How Repeated Concussions Damage Your Brain Forever
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy disease that leaves the brain shrunken and deformed following repeated head trauma. So, what permanent effects does CTE have on your brain? What Happens When...
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After repeated head impacts, experienced in sports like American Football, the brain can begin to shrink and deform, causing dementia-like symptoms. Why is this happening and can we stop it? Howdy gang, I'm Trace, thanks for watching DNews today. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE is a serious condition first discovered in the 1920s with boxers, because boxers get hit in the head, a lot… both during practice and during a match. According to one medical examiner in a 1928 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, "nearly one half of the fighters who have stayed in the game long enough" will experience something they called being, "punch drunk," "slug nutty," or, peculiarly, "cutting paper dolls.&qu...
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After repeated head impacts, experienced in sports like American Football, the brain can begin to shrink and deform, causing dementia-like symptoms. Why is this happening and can we stop it? Howdy gang, I'm Trace, thanks for watching DNews today. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE is a serious condition first discovered in the 1920s with boxers, because boxers get hit in the head, a lot… both during practice and during a match. According to one medical examiner in a 1928 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, "nearly one half of the fighters who have stayed in the game long enough" will experience something they called being, "punch drunk," "slug nutty," or, peculiarly, "cutting paper dolls.&qu...
