Symptoms And Treatment Of Head Injuries

ALS and CTE’s are both results of repetitive head trauma. Athletes in sports such as boxing, football, hockey, wrestling and even baseball have been diagnosed with either of these horrific diseases. Head trauma also known as concussions is a major factor when you receive a big hit to the head, the brain bounces back and forth hitting the inside of the skull, which results in some brain damage which affects you both short term and long term. I believe we should bring more awareness to both ALS and CTE’s to find a cure or more ways to prevent it.

MMA is a serious sport that leaves many athletes in critical condition whether it is after a match or later in retirement. They have a great risk of head trauma. The main goal of MMA is to physically harm the opponent. In the end of the match on will be leaving with head injuries. Today researchers are taking serious attention to head trauma. About 900 people in boxing have died because of trauma to the head (“Boxing Regulation”). This does not include people that have died after they have retired, and their cause of death was from early years of boxing.

Athletes should have to sit out longer due to head injuries because sometimes they can have memory lost due to concussions, about 300,000 kids have concussions every year, and the concussions are long lasting. There are so many contact sports now and some peoples life's are on the line sometimes. They could also become paralyzed depending on how hard they are hit and where they are hit. It's not just concussions it's broken bones and hurting yourself.

Participation in any athletic activity directly increases risk of injury.Throughout this research, many of the sources have provided information about the methods of preventing a concussion, different types of concussions or brain injuries, and medical treatments for concussions. Many athletes today receive concussions when participating in sports, mainly football and soccer. Some ways to prevent a concussion from happening would be to wear protective gear, and watching your eating habits, as this can lead to an occurrence of a concussion (Halstead). Concussions are a major public health issue and many athletes may face the risk of receiving a concussion. A concussion is a clinical syndrome of symptoms and signs occurring after biomechanical force is imparted to the brain. The different types of concussions or brain injuries include mild traumatic brain injury, postconcussion symptoms, postconcussion syndrome,which is the symptoms after receiving a concussion, chronic neurocognitive impairment, subconcussive injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Cervical Trauma Syndrome, the neck pain and stiffness after receiving the concussion, and Cerebral Palsy, which causes loss of function and mobility (Hecimovich). For people who receive concussions and have to attend school, there is a new program specifically in Guilford County Schools named “Return to Learn Method for concussions”. This program is considered to be a method to assist people who have received a concussion from playing a sport to get back on track, refresh their minds and try and remember the material they have learned. Another reason why this program would be an important method after receiving a concussion would be for the simple fact that it would help the student recover and relieve the pain in their head. Depending on how severe the athlete got hit in the head, this would determine whether the athlete has a slight headache, or a severe head injury that would require full treatment. When an athlete gets critical damage to the head, then this would possibly lead to a severe brain injury and would cause the athlete to suffer from many symptoms like headaches, fuzzy or blurry vision, dizziness, sensitivity to noise or light, balance problems,

The National Football League (NFL) generates billions of dollars a year and it produces the most watched events on television. However, recent research has showed that the game of football might be too dangerous for someone to consider it to be a full-time job, and the players have taken notice. A recent trend has started consisting of players retiring well-before the “prime” of their careers, and this is due to the physical damage that isn’t always so clear to the eye. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease, has reared its ugly head in the brains of former NFL players. This disease is caused by repetitive collisions to the head and concussions, something that occurs with football players at an extremely

On a scaled-down football field in the heart of Chicago's Grant Park, 6-foot-3, 294-pound defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche and two dozen other NFL superstars-in-waiting are teaching nearly 100 shrieking, gyrating boys and girls that football is a fun--and safe--game.

Every day, 138 people in the United States die from injuries. A concussion is a an traumatic brain injury that alters brain function. An estimated 3.8 million sports related concussions occur in the United States each year, and concussions are very common. Symptoms and signs of a concussion include severe headaches, not being able to think clearly, not being able to concentrate in regular activities you would be normally able to do, becoming very emotional or your sleep is being affected. Symptoms of a concussion may not be immediately apparent. Symptoms can last for days, weeks or even longer depending on your treatment after the concussion has occurred. Concussion complications such as Post-concussion syndrome or Second impact syndrome can

Despite increasing awareness of sports related head injury, controversy and confusion persist, especially in regards to concussions. Prior to the introduction of CAT Scan technology, concussions were often misdiagnosed and overlooked. However, this technology has not yet met its full potential in terms of identifying and treating concussions in the early stages. This can likely be attributed to the stigma surrounding concussions, deeming it an injury that is not serious as the injury is internal or “hidden”. As a result, athletes are more reluctant to report head injuries. Sports related head impacts can cause changes in the brain even when there are no outward signs of a concussion. Untreated, this “hidden injury” can lead to changes in brain

There were two minutes remaining on the clock. My opponent moved to make a shot. The only problem was, I was blocking her path. She took swift steps, aimed, and kicked the ball towards the goal with all her might. Unfortunately, she never made the goal. Instead, the ball whacked the side of my head, hard, leaving me with an experience that would greatly impact my junior year.

In this article the author talks about recent studies in concussions, that show they may be more damaging to the brain than previously believed. Typically, after 7-10 days, concussion patients are considered good to go, simply because they have stopped exhibiting the symptoms of a concussion. Recently it has been discovered that structural changes to the brain caused from the concussion can last over 6 months to unknowing patients. The main structure of the brain effected is white matter, which is made of nerves and considered connective tissue. White matter is very important because it is in charge of sending messages throughout the brain. These recent findings have made doctors rethink when they should be clearing patients- Should they

Have you ever wondered how much damage the brain suffers during and after a football players playing career? All throughout history there have been cases of serious head trauma in a series of sports besides football such as boxing, soccer, baseball and hockey. Since football is a more contact sport than others there’s a spike of head injuries in that field of sports. To really understand how to make football helmets safer and more efficient, you must understand how effective they are right now, their history, and comparing how much damage they can resist comparing to other head injuries. Football in our youths and professional programs have caused a lot of controversy. For younger individuals, many people wonder if it is a safe sport to play

Your brain sits in your skull and is surrounded by cerebral fluid. When a head injury occurs, the brain may collide with the skull, then “bounce back” and collide with the opposite side of the skull. At the neuronal level, blow strong enough to create a concussion has the effect of twisting or stretching of the axons, which in turn creates swelling. In many cases, the swelling will subside and the neuron may return to normal. However, if the swelling of the axon is severe enough, the axon may break down and can cause permanent damage. Many athletes will experience multiple concussions over the course of their career. Recently the NFL has stated it expects 1 in 3 former players will develop long-term cognitive issues.

Head injuries have always been a huge deal in sports. Player can't just jump right back in after they get a concussion; They need to take time and heal before coming back to the game. The consequences of playing while still injured is insane with long-term effects and short-term the player needs to make sure he/she is fully healed before returning to the field.

Many people that play sports get into some type of injury, the majority of injuries sustained in sports are usually head related. Football has about 118,886 injuries, basketball with 119,589 injuries, and rugby with 1,214 injuries between the years of 2002-20014 and has continued to skyrocket. There are difference between head injuries in football than when playing other sports. These differences can be from minor, moderate, to sever. Football is more on the sever side because of the impact and number of hits they are taking. On the other hand sports like basketball, soccer, and tennis are not as of aggressive as football. And this is due to the lack of contact in the sports. These sports are very strict about the contact when playing in a game, they are charged with a penalty or flagged if a player makes the slightest contact with another player. Therefore you would rarely see a head injury let alone a sever head injury when playing those kind of sports. With football being more aggressive and more contact, the head injuries can lead to a player being hospitalized, and depending on the impact on the blow can lead to death.

A CT scan, also called as X-ray Computed Tomography (X-ray CT) or Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT ), makes use of computer-processed combinations of many X-ray images taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional (tomographic) images (virtual 'slices') of specific areas of a scanned object, allowing the user to see inside the object without cutting them.