High school players will keep hiding symptoms, Papas said, but it seems certain that those numbers will dwindle.
Mr. Gottlieb asked whether the drugs Mr. Braunstein had taken could have been hiding symptoms of mental illness.
There have been instances of people "actively fleeing" health workers, hiding symptoms of the virus and failing to abide by safe burial practices.
Initially, it is far too easy to hide symptoms of distress from clinical professionals that may lead to depression, alcohol abuse, drug dependency, relationship problems and even suicide.
But missing even one race can be devastating to a driver's chances of winning a championship or even keeping a ride, which is why there is some question if drivers would hide symptoms of a concussion.
As the drawdown in Afghanistan progresses and troops return home, the Defense Department must cement a more defined and interactive ways to screen returning troops, making it more difficult to hide symptoms.
Patients should also be told when to expect an improvement and, for drugs that treat hidden symptoms like elevated blood pressure or cholesterol, they should be kept informed of progress, or lack of it, being made toward the desired therapeutic goal.
Especially in a sport like football, where getting dinged up is part of the game and the macho culture still leads players to hide symptoms.
This means that interviewers (or health professionals) have to probe normalised accounts to uncover hidden symptoms.
Furthermore, treatment of dyspepsia with acid suppressants may hide symptoms of gastric cancer and delay diagnosis (Talley et al, 1993).
