’t thinking, this is where they run into dangerous situations and become a victim of an accident. It is these careless accidents which tend to produce serious injuries including head and spinal injuries.
All head injuries should be examined by a medical professional immediately. Even the slightest head bump, if gone untreated, can lead to life long lingering complications that can open the door for a number of very serious brain illnesses.
If you or a loved one has suffered a brain or traumatic head injury you may be entitled to compensations for your losses. Contact Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys to set up a free consultation to discuss your injury claim. We want you to know your rights as a victim.
Former NFL Player Blames Concussions for Memory Loss
Former NFL player Benjamin Utecht, 30, career ended too soon after suffering multiple concussions.
He suffered at least five concussions during his football career: two during college at the University of Minnesota, two with the Indianapolis Colts and one with the Cincinnati Bengals. The last one, during training camp in 2009, ended his NFL career.
Those concussions 
have caused him to now suffer from frightening gaps in his memory.
He attends meetings and never recalls receiving (and responding to) the cancellation notice eight hours before. He also doesn’t remember standing up in a close friend’s wedding even after looking at the photos.
He’s also worried about how the concussions will affect him as he gets older. Will he experience early-onset dementia? Or will he suffer more issues with amnesia, headaches or behavioral changes?
Research shows that after you’ve had three concussions, your chances of more concussions goes up exponentially. He thinks that he may have retired sooner if he knew that then.
“A concussion doesn’t heal like a shoulder or knee injury. This is your personality. It’s your character. It’s your soul,” Utecht said. It changes you forever.
If your or a loved one has suffered a concussion in Kansas or Missouri, your family may be entitled to compensation for your losses. Contact the experienced Kansas and Missouri Personal Injury Lawyers at Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys. Call our office today to set up your free consultation or download our free resource guide 10 Essential Steps You Must Take to Protect Your Injury Claim.
Expect Long Road to Recovery When Suffering from a Brain Injury
It may be obvious, but if you suffer from a brain injury, you may never be the same person.
You may have lifelong disabilities such as being immobile, unable to speak and have a different personality all together.
Experts say it doesn’t matter what the cause of the injury was. It all depends on which part of the brain was injured and the severity of the damage. Only about one-third of brain injury patients who undergo rehabilitation manage to return to work.
Neuropsychologist Robyn Tate, of the University of Sydney’s rehabilitation studies unit, said a patient who emerges from a coma with a brain injury usually goes through a period of confusion known as post traumatic amnesia (PTA). Tate says the person is usually disorientated. They don’t know what time it is, where they are and may not know who they are or their age.
Doctors estimate the severity of the brain injury by measuring the time from when the injury occurred to the end of the PTA period.
If you or a loved one has suffered from a brain injury, the Kansas City Accident Injury Attorney’s experience brain injury and spinal injury lawyers may be able to help. Fill out the “Just Ask” form online for more information or call 816-471-5111 for a free consultation.
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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.
Can Football Head Injuries Be Prevented in Kansas and Missouri?
With some technology, it seems as those he
ad injuries caused by playing football could someday be prevented.
The “magic” is called accelerometers. Some helmets can be fitted with these accelerometers which track the number and severity of the hits to the head during a game. It’s an amazing concept. Every single football helmet should be equipped with this technology.
The University of North Carolina (UNC) has had their players equipped since 2004. The research team has compiled that data from more than 150 players since then.
The accelerometers send the precise location and G-force of helmet hits to a central computer that sits on the 50-yard line at games and inside the trainer’s room at practice. The idea and reasoning behind the research is to teach the players better blocking and tackling techniques to protect their head.
The problem is price. At $1,500 per helmet it’s hard for schools to afford the technology. UNC received grants to help offset the cost. But until the price comes down, don’t expect to see your pee-wee football helmets have the accelerometers in their helmets.
Until that happens, make sure your child athlete is equipped with proper fitting helmets and pads before they take the field. Make sure they know the symptoms of a concussion and how important it is to communicate any injury they may have to their coach immediately. Dizziness and headaches are the first signs of a concussion and early treatment is important.
The lawyers at the Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys have experience in handling Kansas City injury cases involving concussions. If we can be of assistance to you, please contact us to discuss your situation in more detail. Contact our experienced Kansas City Personal Injury Attorneys. With over 15 years of experience in Brain and Spinal Injuries including sports related head injury cases, we may be able to help your family through this difficult time.
Kansas City Area Football Players Advised Against Head Shots to Avoid Injury
A lawsuit against the NCAA alleges players were not protected from head injury.
Football is a man’s sport, right? Football players are modern day gladiators. For a football fan, college football Saturdays and the NFL on Sunday is the perfect way to end the week. Watching grown men pummel each other and cheering when an opposing quarterback goes down for the count. Reports say concussion–
But are we still cheering? Football may never be able so succeed as a NON contact sport but something has to be done in order to protect these players. While it may be fun to watch big hits during games, these athletes are subjecting themselves to the possibility of long term brain damage caused by the series of hits they sustain during games from week to week.
Two former college players are trying to change the way the NCAA protects its players from severe head injuries during games. In a lawsuit filed this fall, two players say the NCAA failed to protect players by allowing coaches to practice tackling techniques that involve “leading with the head”. Head to head contact hits are out lawed in college and NFL but that doesn’t mean they don’t happen. It’s not always on purpose but these players have been taught for years to tackle that way because that’s where power comes from.
At Kansas City Brain Injury Attorneys, we want you to take any head injury seriously. Any slight bump to the head may have an affect. Sometimes insignificant damage now can lead to long term and permanent brain damage down the road, including serious brain illnesses. If you are suffering from a Traumatic Brain Injury, we want you to know your rights as a victim.
How Should I Protect My Child From a Head Injury?
Head injuries in children happen for a variety of reasons. A few tips to avoid injuries:
- Child should always be buckled while riding in a car; either in a car seat or seat belt depending on age.
- Children should always wear a helmet when riding a bike.
- Please gates on the top and bottom of stairways to prevent falls going up or down.
According to a new study, if your child has been in an accident or taken a fall, they may face a lifetime of problems ranging from communication deficits to trouble with daily self-care.
Children with traumatic brain injury were found to lead to “substantial long-term reduction” in quality of life, according to the study.
The study, published in the November issue of Pediatrics, looked at 729 children under 18 years old treated for brain injuries at emergency rooms in Seattle and Philadelphia between 2007 and 2008.
The children’s functions were determined before the injury, and then they were tested three months, one year and two years after the injury. The children were assessed to see if they could have a conversation, and do things such as use the toilet, brush their teeth, and feed and dress themselves.
85% of the children suffered mild head injuries, and some of them had deficits at three months, but few suffered lasting loss of social and daily life activities. The children that suffered a moderate or severe brain injury seemed to face obstacles in day-to-day life, sports and school activities at the end of the two year research study. Researchers said that the more seriously injured children had a lower quality of life than children undergoing active treatment for cancer.
The study also included a control group of 197 children who had visited the same emergency rooms in the same time frame with only arm injuries. According to the findings, the children in the control group had no significant shortfalls after the two year study was complete.
For parents of children in Kansas City, check out, “Tips for Kansas City Parents: Diagnosing Early Warning Signs of Concussion in Your Child“. Be sure to look for signs such as dizziness, sensitivity to light and irritability.
If you or someone you love has suffered a serious brain injury in an accident in Kansas or Missouri, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses. Call experienced Kansas City Personal Injury Attorneys. With over 15 years of experience in Brain and Spinal Injuries, we may be able to help you through this often difficult and stressful time.
New Helmets After a Woodpecker Study? It’s Possible.
Have you ever been woken up in the wee hours of the morning to that constant peck, peck, peck? That would be woodpeckers at their finest!
Do you ever wonder how they never hurts their head, or brain, after pecking at trees or houses?
They move their heads to peck around 20 times each second, slightly angling their heads in the process; each single stab from their beak causes a decrease in speed that is over a thousand times the force of gravity.
There are three reasons why woodpeckers peck:
- They are trying to establish territories and attract mates.
- They are looking for food.
- They are excavating a nest cavity.
A new study is helping scientists to figure out how woodpeckers maintain their forceful pecking with harming their brains.
The scientists determined there are three factors which work in combination to protect the woodpeckers’ skulls – the hyoid bone acts as a ‘safety belt’; the unevenness of upper and lower beak length reduces the amount of impact reaching the brain; and their skull’s spongy, plate-like bone structure disperses the impact force. And because they have minimal space within their skull, this also limits and restricts brain movement.
Amazingly, this study’s findings could be the key to developing better head protection (helmets) for humans.
However, scientists feel they still have more quantitative work to do before they assist in future production of helmets for humans.
Wouldn’t it be cool to wear a helmet to protect your brain because of those amazing birds? You probably wouldn’t be so annoyed with them next time they wake you up.
As experienced Kansas City Brain Injury Attorneys, we know it’s important to protect your brain and wear a helmet while riding a bike or motorcycle and during contact sports.
If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic brain injury as the result of an accident in Kansas or Missouri, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses. Call our experienced Kansas and Missouri Personal Injury Lawyers. With over 15 years of experience in Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Accidents, including Traumatic Brain Injuries, we may be able to assist you and your family through this difficult time.