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It's used in TBI, see Dr. Barry Sears for some accounts. "Fish oil helped save our son" https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/19/health/fish-oil-brain-injuries/index

It's used in TBI, see Dr. Barry Sears for some accounts. "Fish oil helped save our son" https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/19/health/fish-oil-brain-injuries/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/19/health/fish-oil-brain-inj... > Most of the studies about omega-3 for traumatic brain injury are in animals, but they indicate potential for healing the human brain. > After a trauma, the brain tends to swell, and the connections between some nerve cells can become damaged, while other cells simply die. > National Institutes of Health research suggests that omega-3 fatty acids may inhibit cell death and could be instrumental for reconnecting damaged neurons. > Another recent study revealed genes that are activated to contain massive damage – especially inflammation – when the brain is injured. What activates those genes: omega-3. > “We have strong data that suggest omega-3 will activate good proteins to cope with brain damage and turn off proteins that cause neuroinflammation,” said Dr. Nicolas Bazan, director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health in New Orleans and author of the study. > Bailes consulted with a fish oil expert and eventually decided that administering 20 grams a day of omega-3 fish oil through a feeding tube might repair the myelin sheath. (For comparison: A typical supplemental dose for someone with an uninjured brain is about 2 grams a day.)

hirvi74 2y ago
TBI is a wide spectrum of conditions akin to "trauma" in psychological terms. I skimmed the article, but I didn't see any specific medical terms used. The reason I am curious is because I do not think that mTBI like concussions cause brain swelling since the injury is more of a functional injury than a structural injury. I like to play ice hockey as an adult, and I try to do everything reasonably possible to protect my brain from vulcanized rubber disks flying at my head at 0 < x 100 mph. Perhaps I will add some fish oil back into my diet. I already uses Lion's Mane, but I am not sure if it truly does anything, but I love the taste of the product I use, so I will continue to use it regardless. Not sure if I have ever had a "real" concussion, but definitely some ringers.
- lambdaba 2y ago
  Sorry, this was just a quick search, I first heard about this from Dr. Barry Sears, and he had several accounts of miraculous recovery with massive doses of fish oil (20g+)
- AStonesThrow 2y ago
  > TBI is a wide spectrum of conditions akin to "trauma" in psychological terms. I don't understand. "Trauma" was fairly well defined in physical terms: see Trauma Centers specializing in accident/crime victims. Psychological "trauma" is only by analogy, and not classical "trauma", and the term is rapidly undergoing its own expansion, to a point where high prices at the grocery store can "traumatize" a sane adult with a social media account.
  - hirvi74 2y ago
    Well, in concussions I thought it was always odd because the literal Greek word means "wound." Concussions wound, and I am not a medical professional, cell metabolism in the brain, or something like that? Basically, concussions are functional injuries and not structural. I am of the belief that many people think trauma has to be a physical injury; however trauma is anything that injures, if I am not mistaken. > Psychological "trauma" is only by analogy, and not classical "trauma" I see what you mean, but I am not sure it's restricted to that term or not (outside of psychology and slang). ------ Edit: Though, I asked ChatGPT for the hell of it. It says that concussions are mTBI because the "Trauma" part describes the action in which a concussion is acquired. -- external force making contact with the head. So, I guess I am wrong lol. I thought trauma had to cause physical damage and not necessarily be by physical means. > and the term is rapidly undergoing its own expansion No one ever said English was a beautiful language. Especially in its vernacular. Nevertheless, I find such uses of "traumatize" to be traumatizing.
someothherguyy 2y ago
> Dr. Barry Sears Why would I refer to anecdotes from a medical doctor? If this is a real thing, we should be seeing it by now. The article you linked is nearly 15 years old. People have been eating fish oil capsules in droves over the last two decades. They are readily accessible to people with TBIs. Where are all the miracles?

hirvi74 2y ago

TBI is a wide spectrum of conditions akin to "trauma" in psychological terms. I skimmed the article, but I didn't see any specific medical terms used. The reason I am curious is because I do not think that mTBI like concussions cause brain swelling since the injury is more of a functional injury than a structural injury. I like to play ice hockey as an adult, and I try to do everything reasonably possible to protect my brain from vulcanized rubber disks flying at my head at 0 < x 100 mph. Perhaps I will add some fish oil back into my diet. I already uses Lion's Mane, but I am not sure if it truly does anything, but I love the taste of the product I use, so I will continue to use it regardless. Not sure if I have ever had a "real" concussion, but definitely some ringers.

lambdaba 2y ago
Sorry, this was just a quick search, I first heard about this from Dr. Barry Sears, and he had several accounts of miraculous recovery with massive doses of fish oil (20g+)
AStonesThrow 2y ago
> TBI is a wide spectrum of conditions akin to "trauma" in psychological terms. I don't understand. "Trauma" was fairly well defined in physical terms: see Trauma Centers specializing in accident/crime victims. Psychological "trauma" is only by analogy, and not classical "trauma", and the term is rapidly undergoing its own expansion, to a point where high prices at the grocery store can "traumatize" a sane adult with a social media account.
- hirvi74 2y ago
  Well, in concussions I thought it was always odd because the literal Greek word means "wound." Concussions wound, and I am not a medical professional, cell metabolism in the brain, or something like that? Basically, concussions are functional injuries and not structural. I am of the belief that many people think trauma has to be a physical injury; however trauma is anything that injures, if I am not mistaken. > Psychological "trauma" is only by analogy, and not classical "trauma" I see what you mean, but I am not sure it's restricted to that term or not (outside of psychology and slang). ------ Edit: Though, I asked ChatGPT for the hell of it. It says that concussions are mTBI because the "Trauma" part describes the action in which a concussion is acquired. -- external force making contact with the head. So, I guess I am wrong lol. I thought trauma had to cause physical damage and not necessarily be by physical means. > and the term is rapidly undergoing its own expansion No one ever said English was a beautiful language. Especially in its vernacular. Nevertheless, I find such uses of "traumatize" to be traumatizing.

someothherguyy 2y ago

> Dr. Barry Sears Why would I refer to anecdotes from a medical doctor? If this is a real thing, we should be seeing it by now. The article you linked is nearly 15 years old. People have been eating fish oil capsules in droves over the last two decades. They are readily accessible to people with TBIs. Where are all the miracles?