Brain disorders sourcebook: basic consumer health information about acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors, cerebral palsy and other genetic and congenital brain disorders, infections of the brain, epilepsy, and degenerative neurological diso

Overview: Omnigraphics Health Reference Series is designed for the general reader seeking guidance on how to avoid serious illness by following preventive lifestyles and recognizing early warning signs. It also supports the layperson who has received a diagnosis of a serious disease or disorder as well as the family member or nonprofessional caregiver who must learn to care and to cope with the illness. Each volume in the series deals comprehensively with a particular area of medical concern and contains material found in publications issued by the National Institutes of Health and other agencies and associations. Nowhere else can general readers find this information conveniently collected, coordinated, and indexed in book form. Millions of Americans and their families experience the daily challenges of living with physical, mental, or emotional difficulties that result from brain disorders caused by heredity, infection, injury, tumors, or degeneration. For example, an estimated four million people are currently living with the effects of stroke, which is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in adults. Another 2.4 to 4.5 million individuals live with Alzheimer disease, and each year 1.4 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury. Although damage to the brain may result in permanent disability, with appropriate treatment and follow-up care, many affected individuals are able to participate fully in life's activities." Brain Disorders Sourcebook, Mira Edition provides readers with updated information about brain function, neurological emergencies such as a brain attack (stroke) or seizure, and symptoms of brain disorders. It describes the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation therapies for genetic and congenital brain disorders, brain infections, brain tumors, seizures, traumatic brain injuries, and degenerative neurological disorders such as Alzheimer disease and other dementias, Parkinson disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A glossary of related terms is also included along with a directory of additional resources about brain disorders Inside the human brain -- Brain changes related to healthy aging -- How toxins affect the brain. Impact of drug abuse, addiction on the brain -- Mercury & neuro-development -- Dangers of lead exposure -- Manganese & brain damage -- Signs, symptoms of brain disorders. Symptom overview -- Headache -- Memory loss (amnesia) -- Neurological emergencies. Brain attack : know the signs, act in time -- Brain herniation -- Cerebral hypoxia -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- First aid for seizures -- Delirium (acute onset cognitive changes) -- Impaired consciousness. Coma -- Facts about vegetative & minimally conscious states -- Brain death -- Neurological tests, procedures. Mental status tests -- Common screening & diagnostic tests for neurological disorders -- Neurological imaging -- Carotid ultrasound -- Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) -- Intracranial pressure monitoring -- Steroids for brain disorders -- Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy for brain tumors -- Chemobrain -- Questions about chemotherapy treatments -- Radiation therapy. Conventional radiation therapy -- Stereotactic radiosurgery -- Brain surgery -- Restoring consciousness : aiding recovery from coma -- Brain rehabilitation. Rehabilitation therapies -- Cognitive rehabilitation -- Scales, measurements of brain functioning -- Types of services for people with brain disorders -- Finding rehabilitation facilities -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Batten disease (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses) -- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts & leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) -- Mental health disorders rooted in genetic brain disorders -- Other inherited neurological disorders -- Birth defects that affect the brain. Agenesis of corpus callosum -- Arteriovenous malformations, other vascular lesions -- Moebius syndrome -- Neuronal migration disorders -- Cephalic disorders -- Cerebral palsy -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) : neurological complications -- Brain abscess -- Encephalitis -- Recognizing & treating encephalitis -- Rabies virus causes encephalomyelitis -- Arboviral encephalitides -- Acute disseminated -- Meningitis -- Neurocysticercosis -- Head injury : identification, first aid -- Preventing brain injuries -- Concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) -- Facts about concussion, brain injury -- Children's concussion recovery: no sports, no school-work, no text messages -- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) -- Facts about TBI -- Impact of a recent TBI on family members -- Difficulties with cognition, emotions, or fatigue after TBI -- TBI often causes sleep problems -- TBI can affect ability to drive -- Employment after TBI -- Outcomes of TBI -- Abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome) -- Brain aneurysm -- Cavernous angioma -- What we know, don't know about cavernous angioma -- Raising children with or at risk for cavernous angioma -- Hydrocephalus -- Stroke. Stroke basics -- Stroke treatment, rehabilitation -- Preventing stroke -- Benign & tumor-associated brain cysts -- Primary brain tumors -- Metastatic brain tumors -- Pituitary tumors -- Childhood brain tumors -- Living with brain tumor -- Managing fatigue -- Cognitive changes -- Returning to work -- Dementias. Dementia types, causes, treatments -- Alzheimer disease -- Vascular dementia -- Lewy body dementia -- Memory loss & early dementia -- Body fat increases risk of dementia -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Huntington disease -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) -- Parkinson disease -- Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) -- What is epilepsy? -- Treating epilepsy -- Medications & surgery -- Vagus nerve stimulation -- Ketogenic diet -- Research progress in epilepsy -- Living with epilepsy -- Nonepileptic seizures -- Physiologic & psychogenic nonepileptic seizures -- Febrile seizures -- Myoclonus: involuntary muscle jerking -- Restless legs syndrome -- Narcolepsy -- Glossary -- Directory of organizations 'Provides basic consumer health information about diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain disorders, and degenerative diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resources'--