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Where men might emphasize physical symptoms of a concussion (like headaches, neck pain, and nausea), women often see more cognitive and emotional ones like visual disturbances, difficulty ...
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning. [8] Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, difficulty with thinking and concentration, sleep disturbances, mood changes, a brief period of memory loss, brief loss of consciousness; problems with balance; nausea; blurred vision; and mood changes.
Some experts believe post-concussion symptoms are caused by structural damage to the brain or disruption of neurotransmitter systems, resulting from the impact that caused the concussion. [medical citation needed] Others believe that post-concussion symptoms are related to common psychological factors. Most common symptoms like headache ...
Concussion If you’ve recently had a head trauma, such as being rear-ended in a car accident (even a minor one), hitting your head during sports participation, or a fall, you may have a ...
Second-impact syndrome (SIS) occurs when the brain swells rapidly, and catastrophically, after a person has a second concussion before symptoms from an earlier one have subsided. This second blow may occur minutes, days, or weeks after an initial concussion, [1] and even the mildest grade of concussion can lead to second impact syndrome. [2]
When Joanna Whitelaw’s body ‘suddenly went numb’ and her vision blurred on a night out, she thought her drink had been spiked. Her diagnosis revealed something much worse
measure of the ICD-10 criteria for Post concussion syndrome The British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory (BC-PSI), is a 16 item self-report inventory designed to measure both the frequency, and intensity of the ICD-10 criteria for Post concussion syndrome , which is a common occurrence in cases of mild traumatic brain injury .
Four symptoms are considered no-gos, meaning that players who exhibit them are considered to have suffered a concussion and may not return to the game: Loss of consciousness, confusion, amnesia ...