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Well, I, one of the stats I mentioned earlier in the show was that. A traumatic brain injury is the leading killer and disabler of Canadians under the age of 40. And the statistics go on and on about a brain injury and how it affects the lives of Canadians and Torontonians of course. So we've got a great event coming up.
We're going to tell you about, you can support people with brain injuries, uh, the committee member from BIST, Obeya, Mixon and mango Ruth Fernandez, and the chair of best, a charity event. Greg night's theme. Good to have you both here. Thanks for having us. Best is brain injury society of Toronto near the other one is the Ontario brain injury association.
Exactly what is best. Well, this is a, the local chapter of the Ontario brain injury association. So, uh, there were several chapters, 26 chapters all across Ontario and the trial chapter. And these chapters are aimed at helping survivors of brain injuries, find a peer support groups, resources. And help them get integrated back into the community after they've received a head injury.
And we are a, that was just one statistic I gave. The numbers on. Brain injuries are shocking, right? 18,000 Ontarians were, uh, will suffer a brain injury. And that means, you know, in one year, every hour six Canadians are afflicted with a brain injury. And those stats are quite high when you consider, you know, all, all diseases in all sorts of fields.
Um, it happens too. You know, people that we know, one in 10 people that you know will suffer a brain injury this year. So it's quite, it's a big, huge problem in our society and for kids especially, it's so important that they wear a helmet. We know when they're practicing sports and that they're taking all precautions to be safe.
So one of the things that bestow by it does, is help with awareness because there is not enough awareness. And unfortunately, this is an . They just been started in the last 10 15 years. Um, and it's probably shocked when you hear the numbers and the lack of information people have about head injuries considering all the other amazing fundraisers that we, uh, see across Ontario.
And when you see the numbers of head injuries, it's shocking that there is not much awareness about this disease. Head injury can be so debilitating and it could affect you for the rest of your life. I find it often does. It often does. You know, usually patients will present with communication, um, disabilities.
And you know, it's always is not always very clear if you have a brain injury, so you break an arm, it's, it's clear to see exactly what somebody might be stumbling with their words. You might and you don't do it together. Yeah. You don't often pick up on that unless you know the person for a really long time.
And you sort of should watch out for mood swings and you know, maybe they're not communicating properly and things that you didn't bother them before. Sort of irritating to them now. So those are all sort of things that you know, people might look out for. And what about children? If your child falls off the bike, they brush themselves off, the crying stops.
You think everything's fine, what should we be looking out for? So difficult to identify brain injuries, especially in children because they're not able to articulate what they're feeling. Uh, so word, finding problems with sleeping, uh, problems with, um, being able to eat an appetite. It's so difficult that I don't think there's any, uh, harm in finding early on in, uh, seeking medical attention regarding just in case.
Cause the, the downside is, uh. Is huge. And people with brain injuries, it usually takes a, within the first year is the most productive in getting rehabilitation. So if you don't identify this within the first year, you're losing out an ability for your brain, which is a muscle to start rehabilitating itself.
Right. Really. So the brain is capable of re re regenerating some of those injured areas. Absolutely. Absolutely. You know, I was a, I was just at a talk with dr tatter and he says, automatically if you know your child has had a concussion or he's hit his head, we absolutely know for sure as the fact that it is a brain injury.
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