All brain diseases are really difficult to diagnose - almost all of them remain pathological diagnoses - that is, even if we say ‘alzheimers’ we mean ‘likely Al

All brain diseases are really difficult to diagnose - almost all of them remain pathological diagnoses - that is, even if we say ‘alzheimers’ we mean ‘likely Alzheimer’s until we can biopsy or autopsy to determine completely’. Also, just diagnosing (at present, and aside from the aims of the article) doesn’t help as we can’t really treat. We know that, for example, being knocked out more than twice in your life doubles your risk of ‘brain disease’, and having a second concussion within a week or so of the first also is a massive risk multiplier. So we need to have appropriate management and identification strategies in place to ensure we don’t allow that to happen, restrict play after concussive injuries etc