mental wounds? The United States sends thousands of military men and women overseas into battle‚ returning them home with not only physical wounds but mental wounds as well. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ often known as combat stress‚ is an anxiety disorder which happens after being exposed to a traumatic life event. ("Make the connection‚") Being sent into battle where bombs are set off at random and guns’ being fired toward a soldier’s direction is a great environment to obtain PTSD
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disease that affects the brain such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as “CTE” my group discovered that both of these harmful head injuries have killed hundreds of athletes throughout sports and even just a simple fall or slip hitting the head that was not sports related but that’s not all our group researched‚ my colleagues have also researched and found about theses harmful head injuries and the statistics have also come to show that these head injuries are not always spotted when
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Winters ENG-120J 7 September 2013 Concussions: Creating Awareness for Sports-Related Brain Injuries The National Football League is one of the biggest organizations in the United States. The injury rate in football is overwhelming‚ so overwhelming there are already studies out saying football might lead to suicide. Injuries are quite the stat in today’s sports world but the scariest numbers of them all are head injuries. People don’t realize how big of a dilemma it is and even most youth coaches cannot
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in sports? The head injury can cause a lot of effects like short term memory‚ memory loss and maybe discomfort. Head injury is common in contact sports like football‚ basketball‚ baseball etc... Concussions are not fun for anyone‚ especially if you have to sit out for the recovery process. “The international journal‚ Brain‚ published a study showing evidence of an increased risk of brain injury among athletes‚ who absorbed repeated hits to the head. The study‚ including brain samples taken posthumously
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Concussions in football A traumatic brain injury (TBI) also known as a concussion is a serious health problem to athletes‚ especially to football players. The brain controls the body and gives a person personality and defines every aspect of his or her life. A brain injury can disrupt a person’s life in an instance and like broken bones or bruises; TBI can limit or prevent normal body functions. A brain injury‚ unlike common injuries can damage mental abilities to include memory and speech
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and competition comes a lot of injuries and accidents. The game that has the most serious injuries and is the most dangerous is football. The classic game of American football must be banned from scholastic sports leagues because it causes many types of serious injuries that have detrimental effects on the lives of students both now and in the future. With a sport as physically demanding as football there is always a high risk of injury. One of the most serious injuries sustained by athletes in this
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chances of recovery from traumatic brain injury? Wednesday‚ 13 July 2011 Answered by: Dr Rajas Deshpande M.D. (Medicine)‚ D.M. (Neurology) Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis (UWO Canada) Fellowship in Movement Disorders (UWO Canada) Consultant Neurologist Q. My 41 years old relative had traumatic brain injury due to an accident last month. Since then he is in the vegetative state. MRI indicates acute infarction in bilateral superior cerebellum and diffuse axonal injury. His present status:
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quite‚ but close; concussions are proving to be the most common and dangerous injury in sports and in everyday life. Not long ago concussion weren’t thought to be as dangerous as they are now. However now‚ doctors and athletes that have or are dealing with this situation are learning that these injuries are a lot more dangerous than they seem. I happen to be one of the athletes that are sitting out for the season for an injury no one can see. Sure it’s scary‚ but informing other people about how dangerous
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Concussions have consumed the minds of millions of young athletes in our world today. This injury has gone frequently undetected for a substantial amount of time‚ especially in high school sports. The time table for return with this injury is foggy as it could consist of weeks‚ months‚ and even in some cases years. Concussions in sports has been a widespread problem for athletes for many years‚ the damage they can do can be life threatening. 3‚800‚000 concussions were reported in 2012 regarding sports
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cognitive functions that the brain performs on a daily basis. People can survive with traumatic brain injuries or strokes and still function to a point. The brain is an amazing organ that can be resilient and bounce back from brain injuries due to an accident or stroke‚ depending on which areas of the brain are affected. If certain areas of the brain are affected then the person could lose the ability to see‚ speak‚ remember‚ function‚ or even die. A person’s brain continues to change and develop
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