Epidemiology According to Emedicine, acute subdural hematomas have been reported to occur in 5-25% of patients with severe head injuries, depending on the study. Subdural hematomas are more common in men than in women, with a male-to-female ratio of approximately 3:1. Two age groups are most at risk of developing chronic subdural hematoma: the young and the elderly. Advanced age and chronic alcoholism are common antecedents, presumably because of brain atrophy, which causes stretching of bridging
million...concussions occur in the U.S. each year.¨(Brain Injury Research Institute). They happen all the time.Think of the everyday activities a person does. From getting hit in a sport to a casual knock on the head: Concussions are no laughing matter. Concussions are temporary brain injuries that cause several symptoms, but include various treatments. Concussions can be caused by various things, but usually they are from a blunt impact to the head that transmits nerve waves to the brain. ¨Concussion
The treatment for a concussion used to be as simple as taking time to rest, or smelling bath salts before returning to play. In today’s world, concussions are more appropriately recognized as a serious head injury. In order to correctly diagnose and treat concussions, professional action needs to occur. Preventative measures, proper assessments and diagnosis, correct treatments, and increasing awareness are a few ways to reduce an issue down to a more manageable position. Concussions are a common
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
TITLE Attention for traumatic brain injury has grown over the years and programs have been created to help try and prevent the injuries. As this is an injury to the brain the literature is vast with insight into what part of the brain injured resulted in what change in the individual. Children and athletics have been the main focus in recent years for studies as research have shown that undiagnosed injuries can have long lasting effects. The area of focus is that of inmates. It is a population
Shell Shock. Shell Shock is a medical disorder developed to describe the symptoms that soldiers developed without a probable or obvious lesion as the cause after serving time on the war front. Shell Shock is one of the most prominent injuries of World War I; the symptoms varied among each soldier, treatments were still being developed, and doctors were still trying to understand the severity of the disorder. The symptoms soldiers described are due to the stress they encountered while they served
In the sports world today, there are many different injuries that athletes experience and one of the most devastating injury is a concussion. Concussions can happen to anyone, in any sport, but we tend to see most concussions in contact sports (Świerzewski 1). While having an informal conversation with my dad about football, he told me it was common for athletes to receive a head injury in a game and continue to play as if nothing was wrong. While watching SportsCenter, I found that some of the
through blockers, I met my destination and scoped out the runner, and he was sprinting directly at me. As I built momentum and dropped my head to spear the runner, he did the same, causing a brutal head to head collision. Even though I tackled the opponent, my throbbing neck and blurry vision told me something was not right and was later informed those were the symptoms of a concussion. I should not have stayed in the game. This is why there should be more precautions taken to prevent concussions in sports
attributed to head injuries sustained while they were playing their sports. The biggest and most predominant of these injuries is concussions. They can cause not only immediate issues, but also a lifetime of health
The Invisible Injury: The Recognition, Treatment, and Facts of Concussions Megan Chrisman Tennessee Wesleyan College ABSTRACT This paper examines the topic of concussions including the definition, classifications, treatment, and cases involving concussions in the media. Articles published online using the internet as well as online articles originally published in print will be examined in order to inform the reader of this paper how concussions are identified, how they are treated and how they