>> HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SHINING A LIGHT ON RECOGNIZING BRAIN INJURY. NOW, MARCH IS NATIONAL
BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH
ALERTING US THAT THERE ARE
CAUSES AND AIMS TO ELIMINATE
THE STIGMA SURROUNDING BRAIN
INJURIES WHEN IT COMES TO
BRAIN INJURIES, NOT A SINGLE
INJURY OR PERSON IS THE SAME.
THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
NOW. JOINING US NOW TO BRING
AWARENESS IS DOCTOR SCOTT
SILLIMAN FROM U.S. HEALTH.
JACKSONVILLE, GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US. ONE CARES. YOU KNOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE IN THE U.S.
EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY. EACH YEARS IS PRETTY
COMMON.
>> YES, MORE CALM PEOPLE WOULD
SAY. IT’S ESTIMATED THAT
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.5 MILLION,
2 MILLION AMERICANS EXPERIENCE
A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY LEADS
TO ABOUT 150 PEOPLE EACH YEAR.
>> WOW. OKAY. I’M I’VE LOVE
COMMONLY HEARD PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING
CONCUSSIONS AS CONCUSSIONS
CONSIDERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY.
>> INJURIES AND THE 3
CATEGORIES, MILD, MODERATE AND
SEVERE TO MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES IS A CONCUSSION.
>> WELL, SO WHAT ARE SOME
CONCERNING SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED
WITH A CONCUSSION? BECAUSE
LIKE YOU SAID, THERE’S MILD TO
SEVERE. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE
REALLY LOOK OUT FOR?
>> YEAH, IS KNOWN I THINK MANY
PEOPLE SAY THAT SOMEBODY THERE
TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS IN ORDER
TO HAVE CONFESSION. BUT
ACTUALLY I SAW OR PEOPLE WITH
BECAUSE ACTUALLY LOSE SO TO
USE IT COMES TO THE
CONCUSSION, OUR A J
CONTENTIOUSLY BOMB A STAYING
BUSY AS WELL AS LIGHT
SENSITIVITY. PERHAPS A CHANGE
IN MOOD AND DIFFICULTY
SLEEPING AFTER A FALL.
>> WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT A
CONCUSSION COULD TURN INTO
MUCH WORSE? YOU KNOW, HEALTH
CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY ONES
THAT INFECT THE BRAIN AND HOW
IT OPERATES.
>> MOST COACHES ARE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH BLEEDING IN
THE BRAIN STRUCTURAL IN THE
WITH ALREADY. WITHIN CAUTION
100 SENTENCES ALL WITHIN A FEW
DAYS TO A FEW USUAL PERCENT IS
TO PERSIST BEYOND TO RELEASE.
I’M SORRY, 2 TO 3 MONTHS. AND,
YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WE
RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE REST. HE
WILL TRY TO GET A GOOD NIGHT’S
SLEEP IN THE SETTING. CUSTOM
TO HELP THE BRAIN HEAL.
>> AND OUTSIDE OF CONCUSSIONS,
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER WAYS THAT
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING?
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES WERE
SOME OTHER COMMON WAYS.
>> WELL, THAT CONCUSSIONS BIKE
ACCIDENTS, A MOTOR VEHICLE
ABOUT HALF OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES OCCURRED, FALLS.
>> WOW. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO
PREVENT, YOU KNOW, THESE
THINGS FROM HAPPENING?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY FROM THE
ROADWAY PERSPECTIVE, IT’S
IMPORTANT TO WEAR HOW FOR
DEVICES. LIZ AND MOTORCYCLISTS
AND SERVE SEAT BELT IN THE CAR
WITH YOUR SECOND OR THE
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND
FALLS WE DO SEE MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE CURRENT NIGHT. PEOPLE
GET OUT OF TERMINAL SO BE SURE
TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS WHEN TO
GET OUT OF THAT. ALSO, THE
MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE
CURRENTLY PLACE. IT’S REALLY
GREAT SPOTTERS AND HOLDING A
SOMEONE IS ON THE LADDER.
>> SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, HOW
SOON SHOULD YOU SEEK MEDICAL
CARE? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
CAN FALL THERE HAD MY HER FOR
A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THEY
MIGHT JUST TAKE OFF. I’LL GET
OVER TO NEED SOME SLEEP. I
JUST YOU KNOW, I’LL TAKE SOME
TYLENOL. WHEN DO YOU NEED TO
SEE A DOCTOR?
>> I SAY IF THERE’S WILL HAVE
A SEVERE HEADACHE, BUT CERTAIN
ANYBODY WITH A HEADACHE. PLUS,
LIKE DIZZINESS OR DIFFICULTY
SLEEPING. THOSE ARE CERTAIN
MARKERS OF POTENTIAL
CONCUSSION, GRACIOUS, SEE A
PHYSICIAN. CARE PROVIDER.
>> WELL, OK, VARIANCE, I WILL
CITE, BUT WE’LL TAKE YOU SO
MUCH DOCTOR SCOTT. SO FROM
U.S. HEALTH, JACKSONVILLE,