Contents:
- Medical Video: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury
- Is that a concussion?
- What causes concussion?
- What are the features and symptoms of concussion?
- Take it to the doctor immediately!
Medical Video: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury
Concussion usually occurs in children, but even adults can experience concussions for various reasons. This can be cured, but the condition of your brain may not be the same as before. To avoid concussion, you should protect your head well, especially when riding a motorcycle, cycling or exercising. What are the most common symptoms of concussion? Consider the following information first.
Is that a concussion?
Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that can affect the functioning of your brain. The impact is usually only temporary, such as headaches, problems with concentration, memory, balance, and coordination.
Concussion does not always result in fainting or loss of consciousness. Some people may experience fainting, forget about what happened before he experienced a concussion, or confusion. But, some others may not experience this.
The recovery time after you experience a concussion will be different for each person. Some people recover within a few hours, some may take longer, it may take several weeks to recover. With enough rest, many people can really recover from concussion.
What causes concussion?
The brain is a soft organ surrounded by brain fluids and protected by hard skull bones. This fluid around your brain serves as a cushion to protect the brain from the collision of the skull and from the outside. However, when your head is hit with a very hard hit, your brain can hit your skull resulting in injury.
Many reasons can be the cause of concussion. Concussion can be caused by a hard blow to the head or body, a fall, an accident while riding a motor vehicle, sports (especially high risk, such as soccer, rugby, and boxing), or other injuries that can vibrate your brain and skull. The most common cause of concussion in adults is a fall and a motorcycle accident.
What are the features and symptoms of concussion?
Many cases of concussion occur in children and adolescents, between the ages of 5-14 years. This is usually caused by exercise and falling while playing, like playing a bicycle. However, concussions in children may be more difficult to recognize because they cannot describe how they feel.
Some signs of children who experience concussions are:
- Confusion
- Easily tired
- More fussy or irritable
- Losing balance and easily wobbling when walking
- Cry often
- Diet and sleep patterns change
- Lack of enthusiasm when doing activities, playing for example
Whereas, the signs and symptoms of concussion that appear in adults are:
- Headache
- Feel head like pressed
- Missing momentary awareness
- Confusion
- Amnesia or forgetting about what happened to him before
- Ring in the ear
- Nausea and vomiting
- Fatigue
- Long time in answering questions
If you experience a hard impact on your head and after that you feel the signs and symptoms as above, you should immediately consult your doctor for further treatment.
Take it to the doctor immediately!
Although including mild brain injuries, concussions can cause more serious problems. Repeated concussions or severe concussions can cause long-term problems, such as problems with movement, learning, or speaking.
You need to remember that after you experience a concussion, the brain is more sensitive to all damage. So, if you experience a concussion, you should immediately consult yourself and take medication from the doctor until it is completely restored, and avoid activities that can endanger your brain.
