Comments on: Float like a butterfly……Head injury and dementias https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/ Let's enjoy life's adventures! Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What are the rare forms of dementia? | Doctor Dementia and the Dementia Adventure https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:12:37 +0000 http://doctordementia.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-1058 […] can also read my post on boxing and dementias here, and on American football and other sports and dementias here, and my post on how 95% of NFL […]

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]]> By: Study Finds Brain Disease In 96% Of Dead NFL Players Tested | Doctor Dementia and the Dementia Adventure https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:04:14 +0000 http://doctordementia.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-791 […] Head Injury and dementia […]

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]]> By: Young soldier dies from dementia acquired by traumatic brain injury | Doctor Dementia and the Dementia Adventure https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:02:26 +0000 http://doctordementia.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-709 […] died from earlier this month. To read more about TBI and dementia, please see my previous posts on Head Injuries and Dementia and on Sports and […]

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]]> By: There’s a dementia for that…. | Doctor Dementia and the Dementia Adventure https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:45:44 +0000 http://doctordementia.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-41 […] Injury-related dementia:  Dementia puglisia was used to describe the dementia that occurs in boxers (puglisia), and later to describe dementia that occurs due to physical injury/trauma such as in professional sports, military/combat careers, vehicle crashes, and sometimes in abused individuals. Dementia pugilistica is actually a variant of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is itself a serious type of brain damage resulting from repeated concussions and is found in many professional athletes and military personnel who have been subjected to multiple impacts to the head. Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury for all ages. Those aged 75 and older have the highest rates of traumatic brain injury-related hospitalization and death due to falls. I wrote two other posts specifically on head injury-related dementias, you can read the one about sport and dementia here, and the one about boxer’s dementia here. […]

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]]> By: Sports and dementia | Doctor Dementia and the Dementia Adventure https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:44:45 +0000 http://doctordementia.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-38 […] I was watching the film “Ali” one night, and became inspired to do a bit of research on sports injuries and dementias. You can read my first post on “Ali” and boxer’s dementia here. […]

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]]> By: Mr. Clark https://doctordementia.com/2014/06/10/boxers-dementia-dementia-puligistica/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:48:26 +0000 http://doctordementia.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-8 Fly like a butterfly sting like a bee! Great post Carrie P!

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