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    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force causes the brain to move inside the skull, resulting in brain damage. Common causes include car crashes, falls, sports injuries, and assaults. Those at highest risk are young children, men aged 15-30, and the elderly. To aid recovery from TBI, patients are instructed to cut back on work and duties, get plenty of rest, avoid alcohol and drugs, simplify activities, write things down, do one task at a time with few distractions, eat healthy, and exercise regularly.

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    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force causes the brain to move inside the skull, resulting in brain damage. Common causes include car crashes, falls, sports injuries, and assaults. Those at highest risk are young children, men aged 15-30, and the elderly. To aid recovery from TBI, patients are instructed to cut back on work and duties, get plenty of rest, avoid alcohol and drugs, simplify activities, write things down, do one task at a time with few distractions, eat healthy, and exercise regularly.

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    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force causes the brain to move inside the skull, resulting in brain damage. Common causes include car crashes, falls, sports injuries, and assaults. Those at highest risk are young children, men aged 15-30, and the elderly. To aid recovery from TBI, patients are instructed to cut back on work and duties, get plenty of rest, avoid alcohol and drugs, simplify activities, write things down, do one task at a time with few distractions, eat healthy, and exercise regularly.

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    BRAIN

    #awareness
    Plug into Neuroscience.
    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) TBI is an injury to the brain resulting from an external trauma
    to the head or body, which causes the brain to shake inside the skull.

    The major causes of TBI are car crashes, sports injuries, assaults and falls. The highest risk
    groups for sustaining TBI are children under 5 years of age, men aged 15-30 years, and the
    elderly.
    Patients General Instruction:
    Cut back on work and duties. Gradual resume activities as you are able.
    Get plenty of rest. Aim for 8 hours per night and take naps as needed.
    Stay away from alcohol and non-prescribed drugs. Your brain will not deal
    with alcohol and drugs in the normal way.
    Simplify your life and activities. Try to follow a consistent daily routine.
    Write things down and ask for reminders.
    Do one thing at a time.
    Decrease distractions as much as possible while attending to a task.
    Eat healthy food and try to exercise regularly

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