Diffuse axonal injury

Concussions and other forms of traumatic head injuries have become a serious problem in high school, collegiate, and professional athletics. Over the years, many young athletes have suffered a concussion, which can, in turn, have a long term effect on the athlete’s mind. A concussion can occur from any type of contact to the head or neck area resulting in a small leisure on the brain. Although this injury is physically small, a bruise on the brain is a significant injury and should be treated as…

children and other people to play. While those who says increased awareness and education will make contact-sports safer, most of the world still finds contact-sports to be dangerous. “As a physician who treats children and youth with traumatic brain injuries of all severities, I can’t stress enough how important it is to recognize a concussion and realize that every child’s concussion is unique” (Rumney and University of Toronto). This evidence shows that people must be ready because they…

concussion is a brain injury characterized by an onset of impairment of cognitive and/or physical functioning. Even though concussions are considered "invisible injuries", they are still very serious head injuries that can have long lasting affects even 30 years later. Athletes shouldn't be able to participate in any physical activity until they are evaluated and signed off by a medical professional not just signed off by their coach. Concussions are serious head injuries that can affect a…

Student athletes, with a concussion, or any other traumatic head injury need to sit out of participating longer to let the brain fully heal. If this happens to occur to you, you're at a greater chance for a concussion. Any kind of trauma to the head is dangerous, if you get a concussion you need to stay out longer; you must be completely functional in able for you to return. This is because many athletes are obtaining long term brain damage due to them returning to the field of play before…

net. But when people are not careful, they can really injure yourself. Three common injuries are eye injuries, concussions, and mouth injuries. Eye injuries are very common. They usually occur when someone is hit in the eye with fingers, elbows, and possibly the ball itself. (Moms Team, N/A) But luckily, many injuries are minor and almost none required surgery. Also, less than 10% were major. Of course eye injuries would be common, with all that kicking, pushing, shoving and hitting, and the…

inability to attend more than one object at a time, difficulty with drawing objects, lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surroundings (Lehr2017). I feel that there should be stricter regulations on how soon a player returns after a brain Injury because of how much damage could be done to the brain and if there not ready to start back playing it could cause issues during a game such as dizziness which could cause that person to fall and get trampled on or even seriously hurt. If…

The video Big Hits, Broken Dreams revolved around Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries of high school football athletes. It is something that athletes are all too familiar with on a daily basis. Just one single hit could end up being more fatal than anyone would think about. Concussions are very common with those who play rigorous sports because of the constant person-to-person contact or even contact of the object they play with, like a football. One issue with this is the idea of do the…

activity involved in football, one cannot rule out the possibility OJ could have suffered a concussion, could this typical injury could have turned the man America loved into a cold hearted murder suspect? Concussions are typical injury experienced by high contact sports such as football, soccer, volleyball and many others. They occur when a high impact sport causes a “Complex brain injury….that affects numerous body functions” (Shroyer 1) Symptoms of a concussion can be varied depending on the…

CT and an MRI that confirmed the diagnosis of encephalopathy secondary to trauma. Moreover, an intraparenchymal hematoma, also known as intracerebral hematoma is bleeding that occurs within the brain and are most often caused by traumatic brain injuries (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015). As a response to an impacted force against the brain, small vessels rupture causing an intracerebral hematoma. As the hematoma expands it causes an increase in intracranial pressure, which compresses the brain…

Concussions are very serious medical condition that requires medical treatment as soon as possible. Concussions should not be pushed off as a non-serious medical emergency. Even though some concussions are just mild, there are some that are very severe which can actually cause long term problems. Some concussions are caused by a blow to the head. However any type of trauma to the head for example a child falling and hitting their head can actually cause a concussion. There are many symptoms…