What is anoxic brain injury?

When oxygen levels are significantly low for four minutes or longer, brain cells begin to die and after five minutes permanent anoxic brain injury can occur.

How do members experience anoxic brain injury?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with anoxic brain injury*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for anoxic brain injury*

Who has anoxic brain injury on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 3
30s 18
40s 22
50s 16
60s 14
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 39
Female 44

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What is anoxic brain injury?

When oxygen levels are significantly low for four minutes or longer, brain cells begin to die and after five minutes permanent anoxic brain injury can occur.



Common symptoms reported by people with anoxic brain injury

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for anoxic brain injury

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Compare treatments taken by people with anoxic brain injury

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Who has anoxic brain injury on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 71 say anoxic brain injury is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 3
30s 18
40s 22
50s 16
60s 14
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 39
Female 44

These charts show data from anoxic brain injury patients who have completed their condition history
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