Alzheimer’s Disease & Basic Concept of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Reflection analysis of the Traumatic Brain injury that relates to Alzheimer’s disease
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NR283 Pathophysiology
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Among older adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), there is a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) than those without TBI, especially when the injury is severe. People with these types of injuries tend to suffer concussions. Traumatic brain injury, mainly craniocerebral trauma, is one of the most common causes of death. There is a tendency for neuronal cell death after traumatic brain injury, which is linked to the deterioration in brain functions (Becker, Kapogiannis & Greig, 2018). Even those who survive or only have a mild form of trauma could struggle with severe long-term outcomes because of brain damage and Alzheimer's. In a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the soft brain tissue hits the hard skull wall abruptly from a shock or blow to the head, which can cause torn nerve cell extensions or bleeding.
People with traumatic brain injuries tend to have a concentration of tau proteins in their brains, and mutations in these proteins increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's (Sullivan, 2019). Alzheimer's disease is a neurocognitive and neurodegenerative disorder that mainly affects those above 60 years and age...