Concussions have always been around, though undiagnosed until recently. They have caused much damage to the human brain. One could receive a concussion through sports, falls, rapid motions, head wounds, and even car accidents. Even children could easily receive concussions when they fall while playing. Over one million people suffer from traumatic brain injuries every year. One hard blow to the head could cause a concussion, however, many people do not realize that even repeatedly getting hit in a minor form can cause one also. A single hit is enough to cause damage for a lifetime, or even cause an individual to lose their life. Concussions have many symptoms. These consist of headaches or pressure in the head, vomiting, dizziness, blurry vision, sensitive to light and noise, sluggish feeling, struggling to pay attention, confusion, excessive fatigue, abnormal sleepiness, constant ringing in the ears, nausea, lack of coordination, and memory problems. One could have all of these symptoms to only one or two. If someone experiences these symptoms right after receiving a hit to their head, or a couple days later, they need to find medical help as soon as possible, otherwise the symptoms could prove to be fatal to the individual’s life. It is important to study concussions because about 50% of concussions go undiagnosed. Most people who receive a concussion do not want to get treated for it, especially if the individual is an athlete. They feel that they may lose their place in their competitive sport, their performance level may decrease, or they may be looked upon as weak or not strong enough to handle such “minor” symptoms. They do not realize how important it is to diagnose and treat a concussion as soon as possible. Most of these people happen to be teenage males, whose brains have not completely developed yet. This quality of teenage brains causes the risk-taking mentality to take birth and interfere with everyday normal activities which are usually handled well by adults. Most of these teenage males feel that it is safe to say that they can “tough it up”, when they clearly cannot. Since some of these teenage males, or anybody in particular, may have been sitting among us in the classroom as we were researching concussions, it is important for them to obtain knowledge about concussions and pass it on to other athletes. One person may be enough to save a life that could easily be lost due to concussions. Concussions need to be considered as something very important; more than just a simple test athletes need to take. This is one reason why it is important to study this topic. People also need to be taught the symptoms, causes, treatments, and other crucial information about concussions. This knowledge may be something they don’t have, and therefore they cannot help themselves or anyone else when they are confronted with a situation associated with concussions. If someone knows what the symptoms of a concussion are, and the individual has just received a hit to their head, they can get the medical help they need and make sure the damage done is taken care of. However, if the person does not even know that a medical problem such as a concussion exists, they will continue to think that the cause of their headache may just be a simple hit, and that the pain will soon pass. They do not realize that they may become the one soon to pass away. This is another reason why it is important to educate ourselves and others about concussions. My group researched the Notre Dame Concussion Research Project.
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The Notre Dame group has pioneered discoveries in the head and other body parts. The research that the Notre Dame group conducted represents upcoming treatments that they have researched and discovered for various different neurological diseases. One specific brain damage problem that the researchers have been working on is TBI or Traumatic Brain Injury. The researchers have been analyzing how to help patients recover after any TBI. The Notre Dame researchers wanted to come up with compound that would save the brain cells soon after a traumatic brain injury. The compound the researchers discovered is called “SB-3CT”.
The Notre Dame group has pioneered discoveries in the head and other body parts. The research that the Notre Dame group conducted represents upcoming treatments that they have researched and discovered for various different neurological diseases. One specific brain damage problem that the researchers have been working on is TBI or Traumatic Brain Injury. The researchers have been analyzing how to help patients recover after any TBI. The Notre Dame researchers wanted to come up with compound that would save the brain cells soon after a traumatic brain injury. The compound the researchers discovered is called “SB-3CT”.