Talk:Acquired brain injury

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After birth
The lead sentence defines ABI as occurring after birth. Presumably head trauma sustained during birth would count as ABI as well, though, right? Should the definition be adjusted? delldot  talk  16:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, during birth brain injury is usually not classified as abi, from what I have read. Also, I disagree that abi should be classified in the brain damage category. Thank you. --Sabisue (talk) 17:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for clearing that up! I'm also against the merge with brain damage; one's a cause and the other's a result, there's lots of distinct stuff to say about each.  delldot   &nabla;.  08:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Can you elaborate on why you do not believe it should be categorized as brain damage? I am curious about your thoughts on the distinction of the two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.104.9.133 (talk) 15:19, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

citation needed
"usually retain their intellectual abilities" Not even in the handbook for higher education that I used as a reference for some of what I added to this article, not even in that, could I find anything referring to the impairment of intellectual abilities. From what evidence I can find, there is nothing indicating such an impairment is at all an aspect of ABI, and therfore I am hereby removing the word "usually" from the sentence. --Neptunerover (talk) 08:09, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Strokes, Transient isometric attacks (Also known as Acquired Brain Injury, or ABI)
Strokes and Transient Isometric attacks ( also known as Mini Strokes and T.I.A's. These come under the A.B.I Heading and to some degree can not show any symptoms of an ABI, However, The symptoms can be more noticeable depending on the degree of Damage to the brain, the lesser degree of symptoms shown does not mean that the person is okay and healthy and that there is nothing wrong with the person, These type of ABI can be seen as an invisible injury and the effects of the are the same in a person where there is noticeable symptoms.

In either case, people with ABI can have a droop to the mouth , does not smile , can have a dribble , does have fatigue , concentration , memory problems , very slow and awkwardly walking gait or finds it difficult to walk fro a few steps and to a small distance depending on how severe the stroke is

Terminology: "acquired" brain injury
I know people can be born with brain defects and abnormalities, but these are not "injuries" as such, rather malformations. So why is something that occurs later in life to damage what was a perfectly OK brain called an "acquired" brain injury, rather than just a "brain injury"? I mean, an injury to any other part of the body is never called an "acquired" whatever. Kids can also be born with various conditions acquired in utero from the mother, and they're called "congenital (whatever)". Hepatitis acquired later in life is never referred to as "acquired hepatitis" to distinguish it from congenital hepatitis. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  20:54, 8 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Brain injury can also occur in utero (fetal alcohol syndrome), during birth, this concept doesn't include injuries to the brain caused by neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimers, Parkinsons), hereditary disease (such as huntington's), or congenital abnormalities. All of these are also Brain injuries so it is necessary to distinguish them. This kind of brain injury can also be traumatic (concussion etc) or non-traumatic (stroke etc). Hope that helps. PainProf (talk) 23:34, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Causes need to added
There are many causes of Acquired brain injury. They need to be added & classified. — Lentower (talk) 15:33, 22 February 2022 (UTC)