Frontal Lobe Damage Causes And Its Effects

January 28th, 2009

Damage to the frontal lobe can be devastating because that’s
where our emotional center is. 

It is where our personality comes from. It can affect our
motor function, problem solving skills, spontaneity, memory,
language, initiation, judgment, impulse control, social and
sexual behavior. The frontal lobes define who we are. It is
extremely vulnerable to danger because of its location. Studies
have shown that it is the most common area that receives mild
to traumatic brain injury.

You can determine for yourself if a person has received
frontal lobe damage by checking out the pronounced dramatic
change to his or her social behavior. This usually happens when
both lobes are affected. A person can get it if there is
extreme impact done on the head with that of another object.
The brain slams itself against the walls of the skull during
the impact. You can also get it if there loss of oxygen to the
brain which usually happens during a stroke or during
suffocation. Another indication that there is frontal lobe
damage if there is loss of consciousness and loss of
memory.

Treatment to frontal lobe damage depends on the severity of
the damage. For less threatening cases, a surgeon may prescribe
medicine. A person would have to undergo through a couple of x
rays to look for abnormalities. X rays are followed by a biopsy
if there is a need to. The results and the analysis will give
the doctor a better point-of-view to determine how severe the
damage is.