The Hidden Process That Starts After a Head Injury

An impact to the head is only half the story. The other half is the inflammation that builds in the hours after the impact or repeated impacts to the head 🧠

Researchers have discovered that this is the time where future treatments could drastically change outcomes for those with a traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

In this episode of Health Desk, two leading researchers at the University of Melbourne explain what actually happens inside your brain after a head injury, how repeated impacts can affect you, and how new research aims to catch dangerous brain inflammation before it becomes permanent damage.