“Smack!” Your head hits the ground after a hard tackle to the ground. You get up, and you can’t see straight and go back down. The chance of having long-term brain injury from that are likely, and could change your life.
A concussion can be caused by a blow to the head. 1 Your head hitting the ground hard will probably cause a concussion. Hitting your head from a tackle is one of the many causes of a concussion in sports like football, soccer, boxing, hockey, and basketball. Protective headgear such as a helmet reduce the risk of a concussion. 2 Wearing helmets make it safer when playing contact sports by quite a bit, but when playing contact sports you can’t completely stop a concussion. Even wearing a helmet in biking can possibly save your life in a crash. In some situations, when you can’t wear a helmet, it increases the risk of a concussion. Signs of a concussion can be irritability, dizziness, feeling foggy, headaches and loss of consciousness. 2 After hitting your head hard, if you feel dizzy, have a headache, or lost your consciousness, you might have a concussion. These are only a couple signs of the many. Concussions are a big …show more content…
Concussions are considered a mild brain injury.3 Scientists and doctors say that a concussion is only a mild brain injury because it is not life threatening, but they still do damage to your brain that are life changing. People that have already had a concussion are more susceptible to another one. 3 If you have had a concussion you are more likely to have another one, especially if your brain hasn’t healed completely. Neural pathways are damaged in a concussion. 4 In a concussion, some parts of your brain that control things you do are damaged, which causes a lot of the symptoms. Concussions may only seem like they are a problem for a little while, but the long term effects might change your
A concussion can be caused by a blow to the head. 1 Your head hitting the ground hard will probably cause a concussion. Hitting your head from a tackle is one of the many causes of a concussion in sports like football, soccer, boxing, hockey, and basketball. Protective headgear such as a helmet reduce the risk of a concussion. 2 Wearing helmets make it safer when playing contact sports by quite a bit, but when playing contact sports you can’t completely stop a concussion. Even wearing a helmet in biking can possibly save your life in a crash. In some situations, when you can’t wear a helmet, it increases the risk of a concussion. Signs of a concussion can be irritability, dizziness, feeling foggy, headaches and loss of consciousness. 2 After hitting your head hard, if you feel dizzy, have a headache, or lost your consciousness, you might have a concussion. These are only a couple signs of the many. Concussions are a big …show more content…
Concussions are considered a mild brain injury.3 Scientists and doctors say that a concussion is only a mild brain injury because it is not life threatening, but they still do damage to your brain that are life changing. People that have already had a concussion are more susceptible to another one. 3 If you have had a concussion you are more likely to have another one, especially if your brain hasn’t healed completely. Neural pathways are damaged in a concussion. 4 In a concussion, some parts of your brain that control things you do are damaged, which causes a lot of the symptoms. Concussions may only seem like they are a problem for a little while, but the long term effects might change your