Interesting news article - Brain Inflammation
 

This article came in via the Health New Headlines Forum today.
I thought I'd post in light of some of the more recent posts regarding inflammation.

PsychCentral News
Inflammation Seems to Underlie Concussion Symptoms

McMaster News
It doesn't take a brain injury to have headache, dizziness and cognitive impairment
Published: May 6, 2015

from Science Direct
A review of the neuro- and systemic inflammatory responses in post concussion symptoms: Introduction of the “post-inflammatory brain syndrome” PIBS
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Volume 46, May 2015, Pages 1–16

Interesting article. They say "So even in a situation where there is no obvious visible brain injury on conventional imaging scans, physicians may be able to still offer treatments that target inflammatory mediators."

I just read a report on DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) that shows a direct correlation between cognitive mTBI/concussion symptoms and changes in white matter. They found that in concussions with prolonged symptoms, there is a change in how water moves through the brain's white matter. In the injured brains, the water does not move through the white matter as well as in healthy brains.

I wonder if this change in water movement is part of the inflammation.

Here is the report on MedScape
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/836164

The promising part is this will help people with PCS to show they have a true injury versus a psychosomatic injury like so many professionals claim.

So what is the treatment for this then? I did not see anything mentioned in the articles pertaining to treatment for the inflammation.

How does one help this heal?

Some promote an anti-inflammatory diet. A Paleo/Mediterranean diet like the Wahl protocol or Dr Weill's diet.