Brain damage

Brain damage: Introduction

Damage to the brain that can occur from a variety of injuries and diseases. The brain damage can be localized as in a stroke or generalized as in infection. Symptoms and severity can vary greatly depending on the cause and location of the damage. The degree of brain damage that has occurred is usually assessed by testing various aspects of the neurological system.

Symptoms of Brain damage

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Brain damage:

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  • Drug Screening Kits
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Medical Textbooks Online about Brain damage

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Brain damage?

• Misdiagnosis of Brain damage
• Failure to diagnose Brain damage
• Hidden causes of Brain damage (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Brain damage

Brain damage: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Brain damage: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Brain damage:

• Stroke
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Brain damage: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - ADHD can be undiagnosed in adults.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Brain damage

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course,...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The condition goes by...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI),...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but...read more »

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Brain damage: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Stroke & Vascular Specialists:
  • Vascular Neurology (Brain Blood Vessels)
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Vascular Surgery (Blood Vessel Surgeon)
  • Neuropathology (Brain Diagnostics)
• Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
  • Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
• more specialists...»

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Brain damage: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Brain damage

• Brain damage
• Brain injury
• Mild traumatic brain injury
• Brain infection
• Encephalitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 70 causes of Brain damage

More information about causes of Brain damage:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Brain damage (44 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Brain damage (117 listings)
• Underlying causes of Brain damage
• Brain damage as a complication caused by other conditions
• Brain damage as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Brain damage

Latest Treatments for Brain damage

• Seizure prophylaxis
• Morphine
• Mannitol
• Furosemide
• Phenytoin
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Brain damage

Medical news articles related to Brain damage include:

• Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice
• New Stroke Treatments Reduce Brain Damage, Improve Recovery
• No Link Between Amateur Boxing, Long-Term Brain Damage
• Alcoholics With Cirrhosis Have More Brain Damage
• Tysabri May Treat Myelin Sheath Damage From MS
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Brain damage

Medical research articles related to Brain damage include:

• Vitamin K prior to preterm birth for preventing neonatal periventricular haemorrhage
• Phenobarbital prior to preterm birth for preventing neonatal periventricular haemorrhage
• How is nephrogenic diabetes insipidus diagnosed?
• Dementia ? Etiology and Epidemiology
• Will the mode of delivery of a drug have any affect on the likelyhood of developing anaphylaxis i.e would there be any difference between im/oral/rectal diclofenac?
• Pregnancy - routine anti-D prophylaxis for rhesus negative women
• Let's talk about restraint - rights risks and responsibility
• Dementia ? Caring Ethics, Ethnical and Economical Aspects
• more research...»

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Reseach about Brain damage

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Brain damage: Broader Related Topics

• Brain conditions
• more types...»

Types of Brain damage

Types of Brain damage

• Permanent brain damage
• Temporary brain damage
• more types...»

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