Misunderstanding the Price Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury affect millions of people worldwide. Sport-related concussion represents a significant public health problem, with elite and professional athletes, and millions of youth and amateur athletes worldwide suffering concussions annually. Another most unprotected group, it is the children of early preschool and elementary school kids. Concussion rates vary by age, gender, sport and type of exposure. An understanding of concussion rates, patterns of injury, and risk factors can drive targeted preventive measures and help reduce the risk of concussion in everyday life, not only in all sport's. Although traumatic brain injury may seem to concern only a small group of athletes, it really …show more content…
Many of children's concussion can be avoided by informing parents about the possibility of a concussion an early age. Such awareness is a good way to prevent at least some of them, because at the moment, statistics indicate an underestimation of burden of traumatic brain injury. For example, the National Center for Injury Prevention state the shaken baby syndrome as a form of abusive head trauma and is a preventable and severe form of physical child abuse. It results from violently shaking an infant by the shoulders, arms, or legs. Does each parent know about shaken baby syndrome or comprehension comes when it has already happened? What signs and symptoms have child’s TBI? Research by Child Care, Health & Development has demonstrated that “TBI can lead to long-term physical, cognitive, emotional and behavior difficulties for children and parental stress”. (1) Following this further U.S. Department of Health and Human (USDHH) expound “the rates of emergency department (ED) that visits were highest for children aged 0-4 years.” Indeed, the little kids in the highest group of TBI risk.