Rest After A Mild Concussion

Rest After A Mild Concussion.
For teens who live a mollifying concussion, more rest may not be better - and may be worse - in aiding recovery from the brain injury, callow 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 peculiarity 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 unsympathetic rest period reported more symptoms that lasted longer.

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

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