Sudden Death: The mysterious brain injury that’s killing young athletes

Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/sudden-death-the-mysterious-brain-injury-thats-killing-young-athletes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sudden-death-the-mysterious-brain-injury-thats-killing-young-athletes

A deadly condition that appears, most cruelly, to prey almost exclusively on young athletes: “second-impact syndrome.” Its signature is swelling – dramatic swelling, the brain pushing against not just the skull but sometimes down into the spinal column. Most doctors suspect the brain’s plumbing breaks, unleashing a flood of blood and fluid, caused – as its

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Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/sudden-death-the-mysterious-brain-injury-thats-killing-young-athletes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sudden-death-the-mysterious-brain-injury-thats-killing-young-athletes

A deadly condition that appears, most cruelly, to prey almost exclusively on young athletes: “second-impact syndrome.” Its signature is swelling – dramatic swelling, the brain pushing against not just the skull but sometimes down into the spinal column. Most doctors suspect the brain’s plumbing breaks, unleashing a flood of blood and fluid, caused – as its

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