Concussions can cause serious harm to your brain and affect it long term if you don 't allow your brain time to heal properly. Student athletes are more prone to concussions than older people and take longer for their brains to heal. Athletes recovering from a concussion should be required by law to sit out for extended periods of time to recover fully. Athletes in high school could suffer from severe consequences from a brain injury if returned to play early and they could suffer long term effects if they don 't allow their brain to thoroughly heal. Other people might think that students should be able to decide when they feel healed enough to return to activities, or that students can wear protective gear when they play to keep their head safe and minimize any injury chances. There are already laws set that say a medical professional must sign off before an injured player can go back on the field, so some people think athletes don 't need to sit …show more content…
Consequences of a concussion vary depending upon who has been injured. Cindy Weiss explained the long terms effects of a concussion ranging from behavioral changes, to mood disruptions, to cognitive skills like judgement and attention span. Loss of conciseness is not a good symptom to go off of that a brain injury has happened. Symptoms of a brain trauma also include dizziness, irritability, and possibly even depression. Article 4 talks about how girls are more vulnerable to concussions and how it effects them differently. Female athletes have higher concussion rates, due to their smaller and weaker necks, and their hormones. Hormones contribute to why women have longer and more severe symptoms like headaches, dizziness, nausea, and trouble concentrating. Article 2 states that symptoms resolve quickly, but that isn 't always the case. Athletes during post-concussion rest should not rush to get back to play even if the symptoms are gone. The brain is in a fragile state and the athlete needs to take time to heal the