"an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers"

[donsu]

http://www.wkyc.com/news/health/health_article.aspx?storyid=74115


At home, troops cope with brain damage


The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already being felt across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers.
Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries are so different from the ones doctors are used to seeing from falls and car crashes that treating them is as much faith as it is science.

People with TBI have frequent headaches, dizziness, and trouble concentrating and sleeping. They may be depressed, irritable and confused, and easily provoked or distracted. Speech or vision also can be impaired.

Some sufferers have been misdiagnosed with personality disorders. Others have lost jobs because of unrecognized and untreated symptoms.

As more troops return from the war, brain injuries are a growing burden, for them, for the few programs to treat them, and for taxpayers who pay for their care and disability if they cannot hold jobs.
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the most important words:

"brain injuries are a growing burden, for them, for the FEW PROGRAMS to TREAT them,"

sigh

[partylessinOhio]

1. More reasons to stop this Petraeus/Bush/War/Lies charade today.

:thumbsdown:

As Dennis Kucinich says - UN in US out!

We don't need a hearing to know the right thing to do.

[valerief]

2. It's very sad, but I'm sure they have drivers licenses, too, which puts

the BushCo armchair soldiers at risk on the road from them.