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  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
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    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
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  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
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  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
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    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
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    • Frontal Lobe Damage
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    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
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    • Family and Caregiver Issues
  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
    • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
    • Brain Injury FAQs
  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
    • Severe Brain Injury Symptoms
  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Slip and Fall
    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
    • Closed Head Injury
    • Frontal Lobe Damage
    • Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury
    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
    • Cognitive Difficulties with Brain Injury
    • Family and Caregiver Issues

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Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury

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Repeated brain injuries have a cumulative effect resulting in more severe and more prolonged post-concussion symptoms. A very serious and dangerous condition or even death can occur if a second concussion is suffered while symptoms from a previous concussion still persist.

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