Effects of Concussions
“Traumatic brain injury is a public health epidemic,” says Doctor James Kelly of Northwestern Memorial Hospital of Chicago. In the United States alone, nearly 300,000 amateur athletes and over one million people overall suffer from concussions each year (Jones). Despite this overwhelming number of cases, the general public is more often than not clueless about what a concussion actually is. As a matter of fact the general public would be utterly shocked by these unbelievable results. According to resent studies there is a greater number of diagnosed concussions each year, than the total amount of newly diagnosed cases of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease combined (Jones). Concussions are a very dangerous and even deadly injury, due to the fact that they are a traumatic brain injury. A severe blow to the head is the cause of a traumatic brain injury, creating a potential danger of irreversible brain damage. In medical terms, a concussion is due to an impact to the head that creates sudden movement of the brain within the skull. Structural brain damage is very mild or unseen if proper treatment and diagnosis is taken (Mayo Clinic). The most important key to a successful recovery is recognizin
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