Severe trauma prime. “Now I can’t see with one eye”

“I can’t see with one eye now.” Dentist fights in MMA despite serious injury

Ilya Shcheglov is 31 years old – and he can improve anyone’s smile: he works as a dentist and fights in MMA. As an amateur, Ilya became the European champion; as a professional, he had 4 wins and 1 loss (from Jeff Monson). On March 26, Kemerovo resident Shcheglov won a fight in Moscow at an ACB organization tournament - and in an interview with site correspondents Alexander Lyutikov and Vadim Tikhomirov, he explained why he needed all this.

“Mom always wanted me to become a dentist,” says Ilya Shcheglov. – I studied in a chemical and biological class, from 8th to 11th grade I was involved in boxing, and after school I applied to five educational institutions: polytechnic, institute of commerce, medical college, medical academy and food college. I went to food science to become a milk technologist, to college to become a dental technician, and to the medical academy to become a dentist. Here the choice was obvious. In my first years at the medical academy, I was an excellent student, I closed classes earlier than everyone else and had no time for training at all. Plus I was still working.

- Where?

- Security at a nightclub. That's when boxing helped me. Not in the sense of hitting someone: just if you are confident in your abilities, then you conduct the conversation differently. And people feel it.

– The phrase “Kemerovo” night club» is strongly associated with wild video from YouTube“Security at the Barracuda club is outrageous.”

– This is our club, our guys.

- Come on. Is that where you worked?

- Yes, I worked there. Our city is small - and the security from all the clubs knows each other; one person can work in several establishments. Then this was my social circle, we worked on the same shift.

– Are you in that video?

It's in the photographs. Not on video. I have always been against such cruelty. But in defense of these people, I can say that no one in this video was harmed for no reason. Everyone begged for a very long time. I repeat: I do not approve of such videos. But, apparently, the guys wanted to show off and show off.

– In the comments to the video you can find the following information: one guard was imprisoned, another was stabbed to death, the third was stabbed.

- Yes, I saw it. Everything is not true. These people settled down, had children - and everything is good in their lives.

– Is it possible to come to terms with the idea that at some tournament, which most people simply did not notice, such a serious injury was received and vision was lost in one eye?

“When I was in the ward, there was time to think about life. There was despair and depression - not without it. This would be very difficult to deal with alone.

– What did your wife say when you arrived with an injury?

“She said: “We’ll break through.” Katya never lost faith in me for a second. And this helped me a lot. I spent two months in the hospital. When I came out, I weighed 112 kg. I started running slowly and getting in shape. I told my coach that I was ready to come back. He agreed. I came to the gym and couldn’t do the warm-up because of shortness of breath. The coach looked at me pitifully, and then began to refer to being busy so as not to train me. And I realized that he was avoiding, ignoring me. Such anger has awakened! I told him: “You do as you wish, and I will continue to train.” After that we don't communicate.

And all summer I just ran, struggling with shortness of breath. And now it’s the beginning of September. We were at our military shooting range, I had a bet with an officer on chicken tobacco - who could shoot better with a PM. You need to shoot with a cool head and focused. And then an SMS came, after which my hands began to shake, and I could no longer shoot normally. Barnaul promoters wrote: “Ilya, what shape are you in? We want to offer you a fight with Monson for November.”

– What did you answer them?

– I honestly wrote that the form is not very good. But I immediately grabbed this chance. There are two months before the fight - you can prepare. And I went to look for a new coach.

– By that time, it turns out that you had been out of martial arts for eight months. How did you get used to fighting with one eye? There the focus changes very much.

- The question is to the point. When I left the hospital, I couldn’t even get the key into the keyhole. Then I learned: you feel for the hole with one hand, and insert the second key. In general, the “near/far” focus has changed a lot. When the fight with Monson was scheduled, I came to the boxing gym, introduced myself, said that I was an amateur European MMA champion and was preparing for professional fight with Monson himself. The coach agreed, then he held my paws and said: “Oh my, what kind of European champion are you? You can’t hit the paws!” I had to explain about the eye. Now I’m used to it, I hit people’s paws and my opponents too. Probably, my on-board computer is set up - I drive the car and insert the key into the keyhole without difficulty, ha ha.

– When you fought with Monson, did your vision problems really interfere?

- No, not at all. I will under no circumstances attribute my loss to this. Then I didn’t pay attention to the injury, but now I’m generally used to it. There was another problem: I prepared incorrectly. When the old coach abandoned me, I started training with boxers - after a month of training, it became very difficult for the boxers to hit me in the head, I was taught to defend myself well. But now I can’t understand why I needed this before the fight with Monson. He practically didn’t hit me. I needed to protect myself from the fight, hit him often myself, feed him with blows, not let him think, so that he would not have time to prepare a pass to the legs. And on top of everything: I should have worked more on my strength before this fight. I got carried away with the weight: from 112 kg I dropped to 92 - and by the time of the fight I only barely reached 99 (Monson’s weight is 107 kg - website note).

– First round you won against him. And he only made the pass to the legs once from the third time.

– Monson behaved unconventionally. All my opponents always tried to give it their all in the first round so that they could wear me down while they had the strength. It seemed to me that Jeff would behave the same way. I thought: the main thing is not to miss him in the first round, and then he will get tired. And he outwitted me like a child. In the first round, Monson worked with me 70 percent, no more. Going out for the second round, I thought: “Everything is working out, now I’ll run, rest, and he’ll get even more tired.” But when we reached the second round, there was a feeling that this was a different Monson. His gaze even changed, his movements became different. He turned on all his strength and moved me to the ground.

– Using the “north-south” technique, Monson defeated 15 times – including Alexander Emelianenko and Sergei Kharitonov. Did you immediately realize that he was coming for him?

“At first I endured and resisted. I decided: if he manages to start strangling me, I won’t give up, I’ll be patient. But then he pressed – and my vertebrae began to crack. When they choke you and you just start to fall asleep, you can endure it, it’s okay. But here the vertebrae crunched so hard that you could probably hear it even in the stands. I gave up. Then for another month the head did not turn either left or right. Honestly, this defeat didn’t knock me out. Even though I lost, I was overwhelmed by the emotions of returning to what I loved.

How do you combine work and hobbies now?

– I train five days a week – on weekdays. At the service they accommodated me and allowed me to train in the morning and work during the lunch break, making up for the morning hours. It’s also convenient for the guys: some people can’t come during the service, but they can come in at lunchtime. I wake up at 6:45 to take my eldest daughter to kindergarten and go to training. Morning training at 8:30, after which I go to the unit and work until 18:00, and from 19:00 the second training.

-Are you tired?

– My wife helps me a lot. She prepares food for me for the whole day - for 4-5 meals. Collects my bag, reminds me of what I forgot. Katya's maternity leave is over, but I don't want to send her to work, because without my wife's help it will be very difficult for me. We have been together for 14 years, we have two daughters: 5 years old and 3 years old. They watch my every fight and say something to me and are very offended that I don’t answer them from the TV. Now my wife and I go to CrossFit together. I can’t help but brag: she’s already won two competitions. We are waiting for the children to grow up and we will also take them with us.

– What knowledge gained at the medical academy was useful in sports?

– Physiological processes perceived on a different level. Co sports nutrition It’s easier to understand: when you read about a product, you quickly understand whether you need it or not. The problem for novice athletes is that they uncontrollably consume sports nutrition simply because it is fashionable or has helped someone. My medical education also allows me to inject myself with vitamins and put on an IV. Or there was this case: I was preparing for the Russian Championship. In our unit, we were practicing freestyle wrestling techniques, and while throwing, I cut my lower lip. There were two weeks before the competition. I came to the first aid station, gave myself an injection, stitched it up, and continued training. Everything was healed for the competition. In general, I assess my injuries not as an athlete or a patient, but as a doctor.

– Do you make a mouthguard for yourself?

- Well, this is what orthopedic dentists do. And I am a therapist and surgeon. They made me a custom mouth guard, but, to be honest, I didn’t really like it: it seemed bulky and not very comfortable. A regular mouthguard from the store is quite enough.

– After training, your hands become clogged and may tremble. How do you deal with this when doing dental treatment?

- After hard training my hands are really shaking. But there are a number of techniques that allow you to eliminate tremor, and you can continue to do delicate work. Everything works out well, the patients are happy. In dentistry, the main thing is to be able to work with your hands and communicate with the patient. I know people who graduated from the medical academy with honors, but in real work they cannot cope with either their anxiety or the anxiety of the patient. Knowing the theory is great and helps a lot, but it’s a completely different matter to go and inject a person.

– Which is worse: toothache or pain from a blow or blow?

- Definitely a toothache. I have the opportunity to compare: I see the same people in the ring and in my chair. This different people. Remember your own feelings when you sit in the dentist’s chair. But this concept is very subjective. Sometimes the guys from the squad will say to me: “You are brave - you are not afraid to go into the ring. It's so tough." This is surprising. For me, the guys from our detachment are an example of real courage: they go into the mountains and know that danger is nearby, that they can start shooting at any second, that there could be an explosion. And this requires much more courage than just going out and fighting with your opponent with your fists according to clear rules.

Text: Alexander Lyutikov, Vadim Tikhomirov

Photo: press service of the ACB organization, vk.com/id39936153

12 serious injuries in the history of football

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Sport is health! Unfortunately, this slogan does not always work. Life professional athletes always involves risk, this is especially true for football players. Almost no game is complete without traumatic moments. Sometimes, due to a serious injury, players are out of the game for many months.

During a match between Arsenal and Birmingham in February 2008, Martin Taylor, a Birmingham defender, fouled Eduardo. As a result, Da Silva broke left leg and dislocated his ankle. It took him a year to fully recover.

In April 1996, at Old Traford, Coventry defender Bust collided with United defender Deniso Irvine. As a result, Boost suffered a horrific open fracture to his leg. He never played professional football again.

3. Kieron Dyer

Bristol Rovers player broke right leg in a match on August 29, 2007. It took a year to treat a severe double fracture, and then another six months after a relapse in 2008.

4. Francesco Totti

On February 19, 2006, in an Italian Championship match against Empoli, Totti suffered a fracture and tore the ligaments in his ankle. That same night he was operated on by a famous Italian orthopedic surgeon.

5. Jacob Olsen

Danish striker Olsen had his ankle blown off in October 2006. It took 6 months to recover.

6. Ewald Linen

This terrible grass was inflicted on German midfielder Ewald Linen by a Werder Bremen defender in 1981.

7. Henrik Larson

Larson was out of football for 8 months as a result of a broken leg in 1999. The consequences threatened the career of the eminent Swede, but miraculously he returned to football for the 2000 European Championship.

8. Luciano Almeida

Brazilian footballer Luciano Almeida was seriously injured during a match between Botafogo and Flamengo in 2007. Full recovery took 5 months.

9. Inigo Diaz De Cerio

In 2008, in Spain, Inigo, after a collision with the Eibar goalkeeper, Zigor, broke his right tibia and tibia. After a successful operation and a slow recovery, he returned to football exactly one year later.

10. Luke Nealis

Four minutes into the game, Belgian striker Luc Nilis suffered a double ankle fracture in a collision with Ipswich goalkeeper Richard Wright in September 2000. Luke left football after this incident.

11. Djibril Sise

A shocking photo shows Cece's leg being broken in a 2006 match. The culprit was defender Shandong Luneng during a friendly game in Saint Itien.

12. Edgar Andrade

During a match between Cruz Azul and Tecos in June 2007, Mexican player Andrade broke his ankle. It took him many months to recover.

Take care of yourself and be healthy!

Any strong blow to the head area can injure the brain, including those cases where the skull remains intact. Despite the fact that the brain is enclosed in soft membranes and “floats” in the cerebrospinal fluid, from impacts due to inertia inner surface the skull is not 100% protected. If the skull is fractured, the brain can be damaged by bone fragments.

Any general practitioner, when meeting for the first time and taking a medical history, will definitely ask whether his new patient has a history of traumatic brain injuries. Brain damage can affect a person’s emotional and mental state, the functioning of his internal organs and vital systems for years.

Types of brain injuries and their signs

According to the Research Institute named after. N.V. Sklifosovsky, in Russia the main causes of brain injuries are falling from a height (usually while drunk) and injuries received during criminal actions. In total, these two factors alone account for about 65% of cases. Another 20% are road traffic accidents and falls from heights. This statistic differs from the global one, in which traffic accidents account for half of brain injuries. Globally, 200 out of every 10,000 people suffer a brain injury every year, and these numbers are trending upward.

Brain concussion . It occurs after a minor traumatic impact on the head and represents reversible functional changes in the brain. Occurs in almost 70% of victims with traumatic brain injuries. A concussion is characterized (but not required) by a short-term loss of consciousness - from 1 to 15 minutes. Having returned to consciousness, the patient often does not remember the circumstances of what happened. In this case, he may be bothered by headache, nausea, less often vomiting, dizziness, weakness, pain when moving eyeballs. These symptoms subside spontaneously after 5–8 days. Although a concussion is considered a mild traumatic brain injury, about half of victims have various residual effects that can reduce the ability to work. In case of a concussion, an examination by a neurosurgeon or neurologist is required, who will determine the need for a CT scan or MRI of the brain, or electroencephalography. As a rule, hospitalization is not required for a concussion; outpatient treatment under the supervision of a neurologist is sufficient.

Brain compression . Occurs due to hematomas in the cranial cavity and a decrease in intracranial space. It is dangerous because due to the inevitable infringement of the brain stem, the vital functions of breathing and circulation are disrupted. Hematomas that cause compression must be removed urgently.

Brain contusion . Damage to the brain substance due to a blow to the head, often with hemorrhage. May be mild, moderate or severe. With mild bruises, neurological symptoms last 2–3 weeks and go away on their own. Moderate severity is characterized by mental disturbances and transient disorders of vital functions. With severe bruises, the patient may remain unconscious for several weeks. Brain contusions, their degree and condition during treatment are diagnosed using computed tomography. Treatment is medicinal: neuroprotectors, antioxidants, vascular and sedative drugs, B vitamins, and antibiotics are prescribed. Bed rest is indicated.

Axonal damage . Axons are long, cylindrical extensions of nerve cells that can be damaged by a blow to the head. Axonal injuries are multiple axonal breaks accompanied by microscopic hemorrhages in the brain. This type of brain injury leads to the cessation of cortical activity and the patient falling into a coma, which can last for years until the brain starts working again. Treatment consists of maintaining vital functions and preventing infectious diseases.

Intracranial hemorrhage . A blow to the head can cause destruction of the wall of one of the blood vessels, which leads to local hemorrhage into the cranial cavity. Intracranial pressure instantly increases, causing damage to brain tissue. Symptoms of intracranial hemorrhage are severe headache, depression of consciousness, seizures, vomiting. There is no uniform treatment tactics for such cases; depending on the individual picture, medications and treatments are combined. surgical methods aimed at removing and resolving the hematoma.

Consequences of head injuries

Various consequences of a brain injury can manifest themselves during its treatment, during the rehabilitation period (up to six months) and the long-term period (usually up to two years, but possibly longer). First of all, these are mental and autonomic dysfunctions that can complicate the patient’s entire future life: changes in sensitivity, speech, vision, hearing, mobility, memory and sleep disorders, confusion. The development of post-traumatic forms of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and brain atrophy is possible. The more severe the injury, the more negative consequences it brings with it. Much depends not only on proper treatment, but also on the rehabilitation period, when the patient gradually returns to normal life and it is possible to track the onset of post-traumatic diseases in time in order to begin their treatment.

There are cases in history where brain injuries led to the emergence of new talents in the victim - for example, an increase in the ability to study foreign languages or exact sciences, to fine arts or music. This is called acquired savant syndrome (acquired savantism). Often these abilities are based on old memories - for example, the patient may have studied Chinese for some time at school, forgotten it completely, but spoke it again after an injury and continued learning with better success.

First aid for head injuries

Anyone can find themselves in a situation where there is a person nearby with a head injury. Knowing the rules for providing first aid, you can alleviate his condition and even save his life.

Signs of a serious traumatic brain injury include blood or clear fluid (CSF) leaking from the nose or ear and bruising around the eyes. Symptoms may not appear immediately, but several hours after the injury, so if strong impact If you have a head injury, you need to call an ambulance immediately.
If the victim has lost consciousness, breathing and pulse should be checked. If they are absent, you will need to perform artificial respiration and cardiac massage. If there is a pulse and breathing, the person is placed on his side before the ambulance arrives, so that possible vomiting or a sunken tongue will prevent him from suffocating. You cannot sit him down or lift him to his feet.
In case of a closed injury, ice or a cold wet towel should be applied to the site of impact to stop tissue swelling and reduce pain. If there is a bleeding wound, you should lubricate the skin around it with iodine or brilliant green, cover the wound with gauze and carefully bandage your head.
It is strictly forbidden to touch or remove fragments of bones, metal or other foreign bodies protruding from the wound, so as not to increase bleeding, damage the tissue even more, or cause infection. In this case, a gauze roll is first placed around the wound, and then a bandage is made.
The victim can only be transported to the hospital in a supine position.

The hospital conducts an examination, determines the severity of the patient’s condition, and prescribes diagnostic procedures. For open wounds with bone fragments or other foreign bodies, the patient requires urgent surgery.

Rehabilitation therapy

The rehabilitation period is necessary in order to maximally return to the patient the functions lost due to injury and prepare him for future life. International standards suggest the following measures for rehabilitation after brain injury:

Neuropsychological correction - to restore memory, attention and control over emotions.
Drug therapy - to restore blood circulation to the brain.
Speech therapy classes.
Different types of psychotherapy - to relieve depression.
Aquatherapy, stabilometry, PNF therapy - to compensate for movement disorders.
Physiotherapy (magnetic therapy, transcranial therapy) - to stimulate brain activity.
Dietary nutrition - to supply brain cells with all necessary amino acids.
Providing physical comfort and attentive nursing care.
Family counseling - to create an environment of mutual understanding in the family.

The optimal time to begin rehabilitation treatment is 3–4 weeks from the moment of receiving a head injury. The greatest success in recovery can be achieved in the next 1.5-2 years after discharge from the hospital, then progress will slow down.