Other Brain Disorders

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"Brain injury" is the term often used when referring to traumatic brain injury. However, there are many conditions that can cause brain injury besides physical force trauma, including lack of oxygen due to heart attack, carbon monoxide poisoning, toxic chemical exposures, infectious diseases, electrocution, genetic conditions, and metabolic disorders. These conditions can produce behavioral and adjustment problems similar to those seen in traumatic brain injury, even though the mechanism of damage is different. There are so many potential causes of brain injury that it is a wonder more people aren't afflicted.

The list below includes many possible sources of brain injury. Type the name of the condition into the Google search box to locate information about any of these topics.

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acquired immuno-
deficiency syndrome

altitude anoxia

Alzheimer’s Disease

anemia

artheriosclerosis

arthritis

asphyxiation

avitaminosis

blood diseases

carbon monoxide

chemical shock

chronic fatigue syndrome

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 congestive heart failure

diabetes insipidus

diabetes mellitus

electrocution

encephalitis

epilepsy

fibromyalgia

Guillain Barre syndrome

head injury

heart attack

hepatic disease

high fevers

Huntington’s disease

 hypertension

hypotension

hypothyroidism

malaria

medication toxicity

meningitis

multiple sclerosis

normal pressure hydrocephalus

osteoarthritis

Parkinson’s disease

partial drowning

Pick’s disease

pneumonia

 poliomyelitis

rheumatic fever

scarlet fever

seizures

stroke (CVA)

sunstroke

systemic lupus erythematosus

thyroid dysfunction

transient ischemic attack

Tourette’s syndrome

tuberculosis

Wenger’s granulomatosis

 
 

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