Study: Concussions Not Taken Seriously Enough | Medical News and Health Information
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Despite prominence in the press about concussions because of serious football and hockey injuries and skiing deaths, researchers believe we still may not be taking this common head injury seriously enough.
DeMatteo said using the term “mild traumatic brain injury” instead of “concussion” would help people to better understand what they are dealing with so that they can make decisions accordingly. Particularly, as there are no universally accepted guidelines for using the concussion diagnosis in children, she said that using more specific descriptors of brain injury should lead to more precise and informative terminology for use in both clinical and research settings.
I do believe we need to take this much more seriously, don’t you?
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