Asking because i always hear the phrase “oh they must’ve been dropped on their head as a kid” in response to someone doing something weird or dumb. My sister got dropped on her head on concrete, had a bad concussion, and turned out fine, and I got a major concussion as a 1 year old due to a parking lot mugging and have some issues that are unexplainable by doctors except for that incident. I’m just wondering if the likelihood of long term damage is significant enough to warrant a household phrase.
In: Biology
babies have soft plates in their skull to allow for their brain to grow. It hardens into solid skull as they get older. So from a strictly anatomical point of view, very young kids’ brains have less protection than adults, and may be more susceptible to injury. How that translates into actual long term risk, I don’t know.
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