My dad and I visited some family friends in Vernal, Utah a number of months ago. The 17 year old daughter had ripped, holy jeans, so all of the adults were giving her a hard time about them. She explained that these particular jeans with too many rips were thick which made them really nice. We asked her what the opposite of thick was. Her reply, "not thick."
Did the people who classifies brain injuries use this same logic? Because the two types of brain injury are traumatic and non-traumatic. A non-traumatic brain injury often is referred to as an acquired brain injury, even though "an acquired brain injury (ABI) is an injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma. Essentially, this type of brain injury is one that has occurred after birth. The injury results in a change to the brain’s neuronal activity, which affects the physical integrity, metabolic activity, or functional ability of nerve cells in the brain. An acquired brain injury is the umbrella term for all brain injuries. There are two types of acquired brain injury: traumatic and non-traumatic.” (biausa.org) The difference between the two is essentially where the trauma comes from. What makes a brain injury traumatic is if the brain disruption comes from an external force. A nontraumatic brain injury occurs when the brain has an internal failure, i.e. stroke, aneurysm, tumor, or any lack of oxygen.
That's just some factual information. Stay tuned for tomorrow!
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