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From a neurologist and ringside physician:
If you are unconscious, even briefly, it’s an indicator that your brain is not functioning normally. If you are unconscious as the direct result of a blow to your head, your brain is not functioning normally due to trauma. That is a brain injury. As best as we understand it, a very brief loss or alteration (getting your bell rung) of consciousness is rarely dangerous or associated with permanent problems, just so long as the athlete is allowed the proper amount of time to recover back to their baseline. The danger with flash KOs, as we understand it at this time, is if the athlete sustains another brain impact before they have recovered from the first injury, eg. getting hit in the head multiple times immediately following the count. An already mildly concussed brain that is concussed again 30 seconds later puts the athlete at risk for a more severe brain injury.
I'm no Dr., but almost everything I read indicates a flash KO resulting from a blow to the head is a concussion. Repeated concussions over multiple years leads to CTE. Imo, if a fighter is flashed KOed, the fight should be stopped to prevent further damage.
What do the fine medical staff members of Sherdoggers think?
If you are unconscious, even briefly, it’s an indicator that your brain is not functioning normally. If you are unconscious as the direct result of a blow to your head, your brain is not functioning normally due to trauma. That is a brain injury. As best as we understand it, a very brief loss or alteration (getting your bell rung) of consciousness is rarely dangerous or associated with permanent problems, just so long as the athlete is allowed the proper amount of time to recover back to their baseline. The danger with flash KOs, as we understand it at this time, is if the athlete sustains another brain impact before they have recovered from the first injury, eg. getting hit in the head multiple times immediately following the count. An already mildly concussed brain that is concussed again 30 seconds later puts the athlete at risk for a more severe brain injury.
I'm no Dr., but almost everything I read indicates a flash KO resulting from a blow to the head is a concussion. Repeated concussions over multiple years leads to CTE. Imo, if a fighter is flashed KOed, the fight should be stopped to prevent further damage.
What do the fine medical staff members of Sherdoggers think?