What are the symptoms of a concussion?

We will encounter many different diseases in life. Some diseases are caused by physical weakness and lack of certain material elements. However, some diseases are caused by some accidental impacts. For example, we are all familiar with concussion. This disease cannot be ignored, because diseases related to the brain are relatively serious. So what are the symptoms of concussion? We need to understand. In this way, once an accident occurs, it will be possible to determine whether the brain has suffered a concussion due to the impact.

Concussion (neurosurgery) refers to a transient brain dysfunction that occurs immediately after the head is hit by external force. There is no obvious change in pathological changes, and the mechanism of occurrence is still under debate. The clinical manifestations include transient coma, recent amnesia, headache, nausea and vomiting, and no positive signs are found in neurological examination. It is the mildest type of brain injury and can usually be cured with treatment. It can occur alone or in combination with other craniocerebral injuries such as intracranial hematoma, and attention should be paid to making a differential diagnosis in a timely manner.

1. A transient coma occurs immediately after a head injury, lasting within 30 minutes. After waking up, the patient often has symptoms such as recent amnesia, headache, dizziness, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, tinnitus, and inattention. Blood pressure, breathing, and pulse are basically normal.

2. Neurological examination showed no positive signs, and lumbar puncture showed normal cerebrospinal fluid pressure and composition.

Impairment of consciousness: It is mild and short-lived, lasting as short as a few seconds or minutes, but not more than half an hour.

Recent amnesia: After waking up, the person cannot recall the circumstances and process of the injury, but can clearly recall events before the injury.

Other symptoms: headache, dizziness, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, tinnitus, insomnia, photophobia, inattention and slow reaction are common.

Neurological examination showed no positive signs.

Patients with concussion all show transient loss of consciousness after the trauma. Due to shear stress damage to the axons of the conduction bundles in the brainstem, older children will experience persistent headaches, vomiting, dizziness, mental tension, retrograde amnesia, etc. after waking up.

1. A brief loss of consciousness occurs, accompanied by decreased muscle tone and active tendon reflexes;

2. When the lower brainstem function is inhibited, disorders in the regulation of the vascular nerve center and the autonomic nerve may occur, manifested as a series of reactions such as slow heart rate, decreased blood pressure, pale complexion, cold sweats, apnea followed by shallow and weak breathing;

To sum up, this is what we have learned about the symptoms of concussion. Concussion is a disease that seriously affects people's lives. There are many reasons for this disease, and we need to analyze the specific situation of the patient and find some treatments. There are a number of different treatments that can be used depending on the symptoms of the condition. So patients need to understand their symptoms.