looked up the word "concussed" about a quarterback and got this. need to return to support group
"Those who have had one concussion seem more susceptible to another, especially if the new injury occurs before symptoms from the previous concussion have completely resolved.
There is also a negative progressive process in which smaller impacts cause the same symptom severity. Repeated concussions may increase the risk in later life for dementia, Parkinson's disease, and/or depression.
A variety of signs accompany concussion including somatic (such as headache), cognitive (such as feeling in a fog), emotional (such as emotional changeability), physical signs (such as loss of consciousness or amnesia), behavioral changes (such as irritability), cognitive impairment (such as slowed reaction times), and/or sleep disturbances. A 2010 Pediatrics review article focussing on children and adolescents noted that fewer than 10% of sports-related concussions had associated loss of consciousness.
Due to varying definitions and possible underreporting, the rate at which concussion occurs annually is not accurately known, but is estimated to be more than 6 per 1,000 people.
Common causes include sports injuries, bicycle accidents, car accidents, and falls, the latter two being the most frequent among adults. In addition to a blow to the head, concussion may be caused by acceleration forces without a direct impact, and on the battlefield, MTBI is a potential consequence of nearby explosions.
It is not known whether the brain in concussion is structurally damaged or whether there is mainly a loss of function with only physiological changes. Cellular damage has reportedly been found in concussed brains, but it may have been due to artifacts from the studies. It is now thought that structural and neuropsychiatric factors may both be responsible for the effects of concussion."
There is also a negative progressive process in which smaller impacts cause the same symptom severity. Repeated concussions may increase the risk in later life for dementia, Parkinson's disease, and/or depression.
A variety of signs accompany concussion including somatic (such as headache), cognitive (such as feeling in a fog), emotional (such as emotional changeability), physical signs (such as loss of consciousness or amnesia), behavioral changes (such as irritability), cognitive impairment (such as slowed reaction times), and/or sleep disturbances. A 2010 Pediatrics review article focussing on children and adolescents noted that fewer than 10% of sports-related concussions had associated loss of consciousness.
Due to varying definitions and possible underreporting, the rate at which concussion occurs annually is not accurately known, but is estimated to be more than 6 per 1,000 people.
Common causes include sports injuries, bicycle accidents, car accidents, and falls, the latter two being the most frequent among adults. In addition to a blow to the head, concussion may be caused by acceleration forces without a direct impact, and on the battlefield, MTBI is a potential consequence of nearby explosions.
It is not known whether the brain in concussion is structurally damaged or whether there is mainly a loss of function with only physiological changes. Cellular damage has reportedly been found in concussed brains, but it may have been due to artifacts from the studies. It is now thought that structural and neuropsychiatric factors may both be responsible for the effects of concussion."
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\"There is no evidence whatsoever yet that Favre, or several players with similar symptoms, suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the hot-button disease that was chronicled in the piercing \"Frontline\" report on concussions by PBS earlier this month. But we start to wonder every time we hear about a former player\'s post-career difficulties and memory lapses.
Watch this clip from Hall of Famer quarterback Steve Young as he described his final concussion as a player. Warning: It\'s a bit difficult to watch.\"
good to know.
Former athlete here. Jocks don\'t start dumb. They end that way. Good journal info.
And if you\'ve ever been concussed? Post-concussion syndrom alone is bad enough---the period where your brain tries to heal and re-wire and might not. My MIL has permanent loss of function from a concussion a year ago. It\'s utterly tragic to me....
SOrry, didn\'t mean to hijack, but this is fascinating to me.
glad you saw it leo. i have MANY head injuries and could relate to sooooo much of this. the new rules for football are better. getting reinjured before the former injury heals is a double whammy. in addition to sports, there are bullies of all forms causing things like this and worse. was talking to the woman doing my nails about this. she actually knew one of the toddlers what was beaten to death recently by mother and her boyfriend (she teaches at head start and said you could tell something would happen, the mother said all the time she didn\'t want the kid. so give the kid up at birth or soon thereafter. in hawaii, you can drop a child off to age 3, no questions asked and no forms. sooooo sad.
what i didn\'t know is that you can get encephalopathy from head injuries. why doesn\'t usa urge SOCCER as the main sport and get rid of american football completely. those players are ruined for life from it.