It was just one hit you told your coach. He let you back in the game. You didn’t bother to give him the note from your doctor but you wish you did. That “one hit” led you to lose focus at school, get bad grades, forget about the paper even though you set three reminders on your phone for it. That “one hit” led to another hit, which led to another, which led you to laying in the middle of the football field unconscious. You look back on your football history now, when you have dementia and can’t remember your kids' names. You could have sat out for one game. Every year hundreds of youth who are involved in a sport are diagnosed with a concussion. Concussions could happen frequently if you play football or any other sport with constant head trauma
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Typically, a concussion takes female athletes more than twice as long to recover from a concussion. In this study, the researchers tracked teenagers in sports who were diagnosed with a concussion. Previous studies have also shown that girls experience more concussions than boys, girls also may take longer to recover. The study that was placed by John Neidecker shows that the common recovery time for girls is 28 days, which is more than double the amount, not time it takes boys to recover (11 days). Previous conditions may also play a role in recovery. Conditions like depression and anxiety could impact the recovery time. It was also found that girls have previously suffered more migraines than boys. This can affect the long-term impact of concussions for girls because if enough concussions occur it could lead to migraine problems later in life and could develop into …show more content…
Concussions can cause migraines, lack of focus, and a hard time concentrating. This may mean staying home for a few days which means making up the work when you get back. If you still have the symptoms it may be hard to get your school work done correctly or spend extra time on it out of class. If you are an involved athlete and frequently have concussions or headaches it would be harder to get focus and get your work done. This could cause it to be hard to get through school and find a job. A study shows that students who frequently are involved in head involved sports score lowest on memory tests. This could negatively impact you in the later years of life while searching for jobs or
Typically, a concussion takes female athletes more than twice as long to recover from a concussion. In this study, the researchers tracked teenagers in sports who were diagnosed with a concussion. Previous studies have also shown that girls experience more concussions than boys, girls also may take longer to recover. The study that was placed by John Neidecker shows that the common recovery time for girls is 28 days, which is more than double the amount, not time it takes boys to recover (11 days). Previous conditions may also play a role in recovery. Conditions like depression and anxiety could impact the recovery time. It was also found that girls have previously suffered more migraines than boys. This can affect the long-term impact of concussions for girls because if enough concussions occur it could lead to migraine problems later in life and could develop into …show more content…
Concussions can cause migraines, lack of focus, and a hard time concentrating. This may mean staying home for a few days which means making up the work when you get back. If you still have the symptoms it may be hard to get your school work done correctly or spend extra time on it out of class. If you are an involved athlete and frequently have concussions or headaches it would be harder to get focus and get your work done. This could cause it to be hard to get through school and find a job. A study shows that students who frequently are involved in head involved sports score lowest on memory tests. This could negatively impact you in the later years of life while searching for jobs or