sports can cause lifelong health problems if the head injuries happening aren’t properly treated. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that attacks the spinal cord and progresses in damage over a five year period until the average person loses their life. ALS is caused by repeated head trauma that catches up to the body later on causing it to lose it’s voluntary movements such as movement in the legs‚ arms‚ and face. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) is also caused by repeated head
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particular event of time. The amnesia might involve a total loss of memory about the event or period‚ or might leave a person with fuzzy memories of events that happened before an illness or injury. Amnesia might keep the person only from retrieving old memories of events that happened before an illness or injury and keep the person from storing new memories of events that happened afterward. It is not a normal forgetfulness for example: if a student cannot recall where a notebook was left‚ that
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body‚ in particular the brain‚ it only makes sense that we use the latest technology to help prevent as much damage as we can. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ a concussion is not a bruise to the brain caused by hitting a hard surface. No physical swelling or bleeding is usually seen on radiological scans. The injury generally occurs when the head either accelerates rapidly and then is stopped‚ or is spun rapidly. This violent shaking causes the brain cells to become depolarized
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those they are trying to learning to treat. Speech Language Pathology greatly deals with Traumatic Brain Injury patients and their physical rehabilitation. Cathy Crimmins‚ author/caregiver/wife to Alan Forman‚ best chronicles her journey in her book‚ “Where Is the Mango Princess”‚ and brings to light in a very humorous fashion the trials and tribulations that come with the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients. It all starts with a winning raffle ticket to a very bad vacation trip
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has taken over popular culture. At first glance‚ boxing can easily be seen as violent and even inhumane. Benny Paret’s death illustrates a fatal boxing match in which he was fighting against Emile Griffith. Suffering from a massive hemorrhage to the brain‚ Paret went into a coma and died 10 days after the fight (Cousins). This was not the first‚ and definitely not the last‚ unfortunate incident in the ring. This kind of sport should not exist in the 21st century‚ for it encourages violence and harm
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game of lifetime‚ but at what cost? The football helmet is associated with strength and toughness‚ and so are the men who wear them. The helmet is not there to protect strength and toughness; it is there to protect something much more fragile- the brain. Can the technology of the helmets keep up with each generation of bigger‚ faster‚ and harder hitting players and prevent concussions? A football helmet has long been time iconic symbol and cultural artifact. American football can be traced back to
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field‚ Ray played through injuries and concussions until the threat of paralysis forced him to retire. Due to the repetitive trauma inflicted on Easterling’s brain he suffered from insomnia which led to depression. After retiring he also displayed uncharacteristic behavior such as lack of organization‚ fits of anger‚ and episodes of dementia. Mary Ann Easterling recognized that the erratic behavior displayed by her husband correlated with the symptoms of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)‚ a disease
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activity. While sports can be very enjoyable‚ stress revealing‚ competitive‚ and a great way to stay physically fit; they also pose the threat of injury. One of the more common injuries in sports mostly in contact sports is concussions. Over the past few years concussions have become more serious because of the new evidence we have on how it affects our brain and how they affect our future. Topics I will be covering in my paper will be what concussions are‚ symptoms‚ causes‚ and cures. I will also cover
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problem was 2013 Sue Crowley Content • • • • • • • • • Head Trauma Facial Trauma Intracranial hemorrhage Intercranial pressure Stroke Ruptured aneurysms Hydrocephalus Brain tumours Multiple sclerosis 2013 Sue Crowley The Canadian CT Head Rule head rule • will permit physicians to standardize care of patients with head injuries and to be much more selective in the use of computed tomography without jeopardizing patient care. • http://www.ohri.ca/emerg/cdr/docs/c 2013 Sue Crowley dr_cthead_poster
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1.1 An Acquired Brain Injury is any sudden damage to the brain received during a person’s lifetime and not as a result of birth trauma. Acquired brain injury is referred to as the hidden disability because its long term problems are often in the areas of thinking and behaviour and are not as easy to see and recognise as many physical disabilities. 1.2 •A traumatic injury such as a road traffic accident‚ a fall‚ an assault or a sporting injury •Stroke •Brain tumour •Haemorrhage
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