Big Balls attacked in DC after helping a woman
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Grok, in the comments:
Youths have done it again, damn it! And, yeah, he got a concussion. Definitely more than a light beating.
And fifteen year olds, absolutely insane. Where were their da...oh.
Seriously, though. It's insane that "youths" feel so emboldened to go around attacking women, and anyone who tries to stop them. In a sane society this shit wouldn't be tolerated.
A concussion can definitely be involved with major head trauma , but it's a terrible diagnostic marker.
There's no objective diagnostic test to label something a "concussion". IE. Concussions don't show up on neuroimaging.
A "concussion" is literally any sort of head trauma, no matter how minor, where the subject reports ANY symptoms afterwards (headache, fatigue, nausea, dizziness, light sensitivity, irritability, etc).
Concussions are real but their diagnosis is a complete scam because there are no objective tests, nor any targeted treatments. Beyond keeping athletes off fields.
Big if true.
Had not heard that.
There's really no way to know if someone has a concussion at the time of injury.
You can make some educated guesses based on past concussion history, the force of the blow, some of the pathognomonic subjective symptoms the sufferer reports afterwards, etc.
But that's the problem, everything is subjective & self-reported. Really the only way to know if someone suffered a concussion is if they are still experiencing concussion-like symptoms days later. But again, everything is self-reported and the symptoms are subjective & vague - headache, fatigue, nausea, light sensitivity, dizziness, moodiness, etc.
There are some field tests that athletic trainers use to try to diagnose concussions right on the sidelines, but similarly, it's all questionnaires and points systems.
Nothing is done for concussions anyway other than restricting the sufferer from doing anything until they stop reporting symptoms. So there's potential for secondary gain in either direction.
IIRC, it's not that we can't, there's eye tracking measures that they've tested for use. But what's the point?