What is CTE | Signs and Symptoms

Sarah Jeffries on what is CTE, it’s signs and symptoms and how you could avoid having this brain disease. CTE means Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a progressive neurodegeneration disease (Some people call it a brain injury) common to athletes engaged in contact sports such as boxing.
Common Signs and Symptoms of CTE:
1. Shifts and Behavioral Changes
2. Mood ChangesDepressionAggression
3. Violent Behavior
4. Impulsivity
5. Short FusesMemory Loss
6. Difficulty Planning and Organizing
7. Difficulty with Attention
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0:00 What is CTE
0:57 CTE - Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
1:30 Signs and Symptoms of CTE
3:34 How to Avoid this Brain Disease
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[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Pinned comment - have you experienced any of these symptoms? Let me know in the comments below! Concussion from a Hit to the Head: What Happens (TBI): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqfWfYNphpmKhtU

[@tylerjack4290]

Do american footballers get this too?

[@edwincolon4391]

@@tylerjack4290 especially them more than boxers

[@joebauers3746]

I think your optimism about Foreman living healthy as the reason why he has no CTE symptoms is misplaced. Some people are just built different, in Foreman's case, he was built better than most to take a beating. He also certainly has not maintained a healthy weight post-career.

[@Captain-Palsy]

​@@tylerjack4290 yes

[@user-ol2jm5kb5g]

My dad recently passed away out of the blue from suicide and we just got the results back showing he had stage 2 CTE.. I really wish there was more awareness about it. thank you for this video!

[@mtsestudos7145]

how old was he ? and how many fights did he have?

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

So sorry for your loss 💕

[@Megadextrious]

My condolences, my father also died from suicide, and so did his father… my dad suffered a lot in his last few years, he had this “8 year long headache” as he put it. When it all started, he said his left eye had like kaleidoscope vision, and was extremely painful. He eventually lost all vision in his left eye, and I remember him saying that the right eye was beginning to have the same problem… That was just days before he died. He couldn’t take the pain anymore. He was once a successful roofing supply salesman; he’d been a roofer for years, but fell off a roof in the mid ‘80s and broke his heel, and a lot of other injuries. My mom said he was never really the same after that. He started drinking more, by the time I was 14 he was drunk 24/7 and doing meth. He lost everything and became homeless on the streets of San Diego… I can remember growing up that he would randomly just have these injuries from getting into fights. I was too young to know the real story behind it all, but I remember seeing him with black eyes, cuts on his fists and face, etc…. This month is actually the 5th anniversary of his passing. In the last couple days I’ve gone down this rabbit hole learning about cte, and now I’m quite certain that he had some stage of dementia… he wanted his brain to be donated to science so that we could figure out wtf was wrong with him, and why doctors couldn’t give him an answer. My family was too poor and broken to have any kind of funeral or anything for him, everyone basically ignored his last wishes and I’ve felt so guilty. I really think I have the answers now, and maybe in some way, wherever his soul is, maybe he does too. Sorry I didn’t intend for this to be so long….. god bless and stay safe!

[@DeeJayyLIVE]

@@Megadextriousnobody is going to read your whole chapter book 🤣

[@mort462]

@@DeeJayyLIVE that is a horrible thing to say to someone talking about their father's suicide

[@tylermiles8401]

Well I typed in cte cause I watched boxing all night, and I've always knew the symptoms but not much about it. So thank you for this, very interesting. Thank the lord for nurses, esp when they look like this 🔥❤️

[@yanis3720]

Massive work done in the video !! ! really brilliant 👏🏻🙏🏻

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Thank you! Yeah a lot goes into this!

[@ginalovato6026]

Hi , I am currently seeing this in my husband who was a professional boxer. He is 52, and recently in the last year has progressed. We are currently waiting to see a neurologist in October. He's experiencing lots of anxiety, depression and mild confusion along with memory loss. Thank you for your video.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

So sorry your going through this. What does he do for his brain health currently? (Drinking, exercise, sleeping well?)

[@mtsestudos7145]

Has he started showing symptoms now or has it been a while?

[@Tony_Jeffries]

❤️

[@janhundling4647]

Wholesome

[@v1bhu]

Cte scares me to box

[@jason41a]

i thought her accent is familiar. her look is familiar eventhough i've never seen her before. NOW it does make sense haha!

[@Observe555]

That’s a good thing.

[@bookl5578]

thx for sharing! hope tony will get well soon

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

He’s great 👍🏻

[@marvensstvilien4320]

i just hope your husband stays safe and that he doesn't have to suffer from this❤

[@daveyjones18]

This is family saving information for fighters, that should get out the game. I hope Derek Chisora see's this. He seems like a good guy. Would hate to see him in this place. Thanks for your informative videos Nurse Sarah 👍

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Appreciate the feedback Thanks, Yh I hope so too !

[@meancuisine8]

After sustaining a significant concussion in a collision i had a lot of symptoms and signs i was not familiar with.... i was scared (i hold Mine mental acuity as Mine most valuable asset). i did a LOT of research and found Your videos on KZbin; they have proved to be invaluable to Mine resolve to wellness and aggressive effort to properly heal from the trauma. Thank You, Sarah and Tony! Love, and Abundance of Blessings upon You and Your LovedOnes.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Hope your ok now? Thanks for watching appreciate it 💕

[@meancuisine8]

@@NurseSarahJeffries the acute phase passed after a few days. That sayed i still have difficulty (at times) focusing on more than 1 thing at a time; i get tired easily and often. i bumped up beneficial foods intake and have cut out the remainder of processed foods and sugar, which were minimal anyway. Thank You for the inquiry.

[@mtsestudos7145]

​@@meancuisine8How was your concussion?

[@meancuisine8]

@@mtsestudos7145 how was it?!?!? It sucked. I still feeling some effects 2 years after the incident.

[@mtsestudos7145]

@@meancuisine8 I asked how did the accident happen? Was it playing football? How did your concussion occur? I am Brazilian

[@J3unG]

Thank you for this vid. The NFL has had to admit to the CTE issue in their sport. It's obvious the boxing game also has their share of CTE. Also MMA and now the rise of recreational combat sports. We're in for a tough future with head injures, I'm afraid... Keep up the good work.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Yes I agree, so much more education is needed. Appreciate the feedback!

[@lop1657]

Either natural selection will happen or brains will develop more tougher for the fighters offspring in the far future

[@JaredWJohnson-]

You deserve more subscribers!

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Oh thank you!

[@Captain-Palsy]

I watch Tony's videos very nice chap

[@ronlondres]

Thank you 🙏

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Thanks for watching

[@josephcruz8109]

My cousin has CTE and he genuinely scares me because of how big and unprovoked his actions might be at times. I try to stay away but nonetheless I do wish he had the help he needed.

[@TheBlackCat1337]

I have all these symptoms. I has hit consecutively for about 220 days when I was tortured.

[@user-od7lf5yh1y]

Thank you. ✨ ✨

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Your welcome, did you enjoy?

[@user-od7lf5yh1y]

@@NurseSarahJeffries Yes. Very interesting, informative and helpful. Again thank you.

[@jakejuvland5147]

I didn't notice any mention about cte affecting speech? I'm no expert but I've been in a journey that's included a fair amount time in a handful of gyms and have def noticed speech impairment from some.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Yes definitely, it’s different for everyone depending on location of lesions in the brain. Thanks for me timing that, also a different gait when walking at be noticed. But because they symptoms are so widely different it’s hard to give a definitive dx

[@oldschool5707]

U should do a video on which current boxers or recently retired has it or has symptoms of cte

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Great idea, but unless they have donated their brain to be studied, CTE can’t be diagnosed so it would just be speculation. I would feel bad doing that I think??

[@siraj7739]

@@NurseSarahJeffries nah it’s totally fine, it would probably wake up the younger up and coming generation and probably make them realise that this isn’t a joke. I would like to see a video on how young boxers that try to make a living out of it can protect themselves from cte or brain injuries in general. Greetings, Siraj.

[@motowrx]

L-Tyrosine, helps me ALOT.

[@user-kg9jm2eb4n]

What is Tyrosine

[@olnir4561]

Coriusly i was training my neck to prevent brain injuries while i was seeing this video

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Hope you liked my explanation?!

[@42az59]

No amount of neck training will prevent brain damage

[@gab5473]

I don't think it is related but I have a strange thing going on. If I get hit in the head violently enough (punch or ball) I get really violent. Like I NEED to punch something and scream. But most of the time I can't do it and this makes me really frustrated and even makes me cry. I don't know if this is alarming or not but I would like to know if I should get checked.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

I think anything that is causing you to be upset should be checked. I’m sorry this is happening

[@gab5473]

@@NurseSarahJeffries thank you for your answer! And don't worry too much for me I'm young and live a pretty healthy life, it is probably nothing! Just wanted to be sure and have your thoughts on it.

[@chrisdryer]

So these lesions can be identified with a normal MRI scan of the brain? So if I had an MRI and they didn’t see anything, then I don’t have it?

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Unfortunately not. But if you regular experience head trauma you should talk to your dr about a mri check up - like any boxing g board would require an MRI to get Licensed

[@horsegirl2.012]

I think I have CTE. I slam my head into doors and concrete walls when I am upset to the point I bleed and a couple times hit so hard clear shiny fluid come out my nose and hallucinate and insomnia after I banged my head. I did this for about 20 years and for 10 years really extremely bad. And I lost most of my vision because of increased brain pressure from hitting my head. I’m 30 now. I struggle to count money, to shower, organize my room and even put dishes away because of the brain fog is so bad. I isolate a lot now. I changed a lot. And when they did a lumbar puncture to diagnose my high brain pressure they found a build up of protein and she suggested I see a geneticist to test for some terminal disease that I refused to go do because I’m so tired. I have autism so I do lots of harm to my body when I’m upset. And lately I feel like it getting worse.

[@ppsmellyyy]

I’m so sorry for that, I can relate to this, I also struggle with autism and I would bang my head on walls, but never anything as serious as you - I also completely stopped this behavior in hopes that wouldn’t harm my brain. I pray for your recovery. There’s hope, look into EGCG and psychedelics - they can help you.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I have autism but I only slam my head on accident. I tripped over something last October and had to get a CT scan. All fine and no symptoms.

[@maanchahudry6661]

Does strenghting neck muscle help against cte ?

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

No. Being hit in the head causes serious issues

[@bigplaymorton]

“Undefeated Olympic BRONZE medalist.” So if he was undefeated, wouldn’t he have gold??? His videos are great, by the way.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Undefeated professional

[@sharthak6597]

Hey, I just want to tell you that i had a bully that punched my friends frontal lobe and also he did the same with another dude . He doesn't get any jokes and he is always impulsive with some students . I mean he is totally different from other bully , does this video have any relation with that Bully and his behaviour?

[@A1.2223]

How old r u n how long ago did it happen

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Possibly. It’s hard to say

[@ilikefooty5380]

Ali was brilliant . All he did was let his opponent wear himself out by punching him till he was braindamaged .

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Yes he certainly was!

[@HRM.H]

I very much suspect i have early stages of CTE. Have had about a 10 traumatic brain injuries before the age of 18 and have been suffering quite a bit already. (Am now 23) Having a lot of moodswings, my balance is significantly worse and the way i respond to stuff isnt like me at all..

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Have you tried hyperbaric chamber therapy?

[@a.b.6374]

Does omega 3 help?

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Yes definitely

[@IamNOTyourSLAVE]

ARE YOU THERE, can you tell me what is happening to me now. I have CTE since early 2000's, actually maybe before then. But now in 2024, the underneath of the top of my scull feels like it has grime stuck underneath it, like its all decayed on the underneath of my skull and it burns... but at the same time, my brain... and my head, both always hurt, I feel pain all the time. I take pain killers of both types and its like they have no affect, even if the pain is very slightly deadened for ten minutes, it just comes back and I have to keep taking more tablets and still the pain remains... the pain does not go away, its there always. The pain is there when I wake up and when I go to sleep, but I cannot sleep properly, I keep being woken up like every twenty minutes or so by very clear loud explosion noises in my head that do not exist... the noises are not real, there in my head and loud bangs, and multiple bangs keep going off in my head that I cannot get a decent nights sleep... because am constantly woken up by loud explosions going off in my head that are not real and do not exist in the real life living world.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

So sorry your feeling this way. You should have your dr refer you to a neurologist (brain dr) of no dr see your nearest ER and describe your symptoms please 🙏

[@HzproInBTW]

Do you get this illness mentality or physically it’s sounds like both to me?

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

CTE is a disease that affects the brain - the brain is our control system so yes physical symptoms too 😣

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Great question 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@chrisspencer1305]

I played football wrestled and rode bulls. I had multiple concussions though out. Now I can tell I'm not well. I've been trying to tell people but nobody seems to believe me. Ha. But it's real.

[@mtsestudos7145]

what's wrong with you ?

[@toyabrown1468]

The Biggie portrait hanging on the wall 😂

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

The best

[@ruiz4251]

Recently had to visit a neurologist for this same reason. I believe I'm a candidate for this as I've been exposed to multiple concussions (combat related) explosions and mortar fire and most recent 2013 a severe head injury causing multiple skull fractures, bleeding frontal lobe/ears and nose. The points you mentioned are, as said by other viewer, spot on. [Mind fog/anger/impulse/frustration/irritability] Difficult to control all the time BUT I hope my family remembers me for the B@d@$$ person I am and not the Dick Hole I've become (working on it)

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

I’m so sorry for this, what forces are you in? Also thank you for your service! I’m sure they do! Are you trying anything to help, what did neurology say to do?

[@ruiz4251]

Regarding neurologist I've have an MRI done recently for comparison of another done in 2013. I've done an EEG and have a neurological exam scheduled this month. Also thank you for the support. I'm no longer active duty but like they say once a moron always a moron, sorry...Marine LMBO

[@benellis7637]

Undeafted bronze? Good listen though thank you

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Undefeated professional and bronze amateur- but you knew what I meant though?

[@waltdiesel]

I'm only here to admire your beauty😍😍😍

[@sturrrdy]

She is gorgeous

[@tomohawkcloud]

Do you believe that cte will have treatment later on? Or is it the end all be all? And do you believe that Elon Musk’s neurolink fix most of these problems?

[@ppsmellyyy]

There is treatment for CTE, but it’s really only effective for treating the earlier stages. I’m sure at some point there will be treatment, and even the possibility of a pre-death diagnosis, but as of now, no.

[@chadhees9229]

Golly this woman us so fine fine it hurts me to watch this video. I think i have cte tho for real

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Thank you! Have you tried hyperbaric chamber therapy?

[@chadhees9229]

@@NurseSarahJeffries no I haven't. Never even knew that hyperbaric chamber could help. Good suggestion. Maybe I'll give it a go

[@tylermiles8401]

Okay the biggie picture on the wall, that is dope.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Classic 👍🏻

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I’m scared for Taylor Swift

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Why?

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@NurseSarahJeffries Her boyfriend has this

[@pureblood1978x]

Your husband is a lucky dude.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

👍🏻☺️

[@andy1981jones]

Yea good point,she's fit as 😉

[@flamurs5147]

Somebody watched a Will smith film

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Why do you think that?

[@Knee_gear]

So this is what Chris Benoit had

[@FloydYoung-op1lc]

Do not discredit Dr. Bennett Omalu findings of CTE!!!

[@jjjjjjjjjjjj3329]

I see you with the one button miss Jefferies,that's a sign.

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Please elaborate?

[@jjjjjjjjjjjj3329]

@@NurseSarahJeffries I see your two buttons down 😉😉😉

[@A1.2223]

@@jjjjjjjjjjjj3329 show some respect pig

[@arjunchatterjee875]

being a keeda

[@lop1657]

MUSHROOMS

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

Micro dose or ??

[@lop1657]

@@NurseSarahJeffries yes

[@lop1657]

@@NurseSarahJeffries shrooms have been found to promote neuroplasticity, reduce inflammation, and enhance cognitive function, which could potentially be beneficial for individuals with brain injuries.

[@lop1657]

@@NurseSarahJeffriesit can promote neuroplasticity, reduce inflammation, and enhance cognitive function, which could potentially be beneficial for individuals with brain injuries.

[@michaeltiller782]

According to the world people with cte is soft

[@NurseSarahJeffries]

So silly to think that right?!

[@michaeltiller782]

Yes it is the worst disease a child should go through the left part of the brain from front horn to the temporal lobe the left and right hemisphere were touching never had a substance abuse problem

[@josephwalker5271]

Sounds like we’re talking about Joe Biden