| posttraumatic stress disorder |
Youth with PTSD have experienced a traumatic event and often have nightmares about the traumatic event or flashbacks where they feel like the event is happening to them again. They tend to avoid anything that reminds them of the traumatic event and may not remember important parts of what happened. They may feel detached from themselves or others and experience a limited range of emotions. ...
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| posttraumatic headache |
Headache which follows an injury or trauma. There does not have to be loss of consciousness for an injury to cause significant headache in some cases.
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| posttraumatic stress disorder |
a medical condition occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (such as combat, violence or a natural disaster) beyond the usual human experience. It is usually characterized by anxiety, flashbacks, hypervigilance, recurrent nightmares and avoidance of reminders of the event.
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| posttraumatic d. |
dementia following head injury or other brain trauma; it may last from a few months to years. Cf. boxer's d. and postconcussional syndrome.
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| posttraumatic h. |
any headache occurring after trauma to the head or neck; it may be either physical or psychogenic in origin and may resemble either a cluster or a tension headache. Physical causes include subdural hematoma, stretching or tearing of ligaments and muscles in the neck, and injury to cervical soft tissues.
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