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CONSEQUENCES
Mild TBI
In most people, symptoms resolve within 1-14 days. Some might have ongoing symptoms for up to 3 months, and in about 10% of people these symptoms persist for more than 6 months. This is known as Post Concussion Syndrome.
Moderate to Severe TBI
If a person has sustained a moderate to severe TBI, they are likely to have some level of physical, cognitive or behavioural disability. These include:
Fatigue
Physical problems
- · Mobility problems
- · Pain: headaches, soft tissue pain, touch sensitivity
- · Speech articulation, swallowing difficulties
- · Sensory difficulties: hearing, taste, smell, vision, touch, proprioception
Cognitive problems
- · Attention and memory problems
- · Reduced problem solving and speed of processing
- · Language difficulties
- · Cognitive inflexibility
- · Impaired insight
Emotional and behavioural problems
- · Anxiety and depression
- · Absence of behaviour
- · Lack of drive to do things
- · Desire to undertake but failure to initiate
- · Excess of behaviour
- · Agitation
- · Impulsivity
- · Perseveration: getting stuck
- · Verbal and physical aggression
Job loss/disruption
Difficulty with social interaction and family relationships
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