Question

Which of the following conditions are considered an acquired brain injury? Tick the correct answer.

Yes No
Parkinson’s Disease  
Brain injury following drug use  
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder  
Motor vehicle accident causing brain injury  
Stroke leading to paralysis  
Huntington’s Disease  

Answer 1

Acquired brain injury is the injury that is happened after birth.

There are some causes of acquired brain injuries that are oxygen deprivation, blows to the heachache and alcohol and drug usages, traumatic injuries.

  

• Parkinson’s Disease - YES , Trauma is the main reason of increased risk of Parkinson disease, so we considered this as a Acquired Brain Injury.

• Brain injury following drug use- YES , Brain injuries that is followed by the drug use is also consiered as a Acquired Brain Injury.

• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder-YES , Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is considered as the acquired brain injury beacuse of the intake of alcohol by mother during pregnancy , that leads to the dysfunction of brain of fetus beacuse of this alcohol exposure.

• Motor vehicle accident causing brain injury-YES ,  this is considered as the traumatic brain injury , this TBI is one of the reason of acquired brain injury. So, we can considered this as a acquired brain injury.

• Stroke leading to paralysis -YES, stokes are considered as non traumatic brain injuries( which cause damage to the brain by external means like oxygen deprivation) ,So we can considered this as Acquired Brain Injury.

• Huntington’s Disease- NO, This is the heriditary cerebral disorder which is mainly caused by an abnormal gene, So this is not considered as Acquired Brain Injury.

Yes No

Parkinson’s Disease Yes    

Brain injury following drug use Yes

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Yes

Motor vehicle accident causing brain injury Yes

Stroke leading to paralysis   Yes

Huntington’s Disease No