Most football players wont even realize when they have concussions. When a football player experiences a concussion they experience a temporary, trauma- induced an alteration in mental status (Tyler and Nelson 1). Also the player will hear a “bell-ringing” noise, which can cause lasting physical and mental injury, or even result in death (1). According to Tyler and Nelson, “Studies released by the American Academy of Neurology and the National Brain Injury Association indicate that 10% of college and 20% of high school football players receive brain injuries in any given season” (1). Many f these concussions are temporary, but if a player receives their first concussion are four times more likely to receive a second than someone who has never had one (1).
Young football players who love the game of football and have NFL dreams, are getting cut short by injuries in high school. Most players who do have a brain disease they have C.T.E (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) Researchers found that college football players get injured more often than high school players, but high school athletes are more likely to end up severely injured. Based on almost 1,900 injury reports submitted to the RIO, the researcher’s estimate there were 517,726 football related injuries during the 2005-2006 season at the high school level across the United States. Some say football is safe to play at a young age, but in reality it’s not. Children under the age of 14 are mostly reckless and competitive so when you have them play football even the pros get hurt.
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) occur when an external force causes brain dysfunction. A mild TBI can be a concussion that is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head that change the way brain works. It can cause a loss of consciousness for a few seconds to minutes or the person may seem dazed and confused. A change in mental status at the time of the injury or loss of consciousness is the reason a diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury is made (Brain Injury Alliance Utah). Most people recover from mild TBIs quickly and fully (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).
The possible causes of a TBI are: * Road Traffic Collisions - Falls & Slips * Domestic Accidents - Assault & Violence * Work Accidents - Sports Accidents Internally is commonly known as an acquired brain injury which has resulted from a medical issue arising thus causing an acquired brain injury (ABI) And these are normally issues that are direct to the brain and are the initial injury to the brain. The possible causes of an ABI are: * Stroke - Brain Tumour * Encephalitis - Hydrocephalus * Haemorrhage - Aneurysm * Hypoxic & Anoxic - Abscess Here are some examples of how some of these ABI’s can occur: * If an
Concussion can usually be treated at a hospital or doctor's office right a way however some patients may have to stay overnight or in trauma cases there may be bleeding inside the skull. Concussion recover depends on many things such as age, where the blow to the head was,how hard the head was hit, and how healthy the person was before the hit. The concern with football players is the constant blows to the head that sometimes create concussion and multiple concussions with a person is showing long term effects such as difficulty with concentration and memory and sometimes physical coordination. A study of American high school and college players confirmed 94 catastrophic head injuries in a 13 year period, 71 percents of the high school cases had had a concussion in the same season with 39 percent playing with residual
For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying 10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study above According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying This is one reason, one out of many on why you should not bully. These people are depressed and from personal experience you are always down and you do not care about anything. Some people don’t care about other people’s feelings.
TBI or concussions can cause long-term or short-term brain damage among a long list of effects. It is dangerous but the effects can be cured or altered by early detection. TBI or traumatic brain injury being synonymous with concussion is a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts brain function. There have been many different, yet the same, definitions of concussion over the years, decades and even centuries. The Oxford English Dictionary defines concussion as the action of violently shaking or agitating; particularly, the shock of impact or injury caused to the brain, spine, or other part by the shock of a heavy blow, fall, etc.
Some of those reasons being the crime rates, the costs of what could happen, and injuries. Firearm injuries have killed more than 28,000 Americans each year since 1972 (Ruben). In 2007, thirty-one thousand two hundred twenty four Americans died due to homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings. Accidental shootings happen quite often. In 2007, around seventy thousand Americans were hospitalized due to accidental shootings.
Why or why not? “According to the CDC, as many as 20,000 new spinal cord injuries occur annually. Depending on the year, up to 10% of spine injuries occur in pediatric patients. Spinal cord-injured patients face lifetimes of increased medical costs that can be as high as $30,000 a year. When these injuries occur in children who have many years to live, the lifetime costs for a single patient can exceed $3 million” (Collopy, Kivlehan & Snyder, 2012, p. 56).
Primary Literature Assignment Physical Activity in Young Adults and Incident Hypertension Over 15 Years of Follow-Up: The CARDIA Study About 65 million adults in the US suffer from high blood pressure 1. Hypertension is a complicated disease that is caused by genetics and numerous lifestyle factors. Physical inactivity is one factor that is likely to cause a person to get hypertension 2-4. Although an adult of middle age or older have higher chances of developing hypertension, researchers are worried there might be a correlation between inactive young adults and hypertension as well. Therefore, a study on young adults is extremely important due to the many changes that a young adult goes through, such as, physical activity, weight, and many other factors linked with high blood pressure.