Concussion

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You may have some symptoms of concussions immediately, and some can occur for days after the injury, such as: Both a medical drama and meditation on motherhood, The Water Giver is Joan Ryan's honest account of her doubts and mistakes in raising a child with a learning disability and the story of how his near-fatal accident gave her a second chance as a parent. Second impact syndrome. Rarely, experiencing a second concussion before signs and symptoms of a first concussion have resolved may result in rapid and usually fatal brain swelling. Falling Away from You tells the story of Taylor Bingaman and his journey through the world of traumatic brain injury. Taylor’s mother, Nicole, recalls the events that happened as the result of a devastating fall down the stairs in their family home on Thanksgiving Eve in 2012.

One study showed that almost one third of people with a mild head injury were not working full-time three months after receiving the injury, although other studies have been much more optimistic. Difficulties are certainly made much worse if the person has a mentally demanding job where there is a low margin for error. He was one of the few to voice concerns for the players. He read about concussions and their link to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Peters began noticing parallels between professional rugby and the NFL, which in 2013, settled a class-action lawsuit brought by 4,500 ex-football players, who said they were misled about the long-term effects of head injuries. But the sport’s top organisations were firm on their stance that there was no issue. According to them, no such link between repeated head trauma and CTE was proven. This collection of 101 stories provides support, advice, and inspiration to help you and your loved ones on your road to recovery from traumatic brain injuries. These are inspiring and motivating stories of hope, healing, and hard work for patients and their loved ones who are recovering from TBI. This information is for anyone who has had a mild head injury (also known as concussion or minor head injury) and their family and friends. The information will help both people in the early stages of recovery and those who experience ongoing problems. The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of NeuroplasticityProfessional football players do not sustain frequent repetitive blows to the brain on a regular basis.” So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in America’s most popular sport. That judgment, implausible even to a casual fan, also contradicted the opinion of a growing cadre of neuroscientists who worked in vain to convince the NFL that it was facing a deadly new scourge: a chronic brain disease that was driving an alarming number of players—including some of the all-time greats—to madness. Common injuries that cause concussions include falls or other direct hits to the head, car accidents and blast injuries from explosions. These injuries can affect the brain in different ways and cause different types of concussions.

Concussion is an injury to your brain that may occur after a blow to your head. The blow to your head causes your brain to move slightly within your skull. This can momentarily disrupt the electrical activity within some of the cells in your brain so that your brain stops working properly for a short period of time. It is this disruption that leads to the symptoms of concussion. Concussion is also known as 'mild traumatic brain injury' by doctors. Making your home safe. Keep your home well lit and your floors free of anything that might cause you to trip and fall. Falls around the home are a leading cause of head injury. With dead people what you see is what you get and you can keep looking and looking and get more, and once you look inside the brain you find the story is beautiful in the way all things infinite are beautiful. If any of these symptoms are experienced following a blow to the head, the player must be removed from the game to seek medical attention and not be allowed to return to the field of play.Post-traumatic vertigo. Some people experience a sense of spinning or dizziness for days, weeks or months after a brain injury. Olympia RB, et al. Return to learning after a concussion and compliance with recommendations for cognitive rest. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015; doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000208. TBI disrupts lives and impacts our society in innumerable ways, but the partners of survivors are the most affected. They are often unprepared for the aftermath of TBI, including personality, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes in their loved one. They are the hidden casualty of brain injury, as their plight has long gone unrecognized. The Stranger in Our Marriage seeks to remedy the situation, offering information, insight, and hope to the survivor's partner. The experiences of a TBI survivor's wife are woven throughout this informative book, giving life to the facts and details of brain injury and its consequences. Written by a psychologist, it includes specific suggestions for the partner on how to navigate the aftermath of brain injury and how to come to terms with their altered relationships and lives.

Most concussions – particularly those occurring in sport – will result from a blow to the head. However, they can also occur as a result of the rapid acceleration/deceleration of the body, for example in a car crash, as the brain moves rapidly inside the skull. “If you don’t have any symptoms immediately, you don’t have a concussion.” Concussion is also known by other terms: minor head injury, minor brain injury and minor traumatic brain injury. Concussion and sport For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that--but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past? When I had the diagnosis I was all over the place and my family was all over the place," he explained. Persistent post-concussive symptoms (post-concussive syndrome). A small proportion of people (15% to 20%) may have symptoms including headaches, dizziness and thinking difficulties that persist beyond three weeks. If these symptoms persist beyond three months, this becomes characterized as persistent post-concussive symptoms.The effects of a concussion can be anything but mild to the person concerned. The symptoms can include nausea, headaches, dizziness, impaired concentration, memory problems, extreme tiredness, intolerance to light and noise, and can lead to anxiety and depression. When problems like this persist, they are often called post-concussion syndrome. What are the symptoms of post-concussion syndrome?

Treatment of a concussion is primarily supportive. Supportive care of concussion centers around the initial limitation of physical and cognitive activity,followed by a gradual return to previous activity levels. There is no longer a role for extended, strict cognitive and physical rest. [9] While reasonable to encourage rest during the acute post-injury period (i.e., the initial 24 to 48 hours), the patient should then undergo a gradual return to activity. However, there is no known optimal amount of time forthe initial rest period. [2]The patient should proceed with a stepwise return to activity with careful monitoring for the return or worsening of symptoms. [2] Recurrence of symptoms warrants a reduction in activity level until symptoms improve. Each increase in activity should generallytake at least 24 hours, but again there is no definitive evidence for the optimal timing of a return-to-activity protocol. [2]An athlete diagnosed with a concussion should be forbidden to return to play until cleared by a medical provider. Corwin DJ, Grady MF, Joffe MD, Zonfrillo MR. Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Setting. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Sep;33(9):643-649. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000001252 Tau tangles were kind of like a sludge, clogging it works, killing healthy brain cells – – in this case cells in the regions of the brain responsible for mood, emotions, and executive functioning. This is why boxers went crazy. This is why Mike Webster went crazy, too". Our booklet Mild head injury and concussion (PDF) provides tips and strategies for coping with the effects of post-concussion syndrome. Concussion in sportHowever, I would be remiss if I didn’t express my bewilderment at some of the choices Jeanne Marie Laskas made in writing this book. Quite simply, the language was often colloquial and casual in a way that seemed uncalled for and pulled me out of the story. I can’t Sport plays a key role in keeping us fit and healthy, with team sports in particular providing a host of additional benefits including social interaction and, instilling discipline and teamwork in young people. Tator CH. Concussions and their consequences: current diagnosis, management and prevention. CMAJ. 2013 Aug 6;185(11):975-979. doi:10.1503/cmaj.120039