Injuries and poisonings

Severe contusion

A severe contusion is a type of serious traumatic injury to soft tissue, subcutaneous tissue, and possibly nearby parts of the musculoskeletal system. Severe contusion of the extremities. Severe contusion of the head. Severe contusion of the abdomen.

Knee contusion

Knee contusion is considered a common and minor injury, but such damage can lead to quite serious consequences. What causes knee contusion? How does knee contusion manifest itself? What to do if you have a knee contusion?

Chest contusion

Chest contusion is a common occurrence in traumatology, associated with domestic, sports, industrial and other reasons. How to identify a chest contusion? Chest contusion with rib fracture. Chest contusion: treatment and patient care.

Head contusion

A head contusion is an injury to the soft tissues of the skull, most often closed. How to recognize a head contusion? How does a head contusion manifest itself? What to do if you have a head contusion?

Joint pain

If your joints hurt, this often indicates problems with the musculoskeletal system.

Spinal cord injury: symptoms, treatment

Treatment of victims with spinal cord injury is an extremely urgent problem of modern medicine. Every year in Ukraine about 2000 people suffer from spinal cord injuries, and these are mainly young people of working age who become disabled of groups I (80%) and II. In the USA, 8000-10 000 cases of this type of injury are registered annually. Spinal cord injury is not only medical, but also social.

Peripheral nerve injury: symptoms, treatment

According to various authors, trauma to peripheral nerves accounts for 1.5 to 3.5% of the total number of injuries in peacetime, and in terms of loss of ability to work, it ranks among the first and often leads to severe disability of patients in almost 65% of cases.

Complications and sequelae after brain injury

Many patients who have suffered severe TBI remain disabled due to mental disorders, memory loss, movement and speech disorders, post-traumatic epilepsy and other causes.

Cerebral compression

Brain compression is the most severe and dangerous type of craniocerebral injury, observed in 3-5% of victims with TBI. It is characterized by a rapid increase in general cerebral and focal symptoms after some period of time or immediately after the injury. First of all, dysfunction of the stem sections, and poses an immediate threat to the patient's life.

Diffuse axonal damage to the brain

The term "diffuse axonal brain injury" was first proposed in 1982 by JH Adams, and the pathology itself as a separate form of traumatic brain injury was first described in 1956 by SJ Strich, who observed patients in a vegetative state.

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