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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A concussion is a concussion. Absolutely he should be out of whatever sport is causing that rate of injury at only 15. Find a new sport.[/quote]

It is a brain injury.

For sure he needs to drop the sport that he causing this.

Sorry, but damage is cumulative, and life is long. [/quote]

It is misinformation like this that drives me nuts.  One can build on another but that depends on the closeness to when it happened and what happened.  It is also not life long in almost all cases.  In almost every one there is complete healing.

An issue is if they come before the prior one has completely healed and then another and then another.  But we do not have enough facts here.

OP -- I would not rely on your kid's regular doctor at all for this.  You need to go to a specialist.  There are several out there but INOVA has a sports medicine practice that focuses on this.  You need advice.  They may say that DC should drop the sport.  They  may say there is continuing damage.  But they also may say no issue because they were spaced far apart and had healed.  They can also take a base line so if there is anything in the future they can determine if there is damage.[/quote]

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