Why Aren’t We Talking More About Women With Concussions?
Mounting evidence shows female brains are more easily injured – and take longer to recover.
By Anna Medaris Miller, Staff Writer |Feb. 5, 2018, at 12:12 p.m.
Studies comparing male and female athletes in the same sport, such as soccer or basketball, have found that girls and women are up to 50 percent more likely to suffer concussions.
A bop in the head here, a blow to the knee there – getting knocked with balls, sticks and body parts was par for the course for Natalie Katz, a high school lacrosse player in New York City. So when Katz was nailed in the head with a metal lacrosse stick during a game her sophomore year, she kept playing.
But that night she couldn't complete her homework and collapsed into bed early. Back at school the next day, she couldn't handle the bright lights and noises, and she wasn't able to finish her math test. She even tried to go to lacrosse practice, but had uncharacteristically forgotten her gear. "I wasn't functional," she remembers.
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