With evolving technology, hundreds of years of experience and new techniques, the world of sports has become more competitive than ever before. Athletes who want to achieve great success in this field pushing human boundaries continues.

This competitive environment can do more damage, especially in sports that involve physical contact. Scientists are aware of this situation the most concrete evidence revealed.

For the first time in history, CTE was detected in a female athlete:

The Australian Sports Brain Bank, Australia’s medical research laboratory, said for the first time in history that a female athlete “chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)“It’s been discovered. CTE occurs with multiple hard blows to the head, gradually depleting nerve cells in the brain over time.

The diagnosis of CTE can only be made after autopsy of the person’s brain after death. The first female athlete in history to be diagnosed with CTE died in November. 28-year-old Australian football player Heather Anderson it happened.

Heather Anderson started playing rugby league when she was five years old. He turned to Australian football at a young age and continued his career in this field. Anderson competed in the top division, AFL Women. After a career-ending injury, she served as a nurse in the Australian Army.

Heather Anderson’s death was not related to KTE. former athlete, by committing suicide ended his life. His brain was donated to scientists at the request of his family.

The diagnosis of CTE also revealed some shortcomings in the scientific world:

Anderson’s diagnosis of CTE also revealed some shortcomings in women’s sports. The lack of research on female athletes in the world of sports science and medicine was brought up.

Women may be more susceptible to CTE:

Another problem that emerged at the time of diagnosis was the predisposition of men and women to RTE. Although there is no final judgment on CTE yet, one of the factors that cause CTE concussion There is more and more evidence about it

This evidence suggests that women are more prone to concussions and may have more severe symptoms than men.