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> if you get even a minor concussion, that means you can't look at any electronic device for 3+ months I had a concussion recently and my doctor said nothing o
by EamonnMR 7y ago
> if you get even a minor concussion, that means you can't look at any electronic device for 3+ months
I had a concussion recently and my doctor said nothing of that nature. I would love to have had a helmet which was better able to handle the impact though! Definitely the least fun altered state of consciousness that I have experienced.
- chimeracoder 7y agoDepends in the severity. Some people literally can't handle it after a concussion, even if they try. It's pretty miserable for them. And severity of impact does not correlate strongly with severity of symptoms.
- EamonnMR 7y agoIt's mostly the "3+ months" for a "minor" concussion that I was objecting to.
- alistairSH 7y agoI’ve had concussions and never been told to abstain from screens. So, I did some quick googling... by the looks of it, screens (and other bright light sources) can exacerbate post-concussion headaches, but I didn’t see anything that indicated screen use slows recovery or causes further damage.
- EamonnMR 7y agoThe understanding I've gotten from reading about the topic and talking to a GP was that anything that makes symptoms worse will lengthen recovery time.
- robbiep 7y agoRemoving screen time is new science and has not been widely propagated. In fact, I am not even sure if it’s been published. I have been working with one of the Australian leaders in concussion (Perth based emergency doctor) who strongly advocates this, at most its 12 to 18 months old
- dgacmu 7y agoDitto this from the University of Pittsburgh Medical cEnter Sports Medicine concussion clinic. (They're one of the leading groups in the US on this topic, very likely because they treat the Pittsburgh Steelers. :-). Reducing screen time and other highly-stimulating visual inputs was key.