Brain damage
Brain damage: Introduction
Brain damage: A condition which is characterized by damage to the brain resulting in a decrease in function.
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causes of Brain damage, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Brain damage:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Brain damage.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Causes of Types of Brain damage:
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Brain damage: Symptom Checker
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Brain damage
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- DYSARTHRIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- HEADACHE
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Headache
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- HEADACHE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Dysarthria
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Headache
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Headache
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Headache
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Battle's sign
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Dysarthria
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Headache
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Headache
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Battle's sign
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Dysarthria
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Dysarthria
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Headache
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Headache
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Headache
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Brain damage: Self Assessment Tools
Brain damage: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
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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 initially misdiagnosed as...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, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease,
it can...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 the name of " mild...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...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 may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease).
The...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...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 migraines can also occur in children.
See misdiagnosis of migraine or ...read more »
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Brain damage: Related Rare Diseases
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Medications or substances causing Brain damage:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Brain damage as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Brain damage
Drug interactions causing Brain damage:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Brain damage as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Prochlorperazine and Lithium interaction
- Combid and Lithium interaction
- Compazine and Lithium interaction
- Eskatrol and Lithium interaction
- PMS-Prochlorperazine and Lithium interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Brain damage
Detailed list of causes of Brain damage
The list below shows some of the causes of Brain damage mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Brain damage
How Common are these Causes of Brain damage?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Brain damage.
Of the 82
causes of Brain damage that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 8
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 72
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 82
causes of Brain damage
Conditions listing symptoms: Brain damage:
The following list of conditions
have 'Brain damage' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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CMV antenatal infection
... brain damageCoenzyme Q cytochrome c reductase deficiency of
... brain damageI
Inborn urea cycle disorder
... brain damageInfant Cytomegalic virus
... brain damageIntrauterine infections
... brain damageL
Lead poisoning
... Brain damageLennox-Gastaut Syndrome
... brain damageM
Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
... brain damageN
Neurosyphilis - general paresis
... damage to brain cellsNeurotoxicity syndromes
... brain damageNiemann-Pick disease, type A
... brain damageNiemann-Pick disease, type C1
... brain damageO
Ondine's curse
... brain damageOsteopetrosis lethal
... brain damageR
Reye's Syndrome
... brain damageS
Syphilis
... brain damage if untreated
Conditions listing complications: Brain damage:
The following list of conditions
have 'Brain damage' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency
... brain damageA
Accelerated hypertension
... brain damageArbovirosis
... brain damageArgininosuccinase lyase deficiency, neonatal
... brain damage if untreatedArginninosuccinic acid synthetase deficiency
... brain damage if untreatedAsphyxia
... brain damageAsphyxia neonatorum
... brain damageB
Ballantyne-Runge syndrome
... brain damageC
Carbamoyl-phosphate synthase 1 deficiency
... brain damageChemical poisoning - Ammonium Bifluoride
... brain damageChemical poisoning - Window cleaner
... brain damageChildbirth
... Brain damageCitrullinemia
... brain damage if untreatedCitrullinemia I
... brain damage if untreatedCitrullinemia II
... brain damage if untreatedConcussion
... brain damageCongenital nonhemolytic jaundice
... brain damageCrigler-Najjar syndrome, type 1
... brain damageD
Decompression sickness
... brain damageE
Epilepsy
... brain damageF
Febrile Seizures
... Brain damageFungal meningitis
... brain damageH
Head injury
... brain damageHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 1
... brain damageHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 2
... brain damageHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 3
... brain damageHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 4
... brain damageHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 5
... brain damageHyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 6
... brain damageL
Lead poisoning
... brain damageLucey Driscoll syndrome
... brain damageM
Malignant hypertension
... brain damageMalignant hyperthermia
... brain damageMeasles
... brain damageMeningococcal A
... Brain damageMeningococcal B
... Brain damageMeningococcal C
... Brain damageMeningococcal disease
... brain damageMild citrullinemia
... brain damage if untreatedN
N-acetyl glutamate synthetase deficiency
... brain damage if untreatedNeonatal Jaundice
... brain damageNesidioblastosis of pancreas
... brain damageO
Ondine syndrome
... brain damageOsteogenesis imperfecta
... brain damageOsteogenesis imperfecta, type 3
... brain damageOxycontin overdose
... brain damageP
Periodic hyperlysinemia
... brain damageR
Rh Disease
... brain damageRheumatoid vasculitis
... brain damageS
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
... brain damageT
Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiencies
... brain damageTogaviridae disease
... brain damageToxoplasmosis
... brain damageTraumatic Brain Injury
... brain damageV
Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - adult-onset
... brain damageVery Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - Early onset
... brain damageVery Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - intermediate
... brain damageVery-Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
... brain damageW
Western equine encephalitis
... brain damageWhooping Cough
... brain damageWilson's Disease
... brain damage
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Causes of Brain damage Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Brain damage based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Classifications of Brain damage:
Medical Conditions associated with Brain damage:
Brain symptoms (938 causes), Head symptoms (6066 causes)
Symptoms related to Brain damage:
Brain injury, Head injury (2 causes), Brain symptoms (938 causes), Bleeding in the brain (12 causes), Brain swelling (317 causes), 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency, Accelerated hypertension, Arbovirosis, Argininosuccinase lyase deficiency, Asphyxia
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