Afghanistan War IEDs Cause Surge In Double Amputees Among U.S. War Wounded

Traumatic brain injury is considered one of the signature wounds of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanista­n, but the military medical system is failing to diagnose the injuries in many troops. Such injuries are often caused when shock waves from roadside bombs ripple through soldiers' brains, sometimes leaving no visible scars but causing lasting mental and physical harm. Military statistics show that more than 115,000 soldiers have suffered mild traumatic brain injuries since the wars began, but an investigat­ion by ProPublica and NPR found that tens of thousands of troops with such injuries have gone uncounted. And at Fort Bliss, one of the largest U.S. Army bases, soldiers say that proper treatment for a brain injury is as elusive as a correct diagnosis. Read more at: http://www­.propublic­a.org/arti­cle/brain-­wars-the-s­tory-so-fa­r
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