A study recently published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry has discovered a link between accelerated dementia and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain infections. Individuals affected by dementia may see an acceleration of their condition when inflammation of the brain occurs because of a brain injury that also leads to an infection.
Scientists had already been aware of systemic inflammation, in which the body becomes inflamed as a whole, to have an affect on brain function, according the study; however, until recently, little research had been done on the link between systemic inflammation and dementia/neurodegenerative diseases.
The study, conducted by members from the Trinity College Dublin and University of Southampton, studied the ‘inflammatory response’ to infection and injury of mice with previous neurodegenerative disease (brain damage caused by loss of cells and neurons). According to the study, ‘the response caused exaggerated symptoms of the infection, causes changes in memory and learning and leads to accelerated progression of dementia.’ Patients suffering from TBI should contact their medical physician to better understand the potential risk for developing dementia.
Dealing With Dementia
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) defines dementia as a ‘loss of brain function,’ however, the condition is not considered a single disease, but is described as a ‘group of illnesses that involve memory, behavior, learning and communications problems.’ Dementia is also a progressive condition that is marked by a lengthy list of symptoms, as described by the NLM. Dementia is characterized by signs and symptoms such as the following:
* lack of concentration
* increased/progressive memory loss
* hallucinations/delusion
* confusion
* decrease in problem-solving and judgement
* impaired recognition
* disorientation
* motor system impairment
* memory deficit
* absent or impaired language ability
* lack of spontaneity
* irritability, poor temper control
* anxiety
* depression
* inability to read, write, speak, form words and name objects
* no observable mood
* inability to maintain employment or interact in social or personal situations
Unfortunately, treatments for dementia are slim and may only include treating symptoms with dietary supplements and prescription medicines. An article from a February 2008 New York Times article noted that long-term care is needed for dementia patients.
Overcoming TBI Risks
Individuals have suffered from a traumatic brain injury or a brain infection and thus have increased the inflammation within the brain should consider speaking with a specialized medical professional or neurologist about the potential for developing accelerated dementia.
It is also advisable for a brain injury victim to contact an experienced brain injury attorney as it may become necessary to develop a lawsuit. Individuals can receive a free legal consultation from a traumatic brain injury attorney who can offer assistance for victims of TBI.
LegalView (http://www.legalview.com) offers several legal resources ranging from the latest on brain injury jury verdicts (http://www.brain-injury-legal-help.com) to obtaining a mesothelioma attorney to learning about the most recent medical malpractice lawsuits.
What do you think about this bit of prose I wrote (vampire story)?
A tall, thin, blond woman was lying on the operating table. Two pints of blood had been transfused into her already. A nurse had just attached a third pint of whole blood to a catheter that fed into a large blood vessel in her thigh.
She had been hit by a car. A policeman had explained the accident to the ER staff, and the nurse told Dr. Schweinkopf the details.
Witnesses told the police that the woman wearing a jogging suit had run at full speed out into morning rush hour traffic. It was the act of a crazy person. She caused a series of collisions as cars braked and slid into one another. She might have been fleeing something or somebody. She had made it across three lanes of a major street, but then got hit by a Japanese sports car going at least fifty miles per hour. She had no identification on her. The police wanted to talk to her if possible.
The doctor could see that she had suffered massive injuries. She had a deep gash in the center of her face right next to her nose. He looked at the set of x-rays. Her left collarbone and upper left arm bone, the humerus, were shattered. She had six broken ribs. Scariest of all, she had two fractured cervical vertebrae. Her right leg was broken. She had dozens of cuts on her arm and shoulder, some still had little pieces of windshield glass stuck in them. Oddly, her cuts were hardly bleeding.
The doctor checked her vital signs. Her vital signs had stabilized, but the chart of her vital signs when she was admitted to the ER was disturbing. Her body temperature and blood pressure had been impossibly low. The doctor was irritated; obviously the blood pressure monitoring device had not been working correctly. Nobody could have blood pressure that low and still be alive.
He looked at her cranial x-rays. There was also a massive wound to the back of her head. Something had pierced the back of the woman’s skull and entered her brain quite deeply. From the looks of the wound to her face, it seemed as if something might have completed transfixed the womans’ head. But that was impossible. Such a wound would have killed any person.
A neurosurgeon was on his way to the hospital. The woman should be dead, but she was still breathing and her heart was puming at over thirty beats per minute. Soon the doctor would have a colleague available to verify the medical miracle that lay on the operating table in front of him. There was no possible explanation for her survival from such terrible injuries.
He checked the lab’s analysis of the blood that had been taken from her when she was admitted. There were no drugs of alcohol. Then he saw it – the key to the mystery. The woman’s blood had a super-abundance of free pluripotent stem cells.
Dr. Schweinkopf had recently read about the phenomenon of free floating stem cells in a medical journal. The journal had reported that free floating stem cells occurred in the blood of persons afflicted by third stage vampirism.
He had turned away from the patient to read the blood report. He heard a rustling noise behind him, and spun quickly around.
The blond woman was sitting up on the operating table, her eyes were open, and she was looking at him.
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I am going to be VERY picky but i think thats what you wanted so here ya go
A tall, thin, blond woman was lying on the operating table. Two pints of blood had been transfused into her already. A nurse had just attached a third pint of whole blood to a catheter that fed into a large blood vessel in her thigh.
***this wasnt too bad, I would change the word tall to something like long because if she’s laying down she isnt tall, if that makes any sense lol. also, i would change the second period to a comma***
She had been hit by a car. A policeman had explained the accident to the ER staff, and the nurse told Dr. Schweinkopf the details.
***I don’t know what age group you are going for, but I think that you should describe her wounds, it will give a better picture***
Witnesses told the police that the woman wearing a jogging suit had run at full speed out into morning rush hour traffic. It was the act of a crazy person. She caused a series of collisions as cars braked and slid into one another. She might have been fleeing something or somebody. She had made it across three lanes of a major street, but then got hit by a Japanese sports car going at least fifty miles per hour. She had no identification on her. The police wanted to talk to her if possible.
***I don’t think you should describe the jogging suit by witnesses saying it, it would still have been on when the cops found her right? so why would the witnesses need to tell them that. I would also describe that in the first paragraph so you don’t have to backtrack on the description of her. I wouldn’t say “crazy person”, seems a bit cheesy. instead of major street I would put major intersection, major highway, the I-85 or something to get a better picture. For the collisions I would describe the scene, like what the cops saw instead of telling it blandly. How the crap do they know the car was going at least 50 MPH? I would just put speeding or something, then I would blend the last two sentences together***
The doctor could see that she had suffered massive injuries. She had a deep gash in the center of her face right next to her nose. He looked at the set of x-rays. Her left collarbone and upper left arm bone, the humerus, were shattered. She had six broken ribs. Scariest of all, she had two fractured cervical vertebrae. Her right leg was broken. She had dozens of cuts on her arm and shoulder, some still had little pieces of windshield glass stuck in them. Oddly, her cuts were hardly bleeding.
***lol, sorry i didnt see this part, I would just copy and paste this part to a bit earlier because it feels like you flipping back and forth a little bit. sorry again lol my bad. I would also maybe get a little more creative here in describing her injuries***
The doctor checked her vital signs. Her vital signs had stabilized, but the chart of her vital signs when she was admitted to the ER was disturbing. Her body temperature and blood pressure had been impossibly low. The doctor was irritated; obviously the blood pressure monitoring device had not been working correctly. Nobody could have blood pressure that low and still be alive.
***I really like where your going with this paragraph, the right words and it could really be powerful, its where you basically find out something is not right, you need to make it pop a bit more, make the reader feel uneasy***
He looked at her cranial x-rays. There was also a massive wound to the back of her head. Something had pierced the back of the woman’s skull and entered her brain quite deeply. From the looks of the wound to her face, it seemed as if something might have completed transfixed the womans’ head. But that was impossible. Such a wound would have killed any person.
**I think you’re going a bit far, its getting a little cheesy here***
A neurosurgeon was on his way to the hospital. The woman should be dead, but she was still breathing and her heart was puming at over thirty beats per minute. Soon the doctor would have a colleague available to verify the medical miracle that lay on the operating table in front of him. There was no possible explanation for her survival from such terrible injuries.
***I would probably try to shorten this part up a bit, if not take it out all together***
He checked the lab’s analysis of the blood that had been taken from her when she was admitted. There were no drugs of alcohol. Then he saw it – the key to the mystery. The woman’s blood had a super-abundance of free pluripotent stem cells.
***I like where you’re going***
Dr. Schweinkopf had recently read about the phenomenon of free floating stem cells in a medical journal. The journal had reported that free floating stem cells occurred in the blood of persons afflicted by third stage vampirism.
He had turned away from the patient to read the blood report. He heard a rustling noise behind him, and spun quickly around.
The blond woman was sitting up on the operating table, her eyes wer
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