Sentences with phrase «effect of injury symptoms»

For some injury sufferers, it can be difficult to determine cause and effect of injury symptoms to the neck and back if they don't surface until days after an accident.

Not exact matches

The high percentage of athletes reporting that they continued to play despite experiencing concussion symptoms, while similar to the rates reported in other studies, is concerning, as the failure to diagnose concussions in athletes can lead to further damage to the brain before full recovery, expose them to the cumulative effects of injuries and increased risk of second impact syndrome.

Ohio's Return - to - Play Law, put into effect in April 2013, requires youth sports coaches and referees to complete concussion prevention training to learn how to recognize the symptoms of concussions and head injuries.

The biggest risk of a sports - related head injury may not be the immediate headache or loss of consciousness, but the prolonged effects and symptoms that can show up for months and even years later.

Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.

Other side effects may include aggression, altered serum creatinine levels, anorexia, anxiety, burping, confusion, constipation, depression, drowsiness, elevated liver enzymes, fainting, fever, headaches, heat intolerance, increased cortisol or insulin levels, increased symptoms of deep vein thrombosis, jaundice, lightheadedness, liver injury, mania, metabolic acidosis, myopathy (muscle disease), rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown), seizures, skin rashes, vomiting, worsening sleep problems, yellowing of the skin irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) and pigmented purpuric dermatosis [3,6].

The scary part of this effect is that because of this «in shock» state is that even when you could possibly have a concussion or serious brain or head injury, it can feel like you are fine and have no symptoms.

The longer the effects of your injury last and the more severe the symptoms, the more compensation you are likely entitled to.

In the end, the judge found that; as her injuries were, based on probability, a direct result of the accident, and that the effects were likely to be permanent, that «the whirlpool of symptoms caused by the Accident has substantially and detrimentally affected the quality and enjoyment of Ms. Gabor's life and the lives of those she loves [576]».

Thus, it is important for both brain injury victims and their families to be aware of the symptoms of depression so that victims can get the help that they need to overcome depression and avoid the serious side effects.

Sometimes, injuries can have a delayed effect or a late onset of symptoms depending on the type of injury sustained.

The short - term and immediate effects of brain injury can include symptoms such as loss of consciousness, bleeding swelling of the cranium and brain, concussion, coma and seizure.

The symptoms and signs of a brain injury vary and you may not notice the side effects for days or weeks after the accident.

Children of mothers who are depressed or who have depressive symptoms are at increased risk for developmental delay, 1 behavioral problems, 2 depression, 3 asthma morbidity, 4 and injuries.5 Depressed mothers are less likely to engage in preventive parenting practices6 and are more likely to use child health care services.7 Though research initially focused on postpartum depression, it is clear that maternal depressive symptoms often persist after the postpartum period, 8 and this persistence further increases the effect on children's health.9 As a result, the pediatric role in identifying and addressing maternal depressive symptoms has received increasing attention.10 - 13

Our finding that the severity of depressive symptoms in our sample of patients with chronic pain was best correlated with a combination of heightened catastrophising, reduced sense of control over life, increased physical disability, lower pain self - efficacy beliefs, higher use of unhelpful self - management strategies, and lower perceived social support (after controlling for the possible effects of age, sex and duration of pain) is consistent with previous studies of patients with chronic pain.26 Interestingly, and somewhat contrary to clinical expectations, pain severity, pain - related distress, and fear of movement / (re) injury were not significantly associated with depressive symptom severity.