Other forms of acquired brain injury
Most of the information on this site is written about traumatic brain injury (TBI), but there are many different causes of brain injury. Headway support people with all forms of acquired brain injury (ABI).
Acquired brain injury covers all situations in which brain injury has occurred since birth, and includes traumatic brain injury as well as tumour, stroke, brain haemorrhage and encephalitis, to name a few. The effects are often very similar to those of traumatic brain injury, but there are key differences that make treating and coping with acquired brain injury quite different.
This section gives an overview of some of the more common types of acquired brain injury, but there are many more that aren't listed here. Please contact the Headway helpline if you would like to find out more about any other types of acquired brain injury.
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