In fact a former colleague's husband fell into that bucket. He was a breacher for the local PD, and too much of that (the compression wave bounces your brain around inside the skull) caused him to have all sorts of issues that took years to stabilize.
Additionally, it may be given as a precaution after a first concussion (car wreck, for example), even if that person is unlikely to be "banged on the head everyday"
I’m sorry, what? There are two ways I can interpret what you wrote. “Should pay” as in the people who play sports should buy their own concussion medicine. Which is okay I guess? But nobody talked about financing.
Which makes me think you mean “should pay” as in people who choose to partake in sports should suffer harm (as in pay the metaphorical “price”). Is that how you mean it? Because that sounds extremely cruel and twisted morality. There is nothing “should” about that. That makes it sound as if these people deserve the harm even if we could prevent it.
But no I definitely didn't mean the tail end. Sorry if you read that into it; I would never say that.
In that case I agree with you.
> Also, it is now known that, after a concussion, there is greater susceptibility to sustaining another concussion and that subsequent concussions occur with less force and take longer to resolve.
Source: Concussions and their consequences: current diagnosis, management and prevention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735746/
That paper cites this paper (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/19766...) which seems to suggest it has more to do with post-injury neuronal vulnerability.
> Our study suggests that players with a history of previous concussions are more likely to have future concussive injuries than those with no history; 1 in 15 players with a concussion may have additional concussions in the same playing season; and previous concussions may be associated with slower recovery of neurological function.
> Additionally, our study suggests that a history of concussion is associated with prolonged recovery following subsequent concussions. The increased risk of future injury, as well as slower recovery, may be indicative of increased neuronal vulnerability following recurrent concussive injuries.
Usually there’s net gain from those activities, and what sport one practices vastly depends on preference and I’d rather encourage people to get hit in the head in controlled environment versus growing roots in the chair.
As a fan of practicing fighting sports I find such drug a great addition to all the other protection amateur can have.
Lolwut. Anybody who could believe that has never been a swimmer. Of course aspirating drops of pool water, and the chlorinated air lingering above pools, is going to be a lung problem. Why in the world would anybody with preexisting respiratory issues gravitate towards swimming? That's ludicrous.
> The traditional explanation for this higher prevalence rate is one of selection bias. The suggestion that swimming is a more suitable activity compared to both cycling and running in asthmatics5 is not surprising. For example, the hydrostatic compression effect of water can reduce the effort required to generate expiratory flow,
Dumbest thing I've ever read.
Also, there are ways to run and weight lift (mostly just doing overdo it) that result in zero or near zero damage, whereas there are no ways to have your brain impact your skull with zero damage.
Since then I've had several minor ones, but as stated elsewhere, you become more easily susceptible to the effects of a concussion from even relatively small impacts after a big one. The others include helping someone move something in their garage and hitting my head on a ceiling mounted HVAC unit, stepping out of the shower (I've got terrible eyesight) and hitting the top of the door frame, those sorts of things.
You could have those happen and be fine but it seems because they happened after the bigger concussion, I'll have symptoms again, especially sensitivity to low refresh rate screens or PWM.
I try to avoid it, but I'm not going to avoid living my life. And I'm not going to stop being tall.
So if medicine can help protect my brain, I'm interested in it.
I would be very cautious after a concussion. I had one in one month (odd to pass out and not fall down) then another the following month (slip and fall) then became disabled for about a year.
I’ve read that supplementing with high dose creatine and exercise can help post concussion or with migraines which I regularly get now.