concussions Flashcards
TBI- traumatic brain injury
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concussions
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TBI - traumatic brain injury
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Tinnitus
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ringing of ears
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photophobia
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sensitivity to light
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phonophobia
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sensitivity to noise
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headache
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most commonly reported symptom
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SIS
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second impact syndrome (the brain doesn’t have time to recover)
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CTE
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chronic traumatic encephalopathy
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PTA
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post traumatic amnesia
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amnesia
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forget fullness
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retrograde amnesia
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trouble processing and trouble remembering things that happened before concussion
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anterograde amnesia
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difficulty with serial recall
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nystagmus
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uncoordinated eye movement
13
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valgus
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knock knee
14
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Varus
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bow legged
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chondromalacia
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softening the bone
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