An estimated 95 percent of people with TBI in the US leave the hospital with a clean CT or MRI scan. But what if symptoms continue to persist?
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Posted on BrainLine May 25, 2010.
Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King, BrainLine.
About the author: Deborah Little, PhD
Deborah Little, PhD is an associate professor of Neurology & Rehabilitation, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, and Psychology at the University of Illinois.
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KennyLLC replied on Permalink
I am so glad to hear someone like Deborah admit that they are "not very good" at this.
It is refreshing, but I don't agree that a parent should take a child to a family doctor.
If Deborah knows that neurosciencecand imagery is "not very good" then parents need to be prepared to meet up with outright woeful ignorance on the part of their primary physicians.
Don't even bother with them. Go to a hospital and DEMAND a neurologist !
Your child deserves better treatment than a physician who is incapable of saying "I don't know".
Catherine replied on Permalink
Unfortunately it was the neurologists that seemed to be woefully misinformed in my case. They looked at the clean MRI and said I’d be fine. 85% of brain injuries don’t show on an MRI! Seven years later I’m clearly still not fine.
Jim replied on Permalink
Good luck demanding a neurological consult at your hospital, particularly if you use an HMO like Kaiser. You are more likely to end up on a long queue. Self-referrals do not get much respect. This is a situation where the intervention of a good family physician might make a real difference.
Brenda replied on Permalink
Too many communities don't have Neurologists, much less one that knows TBI. And referrals are not easy to find or get even if you are willing to travel several hundred miles.