Category: Brain Injury Information
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How creative activities help you recover from brain injury.
Dr. Rosabel Young discusses the creative abilities of patients with brain injury. Notably, she mentions Delia, who despite memory and cognitive issues post-injury, discovered she could remember manual tasks more easily than reading. She used her creativity to perform tasks, improve her artistic skills, foster her love for quilting, and contribute to her community.
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Epilepsy After Brain Injury
I get many questions about epilepsy after brain injury. If I had a seizure when I hit my head, does that mean I will have epilepsy in the future? I started having seizures at age 20, could that be from a skateboarding fall I had when I was 12?
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Sleep Disorders in Brain Injury
Sleep is controlled by the brain. The brain has designated neurons in the midbrain and medulla that control sleep onset, heart rate and breathing during sleep, and arousal to end sleep. Thus, it is not surprising that when brain injury occurs, sleep disturbances can occur. We call this Central Sleep Apnea.
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Sudden Death and Epilepsy
Nurse Practitioner Julius Gill asks Dr. Young about a situation involving the sudden death of a 39-year-old woman in her sleep.