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Moderate and severe brain injuries have acute symptoms which are relatively easy to detect, including prolonged loss of consciousness and profound cognitive and emotional difficulties; often penetrating wounds (like a bullet) or traumatically caused skull fractures are also involved.

“Mild” traumatic brain injuries (MTBI) or closed head injuries are significantly more difficult to diagnose, as the symptoms are far more subtle and often overlooked by doctors who are not specifically trained to recognize the signs of MTBI.  Estimates are that MTBI annually causes approximately 130 hospitalizations for every 100,000 population and that the occurrence rate may be as high as 640 per 100,000.  The medical terminology of “mild” traumatic brain injury is misleading, as the effects of an MTBI can often last years or even be lifelong and are virtually always devastating.

Symptoms of MTBI, concussion or Post Concussion Syndrome (synonymous terms) include:

Indications of MTBI:

- Brief loss of consciousness or altered state of mind; e.g., spaced out
- Amnesia of less than 24 hours for events following the accident / traumatic event

Physical Symptoms:

- Headache
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Blurred vision
- Sleep difficulty, insomnia
- Fatigue, weakness

Cognitive complaints