Concussion in Teenagers Increases the Risk of MS in Later Life
[Source: Medical News Today]
Concussion in teenagers increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life. However, there is no association with MS for concussion in younger children. This was reported by a new study, led by Scott Montgomery, Professor at Orebro University in Sweden.
The results demonstrate how important it is to protect teenagers from head injuries. “Bicycle helmets is one way, and we should consider head injury risk in sports played by adolescents,” says Scott Montgomery.
The study was published in the Annals of Neurology and it comes from a collaborative study between Orebro University and Karolinska Institutet, which showed concussion in adolescence increased the risk of MS in later life by 22 per cent for one concussion, and teenagers who experienced two or more concussions were at more than a doubled risk of MS – 133 per cent.
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