More than 100 US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran strike after Trump said no one ‘seriously hurt’
MORE than 100 US troops reportedly suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike - after Trump said no one was "seriously hurt."
The US military experienced over a 50 percent surge in cases of TBI after the missile attack on the Ain al-Asad military base last month, according to .
But the Pentagon released a statement on Monday confirming 109 US troops were diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, according to .
Reuters stated 76 of the service members diagnosed with the condition have returned to duty.
Pentagon press secretary Alyssa Farah said: "We are grateful to the efforts of our medical professionals who have worked diligently to ensure the appropriate level of care for our service members."
No US service members were killed or immediately physically injured the when the Irianian military attacked the base in Iraq.
Ten missiles hit the airbase housing US troops, one missile hit a US military base in Erbil, and four missiles failed to hit their targets.
Trump likened TBI injuries to headaches, saying they weren't that serious.
"I heard that they had headaches. And a couple of other things," Trump said. "But I would say, and I can report, it is not very serious.”
Almost 3 million TBI-related emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths were reported in the US in 2014, according to the CDC.
Symptoms of traumatic brain injury include headaches, dizziness, sensitivity to light and nausea.
Complications can lead to seizures, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and cranial nerve injuries, according to .
This sort of injury can also result in depression, PSTD, anxiety, OCD, and other psychiatric complications.
Pentagon data indicates since 2000, approximately 408,000 service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injury.
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