however they can only do so much to protect you. If a player is constantly taking blows to the head the chances of getting a concussion increase. Players can be affected by these hits even after they have stopped playing the game. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a disease that may occur up to ten years after someone stops playing the sport. IV. Body: I. First Main Point: Concussions A. “The human brain‚ although encased by a heavy-duty cranium‚ isn ’t designed for football.” Helmets
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Researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that 87 out of 91 deceased former NFL football players showed signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A concussion is an injury that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. Your brain is surrounded by spinal fluid to cushion it from your hard skull. If you are hit hard your brain may hit your skull and become injured. There may be no visible signs of a concussion at all. The symptoms of a concussion vary from each person. Some may
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Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/providers/return_to_activities.html Healthcare Bluebook. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.healthcarebluebook.com/page _Default.aspx Hobson‚ E.V.‚ Craven‚ I.‚ & Blank‚ S.C. (2012). Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A truly treatable neurologic illness. Peritoneal Dialysis International‚ 32‚ 590-594. Mayo Clinic. (2016). Concussion. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/basics/definition/con-20019272 Mayo Clinic
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contact with the person. 2 KINDS OF DISEASES Communicable Diseases Non-Communicable Diseases a disease that can be communicated from one person to another is a medical condition or disease‚ which by definition is non-infectious and non-transmissible among people. NCDs may be chronic diseases of long duration and slow progression‚ or they may result in more rapid death such as some types of sudden stroke. WHAT ARE THE COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES? Cold All forms of hepatitis
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When you think Swine Flu‚ you automatically think‚ “Okay‚ this is going to be something that has to do with pigs.” Well‚ you’re right‚ it does have to do with pigs‚ but it is a transmissible disease that affects not only the pigs‚ but us as well. In 1918‚ there was a flu pandemic. A pandemic is an infectious transmissible disease that has spread throughout the human populations. While this huge flu outbreak was going on‚ scientist had also noticed how the pigs were sick as well. They put two and
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may report personality changes‚ depressed mentation * May exhibit: Changes in mentation‚ confusion‚ hallucinations‚ coma * Slowed/slurred speech * Asterixis (involuntary jerking movements of hands/tongue/feet associated with hepatic encephalopathy) PAIN/DISCOMFORT * May report: Abdominal tenderness/RUQ pain * Severe itching * Pins/needles sensation‚ burning pain in extremities (peripheral neuropathy) * May exhibit: Guarding/distraction behaviors * Self-focus RESPIRATION
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reduced attention span‚ headaches‚ frustration‚ mood swings and personality changes. Many studies affirm that concussions increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease‚ depression‚ anterograde amnesia‚ dementia‚ ALS and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) (Ciccarelli 282-283). The three types of concussions include mild‚ moderate‚ and severe and can last anywhere between a few minutes to hours. Because the loss of consciousness is less common and the results are mostly internal‚ some football
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McCance and Huether (2014) defined Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) as a continuum of physiologic derangements characterized by dynamic alterations of two or more organs’ function in a state of critical illness. As the name indicates‚ MODS is a syndrome and not a specific health condition since it involves various organs. In the past‚ “multiple organ failure” was the term used to describe the condition until it became apparent that it was misleading since normal physiological function of
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the erratic behavior‚ they turned to the NFL for help. At the time‚ the NFL did not have any studies being conducted‚ or any assistance to offer the players or their families. They then turned to the Center for the study of traumatic encephalopathy (CSTE). Currently the CSTE can only examine the brains of dead athletes with informed consent. Concussions are considered to be invisible injuries‚ since they are not detected on MRI‚ or CT scan. They are unable to reveal the extent
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Chapter Outline – Chapter 8 – Environmental Health and Toxicology I. Risk‚ Probability‚ and Hazards Risks and hazards—some avoidable‚ some not—compromise everyday life. A. A risk is a measure of your likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard. 1. Such a hazard may cause injury‚ disease‚ economic loss‚ or environmental damage. 2. Risk assessment is projected as a probability: a mathematical statement about how likely it is that harm will result from a hazard. It gives the
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