Head Injury Featured In JAMA This Week

This week's Journal of the American Medical Associatio (JAMA)  [Vol 294 No. 12 Sept. 28, 2005] has important patient information on Head Injury.  The patient information page on Head Injury summarizes important definitions of Concussion (a temporary loss of brain function); contusion (bruising of the brain); fracture (broken skull bone) and hematoma (blood clot)

It also summarizes important symptoms of brain injury:

• Headaches
• Fatigue
• Memory Loss
• Confusion
• Loss of Consciousness
• Dizziness
• Tinnitus (ringing in ears)
• Nausea or Vomiting

Read the full article by clicking here .