Neuropathology (CONCUSSIONS) with Mary Alexis Iaccarino

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Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Hi, last week I fell down a flight of stairs. Then I went to the hospital. Then I emailed Dr. Mary Alexis Iaccarino, a Harvard Medical School professor and specialist in rehabilitation from traumatic brain injuries. I asked her all about what happens during a concussion, when to be worried, how long it takes to heal, when a person should get their ass to a hospital, what a brain scan can tell us about a head injury, what it CAN’T tell us about a head injury, if you can fall asleep after a head injury, and the differences between mTBI, TBI, SRC, CTE and even ATGATT. Plus, bike helmets, Natasha Richardson, fruit fly role models and some truly infuriating statistics on who gets mTBI treatment and who doesn’t. And stay tuned later this week for a bonus episode on what happens when bighorn sheep bash their skulls together.

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0:00.0	Okay, hi, it's your brother-in-law who weighs his coffee beans, but in a cool way.
0:05.3	Allie Ward, I'm back with a foggy and groggy and super timely episode that I never knew
0:10.6	so many of us needed.
0:12.5	So we're not in Noggins this week.
0:15.0	Neuro pathology.
0:16.0	Yes, I did phone up an expert on concussions, but this is a podcast.
0:22.4	It's not an appointment with your doctor.
0:24.4	So of course, nothing here is intended to diagnose or treat my or your head injury.
0:30.7	So I'm just putting that up top because as a person with a very recent head trauma, I
0:35.2	know that things can get a little soupy.
0:37.6	But as I learned this week, over half of folks have sustained at least one concussion in
0:42.5	their lives.
0:43.5	So chances are your brains are curious about this or someone you know or love has goose
0:49.3	egg their way into concussion town.
0:52.4	So thank you by the way to everyone who has been concerned and sent really sweet messages
0:57.3	and looked at my pictures of me and ambulance in the ER.
1:01.7	Thank you also of course to patrons for sending in great questions on short notice for this
1:05.8	episode.
1:06.8	You too can join for as little as a buck a month.
1:09.4	It's at patreon.com slash allergies.
1:11.5	But for free, you can also help out the show just by telling friends and tweeting and
1:15.3	programming, you can leave a review, which I have read all of them, including this fresh one
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