Concussions and Repercussions Concussions‚ they are the most common injury not only in sports but also in everyday life. Concussions affect any gender‚ size‚ and age‚ and the severity has no age limit‚ it will affect anyone no matter how they obtain the injury. Concussions are found mostly in today’s youth who play organized sports. Concussions are crippling the minds of our youth in today’s society because of all of the contact sports they are associated in. The goal of this paper is to show information
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What do you think when you hear the word “concussion”? I’m sure you think‚ like most people do‚ about a football player getting a head injury in the game. That’s what I used to think about concussions‚ until I got one‚ and trust me it was not from a football game. I just finished up my first semester as a freshman at Kutztown University and I was home for winter break. I was in the car with my best friend pulling up to an intersection at a red light. It was three days after Christmas‚ so it was
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The Nervous System: Head Trauma Head trauma is an injury to the head that may or may not be brain related. The injury can me mild or very severe depending on the cause‚ head injuries can be causes from a wide variety of accidents or incidents. You can have head trauma from automobile accidents‚ slips and falls‚ sport accidents‚ violent shaking to the head/body (common with babies or small children) assaults or fights‚ and gunshot injury to the head. Head or brain can be damaged directly by things
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concussions are very serious‚ they could be at risk of getting another concussion once they go back out to play and they could get long term damage in the process of getting a second one. Even though they are sitting out for long periods of time‚ the brain injury might not go away completely. In article 3‚ it states that one concussion can linger for 30 years or longer in a single person’s life. However‚ in article 1 they state that 10% of athletes take more than 7 days to recover. If an athlete doesn’t sit
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Concussions are very dangerous and some people don’t take them seriously. A concussion is one of the most common types of brain injuries. Concussions can cause a variety of physical‚ mental‚ and behavioral problems. A concussion occurs when the head is hit by an object or a moving object strikes the head. A concussion usually has to do with some kind of sports injury but can come from anything causing the head to get hit. A concussion can cause serious side effects such as brain damage‚ memory
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inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI)‚ whiplash syndrome‚ and lastly‚ shaken impact syndrome. Regardless of which name is used to refer to it‚ shaken baby syndrome is one hundred percent avoidable. A British pediatric neurosurgeon Norman Guthkelch‚ was credited with developing the medical theory in 1971 that laid the ground work for what later would became known as shaken baby syndrome (Alonzo). According to the Center for Disease Control’s traumatic brain injury website‚ “Heads up: Prevent
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even if they are advanced in either sport. Helmets protect you from major injuries and some can cause death or you might have to go in intensive care at the hospital. Most helmets are bright colored or have reflectors on the back so you can see the riders. Police and other people believe that everyone should wear a helmet while riding a bike‚ skateboard‚ or inline skating. Helmets protect your head from getting severe injuries such as concussion and brain damage. Most kids or adults without a helmet
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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 reaction
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Shaken baby syndrome refers to a form of maltreatment in which shaking an infant or toddler can cause brain damage‚ paralysis‚ or death (1). If infants are lucky enough to survive this type of abuse‚ the lasting effects of the head and brain injuries can cause the child to never be able to function at a normal level (2). Unfortunately‚ the most heartbreaking fact of shaken baby syndrome is that it most typically occurs to children under the age of 2‚ but more so happens during early infancy
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken baby syndrome is a type of abusive head trauma. It is a set of severe brain and eye injuries that occur when a young child is shaken vigorously or suffers blunt impact. The condition can lead to: • Bleeding between the brain and skull (subdural hematoma). • Brain damage. • Mental disability. • Loss of movement in the arms‚ legs‚ or other parts of the body. • Uncontrollable shaking (convulsions or seizures). • Vision impairment and blindness. • Slowed mental
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