According to the Head Case Heath Management System, 3.8 million were reported in 2012, 90% of them have caused loss of consciousness, and an estimated 5.3 Americans still suffer with traumatic brain-injury related disabilities after symptom subside (Sports Concussion Statistics). These statistics all pertain to concussions. Defined by the Mayo Clinic Foundation for Medical Education and Research, a concussions is “a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions…usually are caused by a blow to the head, they can also occur when the head and upper body are violently shaken” (Concussion). Impacting adults, teenagers, and children alike, concussions are extraordinarily dangerous to the health of an individual that receives one.
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Long term effects include long-term memory loss, emotional distress, slowing of some types of movements, depression, and an increased possibility of suicide attempts (Short and Long Term Effects of Concussions). Not allowing for a concussion to heal and then receiving one or more proceeding the initial increases the risks of having these long term effects. This is called Second Impact Syndrome. Dr. James Kelly, one of America’s top experts on concussions describing Second Impact Syndrome expressing, “The blood vessels themselves dilate and constrict, and if they stay dilated, they carry more blood in them and that leads to pressure elevations in the brain, because now there’s more liquid that there should be. And so, if that’s happening, the brain under those circumstances become very tight, the circulation is sluggish, the brain doesn’t get the nourishment it needs, and so under the pressure that the liquid is creating, the brain becomes dysfunctional” (Dr. James Kelly Talks About Second Impact Syndrome). Second Impact Syndrome is extraordinarily dangerous. This is why activity is encouraged to cease after just a single concussion. To prevent Second Impact Syndrome and the effect it could have on an individual, one must finish the appropriate treatment that should be completed after sustaining the first …show more content…
He went to go talk to his coach about quitting football because he wasn’t sleeping, was crabby all the time, was having a lot of headaches, and just was not happy. He didn’t recognize that the symptoms were possibly concussion related. The coach brought him in to me and yes, he did have a concussion that had happened four weeks earlier that neither him nor his parents recognized. I sent him to a doctor. He was disqualified from ever playing sports again. He couldn’t remember how to start his tractor which he had done his entire life, got lost in the family woods that he grew up hunting in. He was angry and was irritable all the time. It was even difficult to talk to him because he had a hard time forming sentences. He has improved a great deal but will never be totally normal” (Athletic Trainer Denise Ellis on Concussions). Describing one of the worst concussions she has ever seen, Denise Ellis, the Athletic Trainer at Seymour Community High School through Bellin Health, has treated more than 200 concussions in her 12 year career. Through this interview, Ellis explains that she shares this story because it shows concussion symptoms, long term impacts, and even displays the effects of Second Impact Syndrome. Concussions are not only important to understand, they are also critical to know what to do when it happens. Learning about what happens to the brain during a concussion, the symptoms that proceed, the long term risks
Long term effects include long-term memory loss, emotional distress, slowing of some types of movements, depression, and an increased possibility of suicide attempts (Short and Long Term Effects of Concussions). Not allowing for a concussion to heal and then receiving one or more proceeding the initial increases the risks of having these long term effects. This is called Second Impact Syndrome. Dr. James Kelly, one of America’s top experts on concussions describing Second Impact Syndrome expressing, “The blood vessels themselves dilate and constrict, and if they stay dilated, they carry more blood in them and that leads to pressure elevations in the brain, because now there’s more liquid that there should be. And so, if that’s happening, the brain under those circumstances become very tight, the circulation is sluggish, the brain doesn’t get the nourishment it needs, and so under the pressure that the liquid is creating, the brain becomes dysfunctional” (Dr. James Kelly Talks About Second Impact Syndrome). Second Impact Syndrome is extraordinarily dangerous. This is why activity is encouraged to cease after just a single concussion. To prevent Second Impact Syndrome and the effect it could have on an individual, one must finish the appropriate treatment that should be completed after sustaining the first …show more content…
He went to go talk to his coach about quitting football because he wasn’t sleeping, was crabby all the time, was having a lot of headaches, and just was not happy. He didn’t recognize that the symptoms were possibly concussion related. The coach brought him in to me and yes, he did have a concussion that had happened four weeks earlier that neither him nor his parents recognized. I sent him to a doctor. He was disqualified from ever playing sports again. He couldn’t remember how to start his tractor which he had done his entire life, got lost in the family woods that he grew up hunting in. He was angry and was irritable all the time. It was even difficult to talk to him because he had a hard time forming sentences. He has improved a great deal but will never be totally normal” (Athletic Trainer Denise Ellis on Concussions). Describing one of the worst concussions she has ever seen, Denise Ellis, the Athletic Trainer at Seymour Community High School through Bellin Health, has treated more than 200 concussions in her 12 year career. Through this interview, Ellis explains that she shares this story because it shows concussion symptoms, long term impacts, and even displays the effects of Second Impact Syndrome. Concussions are not only important to understand, they are also critical to know what to do when it happens. Learning about what happens to the brain during a concussion, the symptoms that proceed, the long term risks