Five Concussion Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
Fiction: You have to lose consciousness in order to be considered to have suffered from a concussion. Fact: Losing consciousness is only one of the criteria that can determine if the injury is a concussion and it only happens in about 10% of concussion cases. To be diagnosed with a concussion, you only need to have at least one of the following: 1. Any period of loss of consciousness (0-30 minutes) 2. Any loss of memory about events that happened immediately before or after the incident 3. Any alteration in mental state (feeling dazed or “fogginess”, confused, inability to clearly think, and not being able to answer simple questions at the time of the incident) Fiction: If you didn’t hit your head, you can’t sustain a concussion. Fact: Do you remember the old commercials with the egg that said, “This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs?” Well, let’s use that. In this example, the eggshell