![]() ![]() Countless veterans and active duty service members could have suffered traumatic brain injuries while serving their country, without ever being properly screened, diagnosed, and treated for TBI. As of 2017, the DoD still has not implemented mandatory NED testing following a TBI. The human toll and financial costs associated with these conditions are crippling the Department of Defense (DoD). The United States military has been plagued by suicides, TBIs, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for the past 20 years. This brain injury-related condition is commonly referred to as neuroendocrine dysfunction (NED). ![]() Fifty percent of those TBI patients end up with some type of hormonal imbalance in the HPA axis. Approximately 80–85 percent of MTBI patients recover from their injuries, while approximately 15–20 percent continue to experience persistent symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 80–85 percent of traumatic brain injury (TBI) sufferers are classified as mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBI). ![]() It has been known for over 80 years that following a head injury there is dysfunction in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. ![]()
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