Brain Damage said:I dont know the extent of damage to his forehead, I want to know, what are the oftenly seen
behavior abnormalities associated with damages to cerebral cortex?
There is tremendous variation, depending on the exact areas of the brain that are damaged.
Quoted message said:If my friend has a history of violence and bad temper, does it mean he will become more violent if
the injury to his head is bad?
Not necessarily.
Quoted message said:What are the normally done procedures to diagnose and treat his head injury in such case?
The head can be scanned and x-rayed to assess damage, and neurological tests can be performed. The
gross effects of trauma, such as skull fractures, can be treated, but there is no treatment for
damage to the brain itself. Sometimes it recovers to a certain extent (even completely), and
sometimes it doesn't. One simply monitors and hopes.
Quoted message said:He in on a surgery to fix the shoulder fracture now, but the hospital reported him of losing his
causciousless,
e.g. doing mad things but doesn't know what he is doing, etc.
That may or may not be an effect of brain trauma.
Quoted message said:What is the first thing to do with such traumatic brain injury, as he is on surgery for the
fracture right now, I want to know, if anything that I can do to treat the brain damage, what is
the possibility of recovering?
Brain damage cannot be treated.
Brain damage can be assessed with a fair degree of precision. Some brain function may be regained in
time. Specific therapies can make the best of whatever recovery occurs. Other therapies can help to
compensate for lost function.
The prognosis for brain damage depends entirely on the nature and extent of the damage. Rapid
improvement after the injury is associated with a better long-term prognosis. A lack of any
improvement is associated with a poor prognosis. Continued deterioration normally does not occur
after the injury, although severe brain damage may eventually cause death, within hours, days,
or months.
This is all IIRC. I'm not a doctor; this isn't medical advice.
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