How does a concussion affect your brain?
First of all, concussions occur when the brain bounces against the skull after someone's head is bumped. Concussions are fairly common, especially if you are playing sports. Since the brain is very difficult to study, scientists do not know what exactly happens at a molecular level inside the brain during and after a concussion. The brain is the body's best-protected organ, because it is shielded by multiple layers of membranes that block out harmful molecules. Those membranes become ripped and frayed by the force of the concussion, leaving them leaky and the brain can be vulnerable to bad molecules. During a concussion the body sends specialized immune cells from blood and the brain to patch and fill in the frayed membranes. Sometimes that process is too slow and it always free radicals to pass through the weak membranes and travel into the brain tissue, where they soon killed off many brain cells. …show more content…
It is believed that multiple concussions may cause memory loss later on in life. If you have had a previous concussion and it is not fully healed and you get another concussion then it could take much longer to heal them both than it would be to heal one. Not only would it take longer to heal, but your
side effects could be much worse also. Or is worse comes to worse then your brain would never heal and you would have those awful side effects for the rest of your life and that would make out to be a sucky life. The symptoms can last days, weeks, or even longer than that. Symptoms include:
* Confusion
* Temporary loss of
First of all, concussions occur when the brain bounces against the skull after someone's head is bumped. Concussions are fairly common, especially if you are playing sports. Since the brain is very difficult to study, scientists do not know what exactly happens at a molecular level inside the brain during and after a concussion. The brain is the body's best-protected organ, because it is shielded by multiple layers of membranes that block out harmful molecules. Those membranes become ripped and frayed by the force of the concussion, leaving them leaky and the brain can be vulnerable to bad molecules. During a concussion the body sends specialized immune cells from blood and the brain to patch and fill in the frayed membranes. Sometimes that process is too slow and it always free radicals to pass through the weak membranes and travel into the brain tissue, where they soon killed off many brain cells. …show more content…
It is believed that multiple concussions may cause memory loss later on in life. If you have had a previous concussion and it is not fully healed and you get another concussion then it could take much longer to heal them both than it would be to heal one. Not only would it take longer to heal, but your
side effects could be much worse also. Or is worse comes to worse then your brain would never heal and you would have those awful side effects for the rest of your life and that would make out to be a sucky life. The symptoms can last days, weeks, or even longer than that. Symptoms include:
* Confusion
* Temporary loss of