Traumatic brain injury

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION o An accumulation of blood between the dura mater and brain, usually due to head trauma CLASSIFICATION o Not applicable DIAGNOSIS CLINICAL PRESENTATION History  Recent head trauma  Symptoms o Loss of consciousness o Nausea and vomiting o Headache o Neck stiffness o Seizures o Focal neurological deficits  Difficulty speaking  Difficulty comprehending speech  Difficulty reading  Confusion  Amnesia  Numbness or tingling  Visual disturbances …

with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? This question is being asked by many athlete fans, parents and current players. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS is an ongoing disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Which causes the person to lose control of the voluntary muscle atrophy. On the other hand, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE is a disease that gradually gets worse in the brain setoff by repetitive concussions. Both tend…

but leave the brain to function properly or even uncontrollable shaking are the reason many have begun to question how these diseases are formed. Many view sports from only the outside on a screen but do not realize the dangers and risks of playing sports and being able to entertain millions of viewers and that they possess a monumental role in the obtainment of these diseases There are diseases such as ALS that cause immobility and impaired speech while leaving the victim's brain to understand…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. ALS is a fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells, which control one's muscle movements. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) is a degenerative disease that occurs when one has repetitive brain trauma. CTE is a deadly disease that attacks the brain and can change the sweetest person into a monster. These diseases occur…

and their health in the later years was vastly ignored. Serious hits taken by players cause the brain to bump into the interior of the skull resulting in damaging bruises. In recent years, reports and studies have been done which focuses on just how much damage is actually being done to the players. The studies showed that retired NFL players that received concussions suffered lasting damage to the brain. This being said it creates a substantial amount of health issues like dementia, Alzheimer’s…

create have a small system of venting air bladders,They compress varying amounts on how bad of a impact it was.There are a lot of deceased players that have donated their brains to science this is helping to discover new ways to improve gear.Tons of medical researchers have helped by donating money for (CTE) or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, doing this they help find evidence for…

According to Jerome B. Posner (an American neurologist) coma is defined as "a pathological state related to severe and prolonged dysfunction of vigilance and consciousness (Plum and Posner, 1966)." This state is mostly caused by traumatic head injuries which result in brain hemorrhage(1). In other words coma is an extended period of unconsciousness that has sub-classified types such as locked-in syndrome and medically induced coma.…

set to allow only a certain age group play competitive tackle football. A more aggressive approach could be a total ban on youth football to allow a child’s brain to fully develop. Research shows that a brain will fully develop around the age of 25 (Candy para.1). So youth, high school, and college players are playing football before their brain develops. This could impact on how many players play in the league, as those numbers should dip down if others find out about this shocking remark.…

can maintain a cognitive ability through exercise of the brain. This can be proven through many different activities which in turn increases the cognitive reserve capacity. The studies that are outlined in the following piece demonstrate the ways in which scientific researchers go about measuring and demonstrating an individual’s cognitive brain capacity, Cognitive Training, also known as Brain Training, is the ability to exercise the brain, like you exercise your body. If a person was to…

memories made before his injury presumably. His declarative memory is also damaged, as evidenced by his inability to remember the correct year and his inability to recognize that he is no longer 19. He can still access his implicit memory as evidenced by the fact that he remembers the routine with doctors. He can still access those memories as well as procedural memories and demonstrated that by drawing a map of his hometown and still remembering morse code. Name one brain area you think could…