Concussion

What’s the difference between a concussion and a traumatic brain injury? It’s a good question. Any time the brain is injured whether it’s in an accident, or incident or fall or an automobile accident, or stroke, it’s a brain injury. The question is what is the label that is attached to it? The question is how does it affect the person? How does it affect their behavior? How does it affect their memory, their sleep, their relationships, their mood. The label is not as important and by-the-way; there is no uniformity in labels. One doctor’s mild traumatic brain injury is another doctor’s concussion. What’s important is that the symptoms be recognized, that there will be early treatment and that the patient not the pigeon hold, because of the wrong label. You want to get to the truth what the real problem is as a result of the brain injury and there are a series of doctors that you can go to for this. What’s not so important is the label but the reality of the injury and how it affects the person.