You may have a concussion if you have these symptoms: Dizziness‚ headache or feeling pressure in the head‚ nausea‚ fatigue‚ slurred speech‚ temporary loss of consciousness‚ dizziness or seeing stars‚ appearing daze‚ amnesia surrounding the traumatic event‚ vomiting‚ delayed response to questions‚ confusion or feeling as if in a fog‚ and ringing in the ears. Go to see a doctor in one to two days if you or your child have experienced a head injury. A concussion is a temporary loss of consciousness
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field. In addition to obtaining a concussion‚ injured athletes should be required to sit out for longer periods of time to allow the brain to heal completely. Head injuries‚ such as concussions‚ are linked with permanent brain damage. While some may claim that concussions take up to a week to heal‚ approximately 10% of athletes require more than seven days to recover. Athletes that are injured would be removed from the game prematurely in fear of an additional concussion or other serious head trauma
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A concussion is when the brain bounces against the skull after someone’s head is hit or jolted. Massive swelling spreads through the brain and continues with symptoms such as dizziness‚ nausea‚ irritability to light and sound‚ and even blurred vision. People who have had a concussion in the past may find that it takes longer to recover from their current injury. A blow to the head more than one time has a higher risk for brain damage. No pharmacological treatment exists‚ but people may use pain
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Sports often lead to concussions‚ but what does returning to play with a concussion cost? Over 300‚000 sports related concussions occur each year in the United States;concussions can not be overlooked. They can be more serious than they are thought to be. Concussions have been found to be related to permanent brain damage. Athletes are often scared to go to a doctor in fear that they will not be able to play on the field. Although‚ this could cause more time sitting out. In the article " Heads
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was younger I remember kids getting concussions and head injuries. Every day millions of athletes get concussions. Every time you get a head injury‚ you are to a greater extent probable to another. So I believe that in every way that athletes should sit out longer if they have a concussion. Concussions Are very dangerous‚ and can lead to further injury. It is stated in article 1"The Center for Disease control estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States
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are 300‚000 sports related concussions that happen in the USA every year‚ according to article 1. The debate has been should players have to sit out longer to heal from concussions. Players should have to sit out longer because concussions can lead to long term injury‚ delayed reaction time and dizziness‚ and brain damage. Sitting out longer is a small price to pay for a child’s well being. Concussions can cause more damage if you don’t give them time to heal. Concussions can cause you to have slower
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A concussion‚ also known as a mild traumatic brain injury‚ results from a blow to the head (“NFL Head Injuries”). The concussion epidemic‚ an ever rising problem in sports today‚ has become very prominent‚ especially in the NFL. With the new research that has surfaced in the last couple years‚ the NFL has received grief for not doing enough about concussions and their risks after the fact. The NFL has not done enough on the topic of concussions considering the fact that the league still continues
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Codey Larsen The National Football League has a bigger problem on their hands that go beyond the gridiron. Concussions in football leads to greater health risks later in life‚ because of the trauma that is put towards the head area which leads to more serious head injuries. According to Simon Flynn‚ Andre Waters‚ who was a former player in the National Football League‚ and who died at age of only forty-four had a brain of an eighty-five-year-old. If more preventions were in place in football
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SECTION A. INTRODUCTION There has been a growing awareness about concussion injury in sport‚ particularly in the last decade. Ten years ago‚ it was estimated that upwards of “…300 000 sport-related concussions occur[ed] annually in the United States and account[ed] for 75% of all sport-related brain injuries” (Bloom et al.‚ 2008‚ p.295). Given the more educated understanding of concussion injury and its symptoms‚ coupled with the significant increase in international sport participation‚ this
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Concussion Problem Among N.F.L Players and the Effects Concussions in football players is a growing problem all the way from pee-wee league to the professionals in the National Football League. “A concussion causes temporary loss of brain function leading to cognitive‚ physical and emotional symptoms‚ such as confusion‚ vomiting‚ headache‚ nausea‚ depression‚ disturbed sleep‚ moodiness‚ and amnesia‚” written by Joseph Nordqvist (par. 2). Many N.F.L players experience the pain and terrible effects
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