Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

chronic traumatic encephalopathy

disease

Subclass of	occupational disease, neurodegeneration, post-concussion syndrome, tauopathy
Health specialty	neurology, sports medicine

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) be a neurodegenerative disease dem link to repeated trauma to de head. De encephalopathy symptoms fi include behavioral problems, mood problems, den problems plus thinking. De disease dey often get worse over time wey fi be result insyd dementia.

Na chaw documented cases occur insyd athletes involve insyd striking-based combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, den contact sports such as rugby union, rugby league, gridiron football, Australian rules football, professional wrestling, den ice hockey. E sanso be an issue insyd association football, buh largely as a result of heading de ball rada dan player contact. Oda risk factors dey include being insyd de military (combat arms), prior domestic violence, den repeated banging of de head. De exact amount of trauma require for de condition to occur be unknown, den as of 2025 definitive diagnosis fi only occur at autopsy. Dem classify de disease as a tauopathy.

Der be no specific treatment for de disease. Na dem find rates of CTE to be about 30% among those plus a history of multiple head injuries; however, population rates be unclear. Research insyd brain damage as a result of repeated head injuries begin insyd de 1920s, at wich time na de condition be known as dementia pugilistica anaa "boxer's dementia", "boxer's madness", anaa "punch drunk syndrome". Na dem sanso propose say make dem change de rules of sam sports as a means of prevention.