{"id":2440,"date":"2011-05-05T08:36:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/blog\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2025-05-05T04:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:36:58","slug":"what-you-dont-know-about-brain-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/what-you-dont-know-about-brain-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Lo que no sabe sobre las lesiones cerebrales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can change a person\u2019s life forever, yet most people don\u2019t really understand the main causes of brain injuries. Being aware of the common causes of brain injuries in Oregon and throughout the United States could help prevent this tragic injury from altering your life or the lives of your family members and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Based on information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the main causes of traumatic brain injury are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Falls (35.2%)<\/li>\n<li>Motor vehicle accidents (17.3%)<\/li>\n<li>Struck by\/against events (16.5%)<\/li>\n<li>Assaults (10%)<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every year about 1.7 million people suffer a brain injury. What\u2019s also upsetting is that 52,000 people die and 275,000 are hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most dangerous things about a brain injury is that a person may not know they even have one until their condition is worse or it is too late for treatment. No one ever wants to go to the emergency room, but if you bumped your head in a fall or auto accident, it\u2019s important to seek medical attention to make sure that you\u2019re okay and\/or that you get the medical care you need.<\/p>\n<p>People who are at the highest risk of suffering a brain injury include children aged 0 to 4 years, adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, and adults aged 65 years and older. In addition, adults aged 75 years and older are at the highest risk of suffering a brain injury requiring hospitalization or causing death.<\/p>\n<p>Almost every <a href=\"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/practice_areas\/brain-injury\/\">Abogado de lesiones cerebrales en Portland<\/a> would tell you that awareness is essential in preventing traumatic brain injuries. It is unfortunate, however, that there is only so much a person can do to avoid a brain injury caused by another person\u2019s recklessness. At DuBois Law Group, our Oregon accident attorneys hear a lot of tragic stories about brain injuries. Most of these accidents can be avoided if people are more careful. If you need helpful information about personal injury laws in Oregon relating to brain injury, call us at (503) 222-4411.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una lesi\u00f3n cerebral traum\u00e1tica (TBI) puede cambiar la vida de una persona para siempre, sin embargo, la mayor\u00eda de la gente no entiende realmente las principales causas de las lesiones cerebrales. Ser consciente de las causas comunes de lesiones cerebrales en Oregon y en todo Estados Unidos podr\u00eda ayudar a evitar que esta tr\u00e1gica lesi\u00f3n altere su vida o la de su familia.... <a class=\"fancy_link\" href=\"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/what-you-dont-know-about-brain-injuries\/\">leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_content_optimizer_report_url":"","_content_optimizer_report_added":"","_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_above_average":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_above_average":false,"_content_optimizer_headings_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_questions_hide_used":false,"_content_optimizer_tab_active":"","_content_optimizer_report_url_ce":"","_content_optimizer_report_added_ce":"","_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_keyword_hide_above_average_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_entities_hide_above_average_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_headings_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_questions_hide_used_ce":false,"_content_optimizer_tab_active_ce":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brain-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What You Don&#039;t Know About Brain Injuries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/what-you-dont-know-about-brain-injuries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What You Don&#039;t Know About Brain Injuries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can change a person\u2019s life forever, yet most people don\u2019t really understand the main causes of brain injuries. 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