Disabled Veterans National Foundation

Families Welcome Home War Veterans with TBI
Copyright (c) 2008 Katie Kelley

Head trauma is not only one of the most common injuries among Americans, he also became one of the most common injuries and costly than the soldiers, now veterans are coming home with .

With an average of 1.4 million Americans received some form of TBI, the number of scientists and researchers striving to cure these individuals should be more and more, however, reduced budgets continue to compress and squeeze war-related funding of brain damage. In 2006, the U.S. House and Senate cut funding for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) in half of the previous year.

Head injury has been considered the "signature" wounds of the war in Iraq, military doctors and experts. It is imperative to combat soldiers to get help with their disability-related TBI.

What is TBI?

TBI is defined as an injury that occurs after a sudden trauma causes brain damage, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). War-related TBI can occur in many ways and people suffering from this and related side effects will find symptoms vary from one diagnosis to each case.

Researchers and scientists are, however, finding several repetitive conditions and symptoms among TBI victims. According to two renowned medical journals, neuropsychology and brain injury, there are several signs and symptoms to watch for veterans suffering from wounds caused by war:

* Cognitive problems

* The length of attention span, including focused, selective and sustained attention problems

language difficulties *

* Lack of motivation

* Inability to process information effectively

* Irritability

* Depression and anxiety

* An increased fatigue

* headache

memory loss or disturbance *

* Behavior Problems

* Sleep Disorders

* Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

In May 2006, co-founder of DVBIC testified at a Senate subcommittee that while the body armor "may save troops caught in sounds, leaving much damage to the brain," according to a report U.S. News today. In addition, the article cited several disturbing statistics on the state of TBI and war veterans.

* Nearly 10 percent of soldiers serving in Iraq have suffered a concussion during a part of their service.

* 20 percent of all infantry frontline suffer a concussion during the fight.

* Scientists believe the Pentagon should consider all soldiers returning from Iraq.

* The Pentagon has refused screenings of all troops returning officer and the screen a small population of soldiers.

* If left untreated or untested, multiple head injuries and concussions can cause permanent brain damage.

In addition, several statistics Equally disturbing were reported in several journals, including brain damage, internal medicine, soldiers Magazine, MIT Technology Review and Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. The following information includes:

* Nearly 25 percent of all veterans of the war in Iraq are diagnosed with a mental illness.

* Connected to the war TBI patients often shows distinct personality changes.

* Nearly 11 percent of some 35,000 soldiers who have been screened for TBI were found to have symptoms of mild brain injury.

* Individuals with TBI will see that life no treatment has yet been found to cope with that.

Technology imperfect Brain Injury

Unfortunately, budgets are cut, the quality of care and technology also decreases. More recently, the Government Accountability O.