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critical care medicine because of its convenience, empirical results in animal studies and less frequent side effects.
• Matsuoka Y. (2011). Clearance of fear memory from the hippocampus through neurogenesis by omega-3 fatty acids: a novel preventive strategy for posttraumatic stress disorder? BioPsychoSocial medicine, 5, 3. doi: 10.1186/1751-0759-5-3
While the causal mechanisms of TBI, referred to as the primary injury, encompass a spectrum from minor falls to sports-related head impacts to high-speed motor vehicle injuries, the secondary phase, which occurs immediately after trauma regardless of the cause, produces effects that continue to damage and kill brain cells over a period of hours or days following the initial traumatic assault.
Over the past decade, in large part to ingenuity and necessity of military surgeons, tremendous advances have been made in acute and surgical management of severe TBI.
Unfortunately, the management of mild TBI and concussions hasn’t changed in centuries! Management of headaches, pain, and sleep disturbances has not changed.
Every medical textbook, website, and healthcare provider is going to tell you the same thing:
• Get plenty of rest;
Avoid physical activities and sports while you recover;
• See your healthcare provider who may prescribe medicine if you have symptoms such as a headache, difficulty sleeping, or depression.
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