Nature
General STEM
Your Concussion Probably Changed Your Gut — Even If the Blow Was "Mild"
Your microbiome is like a neighborhood. A head injury doesn't just affect the brain; it shakes the entire town, scrambling which bacteria live where and how they talk to each other.
This means even small head injuries carry hidden costs we've never measured before — and there's a whole frontier of healing we've been ignoring.
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