‘Seek early assistance for support with Long COVID’
The toll Long COVID can have is still being researched, its symptoms have much in common with a number of neurological conditions. Here, specialists from Neuro Physio Wales share their thoughts on why early intervention could be crucial.
Early intervention with symptoms of Long COVID can be vital in mitigating long-term effects, specialist neurophysiotherapists have said. While the effects of Long COVID are still being realised, with the condition only recently being recognised as a lasting impact of COVID-19, accepted symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, joint or muscle pain, dizziness, depression or anxiety and pins and needles.
Medical centre becomes world’s first to adopt new tech
A medical centre has become the first in the world to adopt technology to alert them to a disabled person’s visit before they arrive, ensuring they are fully prepared for their arrival and can offer the best possible standards of customer service.
Charter Medical Centre in Hove has become the first of its kind to use the WelcoMe app, which makes use of pioneering technology to enable people with disabilities, including brain injuries and neurological conditions, to tell businesses and venues when they intend to visit their premises.
World-first in TBI testing approved in US
The world’s first rapid handheld blood test for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been given clearance by US regulators, it has been revealed.
The device, developed by Abbott, will help detect injuries including concussions, and will help clinicians determine if further assessments, including a CT scan, are necessary. A blood sample will be taken from the patient, with plasma drawn and applied to the test’s cartridge, with results being delivered a short time later. Millions of people worldwide sustain mild brain injuries each year, with Abbott estimating five million in the US alone are affected, and to which its new test could be relevant.
Summit unites global chronic pain community
An event which examines the latest research, thinking and best practice in chronic pain is bringing an international audience together with leading speakers from around the world.
The second International Chronic Pain Virtual Summit is being held on Thursday and Friday next week, and offers a programme of presentations from expert speakers alongside networking opportunities for delegates. The free event has over 1,500 clinicians, case managers, insurance and legal professionals and others with special interest in chronic pain set to attend, to hear from some of the leading names in chronic pain globally.
The importance of goal setting
Many of us will be re-assessing our life goals as part of our resolutions as we enter the New Year. For some, the “health kick” will last a few days, for others, slightly longer. On a personal level, we have all heard the rhetoric about setting realistic and achievable goals for ourselves, and being SMART about it. In serious injury litigation, the importance of goal setting is not just limited to the New Year, write David Withers and Kate Venn of Irwin Mitchell LLP.
New research assesses impact of medication on MS symptom
The effect of medication Tysabri on cognitive fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is to be analysed in a new research study.
The study will look at how the medication, also known as natalizumab, impacts cognitive fatigue in individuals with relapsing and remitting MS. Most people living with MS report symptoms of cognitive fatigue, which can adversely affect their ability to perform activities in their everyday lives. Statistics show that over 40 per cent consider such fatigue their most troubling symptom.
Inspirational brain injury survivor helping others to rebuild their lives
A woman left with a traumatic brain injury after a hit-and-run is now using her experiences to support and inspire others.
Emily Bradfield was left seriously injured after a car careered into her as she was walking to a London station one July evening in 2018. While thankfully she won her fight for survival, Emily faced a long road to recovery having suffered a brain injury, broken right arm, and heme-paresis on her whole left side. There also were fears about whether she would walk again.
Impact during TBI can have effects years later – study
The force exerted on the brain during traumatic injury is linked to damage years after the initial event, research has revealed.
Findings of the new study have been hailed as having the potential to predict the severity of brain injuries and help influence new approaches going forward, particularly in the field of sport.
TBI has a number of immediate impacts, including physical effects like unconsciousness and bleeding, alongside the ‘hidden’ symptoms of memory loss, mood and personality changes, which may take much longer to develop.
