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What are the most common causes of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)?
Causes of acquired brain injury include:
- Oxygen depravation (obstructed airway, near-drowning, complications arising during birth, asthma, injury to chest and lungs)
- Vascular Disruption (Heart attack, stroke, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), aneurysm, intracranial surgery)
- Brain Tumor
- Electrocution (lightening or electrical shock)
- Degenerative diseases (Alzheimer, Parkinson's)
- Autoimmune diseases ( Multiple Sclerosis)
- Infectious disease (Meningitis, certain venereal diseases, AIDS, viruses, insect-carried diseases)
- Metabolic disorders
- Eating Disorders (anorexia)
- Hypo/hyperglycemia,
- Seizures
- Hepatic encephalitis and uremic encephalitis
- Poisoning