After a traumatic brain injury our cognitive,or thinking abilities are often altered. The way we formerly gathered,understood and acted on what we learned,will also change. A tube that is surgically placed in the brain and runs down into the large veins of the neck and abdominal cavity. It will drain excess fluids away from the brain. This fluid often builds up after a traumatic insult.
Some shunts are permanent and some can later be removed.
What this simply means is the muscles that normally pull together as a team now work independently and often opposite each other. There is often no actual muscle damage, which causes the ataxia, but damage only to the part of the brain that send the messages to the muscles. The lower portion of the brain which connects it to the spinal column. It also houses the reticular formations, which controls consciousness, drowsiness and attention. It may include speech that is slurred, talking extremely fast or slowly, or improper pitch.