{"id":1869,"date":"2022-02-21T06:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.pediatricsdirectory.com\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2023-07-23T21:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T01:31:46","slug":"1869-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/1869\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a concussion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_68718\"  width=\"980\" height=\"551\"  data-origwidth=\"980\" data-origheight=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sno_0Jd8GuA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a concussion?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury\u2014or TBI\u2014caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This sudden movement can cause the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull, creating chemical changes in the brain and sometimes stretching and damaging brain cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOURCE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/headsup\/basics\/concussion_whatis.html\">CDC<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"tags-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/concussion\/\" rel=\"tag\">concussion<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/heads-up\/\" rel=\"tag\">HEADS UP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/tbi\/\" rel=\"tag\">TBI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/traumatic-brain-injury\/\" rel=\"tag\">traumatic brain injury<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a concussion? A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury\u2014or TBI\u2014caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This sudden movement can cause the brain to bounce around or twist in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[180,232,359,360,77],"tags":[798,1155,1994,2055],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5276,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}