Sentences with phrase «severe cognitive dysfunction»

Similar types of more severe cognitive dysfunction are common in brain cancer patients who have received high - dose, photon - based radiation treatments.

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Recent estimates suggest that as many as 1.9 million children younger than 18 years have a sport - or recreation - related concussion each year in the United States.1 This injury is biomechanically induced, with symptoms resulting from neuronal dysfunction due to functional and neurometabolic alterations rather than gross structural abnormalities.2 Compared with boys involved in similar activities, girls experience higher rates of sport - related concussion,3 - 7 report more severe symptoms,8 - 11 demonstrate worse cognitive impairment,8 - 10, 12 and take longer to recover.11 The neural mechanisms behind these postconcussion sex differences are poorly understood but have been attributed to differences in neuroanatomy and physiology, 13 cerebral blood flow, 14 and the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.15 - 17

Kent Holtorf, M.D. was the founding Medical Director for the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers.Symptoms of these diseases include flu - like fatigue and pain that can be severe, a constant feeling of exhaustion, body aches, muscle stiffness and pain, insomnia, cognitive dysfunction «fibro - fog», and irritable bowel syndrome.