Rest After A Mild Concussion

Rest After A Mild Concussion.
For teens who go through a pacific concussion, more rest may not be better - and may be worse - in aiding recovery from the brain injury, young research suggests. The researchers compared five days of strict rest to the traditionally recommended period or two of rest, followed by a gradual return to normal activities as symptoms disappear. The Medical College of Wisconsin researchers found no significant metamorphosis in balance or mental functioning between teens who rested five days and those who rested one to two days. What's more, those children assigned to five days of close catch reported more symptoms that lasted longer.

And "Being told to relaxation for five days increased your rating of physical symptoms in the first few days and increased volatile symptoms every day for the next 10 days," said lead researcher Dr Danny Thomas, an underling professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the medical college. Physical symptoms included headache, nausea, vomiting, evaluate problems, dizziness, visual problems, fatigue, perception to light or sound, and numbness and tingling.

Emotional symptoms included irritability, sadness, sensitivity more emotional and nervousness. "We should be cautious about automatically imposing excessive restrictions of activity following concussion. We should follow the course guidelines, which recommend an individualized approach to concussion management". The findings of the unimportant study were published online Jan. 5 in the journal Pediatrics.

A concussion is a standard of brain injury that can cause a short loss of normal brain function. Concussions are a common species of sports injury resulting from a blow to the head or impact from a fall. For the study, Thomas and colleagues randomly assigned 88 patients age-old 11 to 22 years to one to two days of remainder followed by a gradual return to normal activities or five days of strict rest. That meant no school, work, or manifest activity.

Patients in both groups said they had about a 20 percent taper off in energy exertion and physical activity. Predictably, patients assigned to five days of remnants missed more days of school than those assigned to one to two days of rest. "Strict loll for five days immediately after concussion did not help teenagers get better, compared to our current notice of one to two days of rest followed by a gradual return to activity. We found that teenagers instructed to interlude for five days actually reported more symptoms over the course of the study".

Dr Sayed Naqvi, a pediatric neurologist at Miami Children's Hospital, said many commoners think that strict rest after a mellow concussion is the best treatment and improves recovery. "People who rest and concentrate on their symptoms may suffer more than those who draw some rest but engage in mental activities that take attention away from their symptoms. Naqvi advises that children who put up with a concussion should rest for at least 48 hours, meaning no physical activity extender. But they should draw in some mental activities, such as reading or playing video games.