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Traumas & Injuries
Accidents | 635 Members |
| This community is dedicated to recovering from accidents and unexpected events which emotional and/or physical distress. Some examples of accidents that can cause long-term stress include: Aircraft Accidents, Bicycle Accidents,... | |
Bereavement | 11595 Members |
| Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has a physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and philosophical dimensions. Common to human experience is the d... | |
Brain Injury | 912 Members |
| Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head... | |
Burns | 133 Members |
| A burn is a type of injury to the skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation (an example of the latter is sunburn). In classical medical literature, there were six degrees, the first three of which are still commonl... | |
Heart Attack | 333 Members |
| Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a serious, sudden heart condition usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain or discomfort, weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and arrhyt... | |
Incest Survivors | 576 Members |
| Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons (often within the immediate family) that is illegal or socially taboo. The type of sexual activity and the nature of the relationship between persons that consti... | |
Natural Disasters | 118 Members |
| This community is dedicated to people who suffer the effects of extreme weather and earth-related conditions, including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunami and other weather phenomena that cause injury or loss of l... | |
Organ Transplants | 264 Members |
| An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working... | |
Paralysis | 103 Members |
| Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Major causes are stroke, trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain-Barré s... | |
Physical & Emotional Abuse | 7105 Members |
| Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) or is unlawful or wrongful. Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intende... | |
Pneumothorax | 26 Members |
| A pneumothorax or collapsed lung is a medical emergency caused by the collapse of the lung within the chest cavity. It can result from: a penetrating chest wound, barotrauma to the lungs, spontaneously (most commonly in tall, s... | |
Rape | 3474 Members |
| Rape is, in most jurisdictions, a crime defined as sexual intercourse or penetration without valid consent by both parties. In many jurisdictions, the penetration of the anus or the vagina can be considered rape (although most jur... | |
Sciatica | 458 Members |
| You may be surprised to learn that sciatica is not a spinal condition, but instead a symptom of a low back problem! Many different low back problems can cause sciatica. Sciatica is a term meaning pain that originates from com... | |
Sports Injuries | 459 Members |
| Sports injuries are injuries that are caused by participation in a sporting event. In many cases, these types of injuries are due to overuse of a part of the body when participating in a certain activity. For example, runner's kne... | |
War & Terrorism | 818 Members |
| This community is offered to anyone whose life is affected by terrorism or violence, either directly (loss of life, injury, psychological effects) or indirectly (concern, changes in daily living). Terrorism refers to a strategy... | |
Widows & Widowers | 1442 Members |
| This community is dedicated to those who have lost a husband, wife or partner. Anything is open for discussion here, with the hope that we can focus on grief, bereavement, life after loss, and continuing on after a great loss. | |
