Former NFL star found dead in hotel room had CTE, family says

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. CTE

is the result of multiple TBIs. A concussion is one TBI. Another concussion is a second TBI. And so on. Many concussions, especially in younger kids, are not treated properly. The name of the condition is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Emphasis on Chronic.

Now as for PTSD, I can only talk about my kid. On his second Iraq tour, he could not (as in, was not allowed to) tell us where he was. When he came home he was different and since I am a nurse with some limited skill in neurology from working ICU and stepdown, I could detect some signs of what I was pretty sure was post-TBI syndrome as well as psychological symptoms of PTSD. Unfortunately, like a lot of people, he self-medicated. The VA did not serve him well either. He committed suicide.