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TBI:The Invisible Injury - An Important
Fact Sheet for Returning Service members and Veterans:
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A WORD ABOUT BLAST INJURIES
Blast injuries are injuries that result from the
complex pressure wave generated by an explosion. This causes an
instantaneous rise in pressure over atmospheric pressure that
creates a blast over-pressurization wave. Blast injury occurs from
the body’s interaction with the over-pressurization wave. Air-filled
organs such as the ear, lung, and gastrointestinal tract and organs
surrounded by fluid-filled cavities such as the brain and spinal
cord are especially susceptible to primary blast injury.
Over 90% of combat-related traumatic brain injuries
are closed head injuries. 50% of injuries sustained in combat are
the result of explosive munitions including bombs, grenades, land
mines, missiles and mortar/artillery shells.
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Brain Injury can cause a wide range of changes
affecting thinking, sensation, language, or emotions such as:
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Thinking- memory, concentration, slower thinking
and reasoning.
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Sensation- touch, taste, sight, hearing and smell.
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Language- communication, expression, and
understanding.
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Emotion- depression, anxiety, personality changes,
aggression, irritability, mood swings.
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TBI can also cause seizure disorders, sleep
disturbances, headaches, loss of balance, blurred vision, ringing
in ears, and fatigue.
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Remember: Brain Injury is the
“Silent Epidemic”,
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The Brain Injury Alliance of
South Carolina
800 Dutch Square Blvd. Suite B-225 Columbia, SC 29210
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 21523 Columbia, SC 29221-1523
Phone: 803-731-9823 Toll Free: 1-877-TBI-FACT (in-state)
Fax: 803-731-4804
E-mail:
scbraininjury@bellsouth.net
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