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CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a brain condition caused by repeated head injuries, usually over the years.
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Although CTE cannot be officially diagnosed without autopsy, one third of former NFL players suspect they have a disease, according to 2024. In the report. NFL first recognized the connection between CTE and football in 2016.
Former NFL player Phillip Adams has been found to have a heavy cte after he dropped six people before 2021. South South Carolina.
NBC News talked to doctor Aaron Lord, Nyu Langon Neurology Chief of Neurology, who specializes in brain injuries, about how CTE changes the brain and human behavior.
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy?
First described by boxers, the condition was called “punch drunken syndrome” and can cause neurological conditions, including early dementia, memory impairment, personality changes and movement disorders similar to Parkinson’s disease, Lord said.
CTE can affect anyone who experiences repeated head injuries.
“These are just a recurrent wave of brain shock,” he said.
Conditions with suicide and suicide idea are an area of active research, partly because CTE seems to be higher than expected among high -level athletes who committed suicide, Lord said.
However, the experts did not draw any conclusions about “the prevalence and prevalence of the disease to the population or specific athletes,” he said.
“It’s new, we still describe,” he said.
How is CTE diagnosed?
Without autopsy, doctors cannot diagnose CTE, and even then it can be difficult to determine because there are no specific criteria for diagnosis, the Lord said. Autopsy must reveal tissue degeneration and abnormal evidence of certain protein clumps around the blood vessels in the brain.
Some patients and their doctors may speculate that they are ill due to noticeable moods and behavioral changes. Patients also know if they have been hit in the head, how much and how many severe.
Lord said the MRI of concerned patients may reveal some changes in the disease, but this is not enough to diagnose.
Symptoms with psychiatric disorders coincided, including major depression disorders, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Lord said.
Lord also saw a connection between patients with CTE and murder, and impulsiveness, as well as other personality changes.
The Lord tends to see the disease of the elderly, perhaps because of the previous re -exposure, but even one blow to the head can cause harm, even if that trauma does not cause CTE.
“Even the one who has just got into one car accident and injured their brain front columns may have constant personality changes and pulse control and psychiatric changes,” he said.
Is there CTE treatment?
Although there is no direct treatment of the disease, psychiatric drugs can help control behavior and other symptoms, Lord said.
According to the Mayo clinics, not everyone who gets a concussion develops CTE. Prevention is the best medicine: avoiding head injuries using seat belts or helmets, you can reduce the risk of getting CTE and other brain injuries, Lord said.
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