Concussions have turned into a big problem in major sports and it has caused parents to rethink if their child should play an contact sport like football. A concussion is when there is an severe blow to your head that causes confusion and other symptoms like headaches. Many people believe that children under a certain age shouldn’t be aloud to play contact sports like football. Others believe that parents and young children should be educated on concussions and how to ensure the safety of their kid
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DAY 1 MORNING Left Cagayan de Oro at 1:30 am for a long trip to Dakak via the Fantasy Land Bus. The first stop was at COTTA in Ozamis City. Cotta is also called earlier as the Triunfo‚ a stone fort built along the shores of Panguil Bay more than two centuries ago. The next stop was Robert Eatery and Travellers’ Inn where we took our breakfast. We arrived Dapitan City and went directly to Punto del Desembarko de Rizal‚ Barangay Sta. Cruz‚ where Rizal disembarked from the steamer “Cebu” when he
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Football Concussion Effects and Prevention Jessica L. Neuman Department of Kinesiology Texas Christian University References Harmon‚ K. G.‚ Putukian‚ M.‚ Pana‚ A.‚ Kutcher‚ J. S.‚ Herring‚ S. A.‚ Halstead‚ M.‚ et al. (2012). American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement: concussion in sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine‚ 47(1)‚ 15-26. The main goal of this article is to provide knowledge to those who are in position to treat sports concussions‚ with the appropriate most
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Cranial Nerve Palsy: with an Emphasis on Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Cranial Nerve Palsy With an Emphasis on Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy I. What are Cranial Nerves? * Cranial nerves are nerves that come directly from the brain stem in contrast to spinal nerves which come from segments of the spinal cord. * There are twelve Cranial nerves in humans that fit this description. * They mainly serve the motor and sensory systems of the head and neck region; except for the tenth
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out cold. These jarring hits are common in the NFL‚ but most people don’t understand the consequences of them. Later on in life‚ football players that received head trauma experienced side effects later on‚ like CTE. CTE‚ or chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ is a neurodegenerative disease that can cause aggression‚ depression‚ disorientation‚ and lead to suicide. But it can only be diagnosed after death. We need to learn more about concussions in football‚ and how they relate to CTE‚ to help save
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Millions of families sit down together on Sunday nights and enjoy watching an NFL game and rooting for their favorite team. But‚ with major athletes such as LeBron James and Brett Favre coming forth and talking about the dangers of football‚ the NFL is starting to get a bad reputation. This issue not only affects the players and families‚ but communities and other profit-making companies as well. As the risks of playing football have been magnified in the media recently‚ it is important to look at
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Concussions in the NFL has been a very controversial topic the last decade in the sports world. The strongest research to this date is going towards brain injuries in football. The NFL and the NFLPA (National Football players association) have been in constant contact about trying to make an agreement. The constant back and forth attacks have created uproar. Many former players have started to reach back to the NFL about their post playing career issues. Many people also think that the idea of concussions
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force move the brain inside your head‚ or to get a concussion. A average football hit is 100 g’s‚ this proving many many hits in football are considered concussion worthy. Possibly the worst life threatening of them all‚ CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) has been a recent discovery in not just football but with all things that give a person constant blows to the head. “Research conducted on almost 100 deceased NFL players revealed that over 95 percent of them tested positive for the degenerative
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days after the onset of coughing. Once treatment begins with the appropriate antibiotic‚ the contagious/infectious period shortens to 5 days. Serious complications of whooping cough include pneumonia‚ seizures‚ middle ear infection‚ dehydration‚ encephalopathy and/or brain damage‚ and death. Whooping cough is a communicable disease. Due to the nature of whooping cough being highly contagious‚ an outbreak of the disease can be serious and affect a large amount of people in a
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Mr. Grey age 70‚ is accompanied by his wife who stated that for the past 10-12 months she has noticed that her husband has been experiencing forgetfulness‚ personality changes; and some memory loss‚ for example‚ inability to recognize familiar faces‚ places‚ or objects. Further‚ she stated that he continuously repeats the same stories‚ having forgotten that he has already told them. 1. What is the most likely diagnosis? - A probable diagnosis could be dementia base on patient’s history
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