Ryan McHugh believes greater education on concussion is needed after he suffered a suspected bleed on his brain earlier this year.

The Donegal All Star was sidelined for eight weeks after sustaining concussion last January and has been advised to sit out the rest of the year after suffering concussion for a second time in September.

“I had two concussions,” he told reporters on the GAA-GPA All Stars trip to Philadelphia.

"I had one at the start of the league this year and I took about eight weeks off - I had a slight bleed in my brain.

“It’s a strange injury because looking at somebody you don’t think there is anything wrong with them. It was tough. After the time you have slight headaches and you know there is something wrong with yourself. After a week-and-a-half you start to come round to yourself, but the fear is if you pick up another one you can pick up serious injuries.

“I don’t know a lot about it, I was taking the advice off Dr Kevin Moran (Donegal team doctor) and that’s it.”

The 24-year-old continued: “I know the first time I had it, I actually didn’t get the symptoms and stuff until about two weeks later. So it was strange, it actually happened at training one night, I just felt ill and dizzy and stuff. I went to Kevin and Kevin pulled me out straight away.

"If Kevin wasn’t there, I could have trained on. So definitely I think that the more education people have the better.”

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