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Every year, two million Americans suffer traumatic brain injuries
resulting from motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries, falls or other
events. The injuries that result that may or may not involve a direct
blow to the head. Mild traumatic brain injury, also known as a concussion, may
have significant persistent symptoms commonly know as Post-Concussive Syndrome.
Most individuals improve without medical attention, but others recover more
slowly, with symptoms that may have a negative impact their professional and
private lives.
Symptoms of Post-Concussive Syndrome
include:
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Visual
disturbance
- Memory loss
- Poor attention
or concentration
- Sleep
disturbance
- Dizziness and
loss of balance
- Irritability
- Feelings of depression
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