[ConservativeMind]

If these conditions are described of someone with a likely concussion at 14 days, then prepare them for a longer recovery.

Otherwise, you can tell them it will pass soon!

[ConservativeMind]

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[momtothree]

“... you can tell them it will pass soon...”

May I add this: concussions aren’t seen as individual incidents. One concussion and you can be fine. However, if you get another concussion... the two are added together in terms of issues relating to the head injury especially if those head injuries happen more closely together in terms of time.

[logi_cal869]

To me, this article highlights the pathetic state of medical science, particularly in the digital age. Of course, it bookends upon a broken medical treatment system, so it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s taken decades to arrive at this established conclusion, let alone how long it took to understand the dangers of double concussions (NFL, etc.).

It will probably take decades longer to establish what I already know about concussions which is in no medical literature anywhere. A hint:

I was told that if my concussion symptoms didn’t abate in 6-8 months, they would be permanent. In one respect, they were correct: The symptoms persisted for over 5 years.

In another respect, they were egregiously wrong: I reversed the primary symptoms almost overnight and undertook what, in hindsight, has now been a >5-year healing process with improvement every year, something which I was told was impossible.

All from a rear-ender accident at 5mph.

Until someone takes charge to change ‘medicine’ and medical research in this country, you & I will continue to be the suffering guinea pigs who, unfortunately, also have to pay for this broken system.

[Roccus]

Was in a wreck a year ago Christmas. Took a hell of a shot with back end of my PU hitting flush with a retaining wall hard enough that my seat broke and frame well bent...totalled. Not sure if I was knocked unconscious or not. Took me a while to remember where I was and where and why I was going. EMS checked my iris function and hospital x-ray showed nothing broken so I was shown the door.
Confusion became very common for a couple of months. Ability to concentrate is still not where it was before.
If it matters, I was 76 at the time.

[iceskater]

5 years ago last week I was in bad accident. Put into a PIT maneuver at 70 mph (the speed limit). Then hit a second time by the same person which caused my car to fly up in the air and roll. Landed on the wheels (thank you Subaru). So my brains were sloshing around at 70+ MPH along two different axes. I’m still dealing with concussion issues. Some things are better; others not so much. I was 59 at the time of the accident.

After that experience, I understand a bit of what it must feel like to have Alzheimer’s.