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Managing fatigue
Fatigue is a common and highly disabling symptom experienced by people with a brain injury.
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The physical effects of brain injury are wide ranging but can include fatigue, sleep issues, headaches, dizziness and hearing problems.
These physical effects can have an impact on your quality of life and make it harder to complete every day activities. It is important to develop strategies to minimise these effects, such as maintaining a healthy lifestyle and undertaking physical therapy where necessary.
Physical
Sleep issues
Lack of sleep has a negative effect on our ability to think, mood, energy levels and appetite. The average person needs around eight hours sleep a night or will suffer from decreased concentration, energy and many other problems.
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Headaches
Headaches are a common and often persistent problem after acquiring a brain injury. Headaches can arise after damage to different structures both inside and outside the head.
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Epilepsy and other seizures
Epilepsy is recurring brief episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain leading to uncontrolled convulsions and unconsciousness, or a momentary loss of awareness.
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Sensory and perceptual problems
Sensory and perceptual problems arise from damage to the right side of the brain or the parietal and occipital lobes of the brain.
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Balance problems and dizziness
Dizziness and balance problems are common after a brain injury. This can result in problems with movement even when there is no loss of function in the limbs themselves.
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Hearing impairment after a brain injury
A brain injury can result in a variety of hearing difficulties due to damage caused to both mechanical and neurological processes.
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Sexual changes
Acquired brain injury (ABI) can have a number of consequences for an individual’s sexual functioning.
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Communication disorders after a brain injury
A brain injury can affect a person’s ability to communicate by impairing their hearing, speech and cognitive processing.
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