Signs of Concussion in Toddler

Your child has a severe blow during a football game. Or a bad fall due to a failure while doing cheerleader.

The boy stands up, but stumbles a bit and seems to be only vaguely aware of his surroundings. A colleague worried about talking to him, but you note from the sidelines that your child has difficulty understanding what the other kid says and looks awkward, dazed and confused.

Chances are that the child suffered a concussion. In the case that coaches and parents do not know how to distinguish the signs and seek prompt treatment, the child may be at high risk of severe brain damage, with lasting consequences.

If a concussion is diagnosed, it can increase the risk of reinjury. We know that repeated injury to the head can lead to chronic changes in the brain. Athletes returning to play before fully recovering at risk of experiencing a worsening of symptoms and longer injury.

A concussion takes place when the brain is shaken in the interior of the skull due to a blow right in the head the brain is protected against unimportant head lesion, such as an insignificant bump on the head, spinal fluid that surrounds it inside the skull. But a strong impact can do, in fact, that the brain collides against the skull, causing bruising of the brain, nerve damage and broken blood vessels.

Because the brain in children and adolescents is still under development, they are more prone to concussions than adults, they also take longer to recover.