Blog: Brain damage

  • Water on the brain (hydrocephalus) is a serious condition that can cause brain damage

    Sep 21, 2011

    “Water on the brain” or hydrocephalus is a potentially debilitating condition. Let’s break down this disease into five concepts. Your brain sits inside of your the skull Your brain is “floating” in a fluid called cerebrospinal fluid Cerebrospinal fluid does not leak out of your nose, mouth or ears (the visible holes in your skull) If there is too much cerebrospinal fluid in your skull it could damage your brain Hydrocephalus occurs when cerebrospinal fluid...
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  • Encephalopathy

    Dec 17, 2010

    Did your child start staring off 24-hours after MMR? Did they suffer a seizure and a personality change lasting more than a day after vaccination? Then you may be dealing with a case of vaccine-caused encephalopathy. Encephalopathy is a neurological disorder that results from a brain injury. Symptoms can include confusion, excessive sleepiness, changes in behavior, seizures, and coma. It can be caused by things like vaccines, repeated brain injury from sports like football, viruses,...
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  • Tourette's Syndrome

    Sep 22, 2010

    If you or a loved one developed tics shortly after vaccination then we can help. Contact our vaccine injury lawyers for a free legal consulation today at 1-800-810-3457 or fill out our online form. Tourette syndrome is neuropsychiatric disorder with onset usually in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane. Tourette’s is defined as part of a spectrum of...
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