They may have trouble with their coordination and fine motor skills. At its early stages, being punch drunk may not seem like a huge deal. It could be brushed off as yet another cruel but normal affliction of old age — something to be endured. But it isn’t.
The symptoms do not get better. On the contrary, they get progressively worse over time. Perhaps most insidiously, symptoms typically appear years after the initial brain trauma(s) occurred, and by then it is far too late.
As of 2018, it can only be diagnosed post-mortem with a brain tissue analysis. There is no known cure.
Better known now by its scientific name, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative…
