1. The damage, most often, is done simply
by a heavy barrage of stress
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2.  Changes to circulation
 Changes to muscles and bones
 Feelings of numbness or pain
 Skin injury
 Disruption of the normal working of the
tissues, glands, and organs

3.  Loss of control of urination
 Sexual difficulties
 Abnormal sweating
 Abnormal breathing or heart rate
 Balance problems
 Difficulty thinking
 Difficulty speaking or swallowing
 Vision problems

4.  When there is not so serious:
 Clear patients airways
 Médical patients
 Monitor and surgically relieve high levels of
intracranial pressure
 put patients on life support systems, if
necessary
They will be transferred to subacute TBI
treatment centers if they are not stable.

5.  traumatic brain injury patients enter
subacute treatment centers in shock or a
state of post-traumatic amnesia
 Patients with mild to moderate TBI spend
little, if no time in subacute treatment
centers.

6.  Assistive technologies
 Counseling and/or therapy
 Medications
 Physical therapy
Keep in mind that patients' individual
complications and conditions will vary
depending on their:
 Age

7. While the ultimate goals of chronic care and
rehabilitation are recovery and independent
living, the short-term goals that help achieve these
ideals may include:
 Being able to socialize
 Re-learning to speak and otherwise communicate
 Walking again

9.  Eat a well-balanced diet .
 Change your position frequently.
 Drink water throughout the day.
 Do not smoke.
 Establish a good relationship with your
physician and have regular physical check
ups.

10. For driving:
 Always wear a seat belt.
 Secure or buckle children
 Never drive under the influence of alcohol or
drugs.
 Do not ride in a car with a driver who is impaired
by alcohol or drugs..
 Prevent others from driving while impaired by
alcohol or drugs.

11. For sports:
 Always wear a helmet when
 Riding a bike, motorcycle, scooter, or
skateboard;
 In-line skating and rollerskating;
 Skiing or snowboarding;
 Horseback riding.
 Wear a helmet during the following sports activities
 Football
 Ice hockey
 Batting and running the bases in baseball
and softball

12. WHO HAS THE SPINAL CORD DISEASE?

13.  LEARN:
 Have the appropriate position of the body
 Prevent the lesions in the SC
 Support your back
 When you made sports or you drive