Blood Test Developed for Brain Injury
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Donna O’Donnell Figurski
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for more than 2.5 million visits to emergency rooms (ERs) in the US every year. Many people with a concussion do not even go to the ER because they have no symptoms and don’t believe that the ER can diagnose a brain injury if it’s not serious enough to be detected by a number of indirect tests. A CT (“cat”; computerized tomography) scan is usually ordered if a brain injury is suspected, but only 10% of CT scans detect a brain injury in people with a mild head injury.
A quick, sensitive, and accurate blood test will soon be available for ERs 
to know if the brain has been injured. Some people will be negative. They will not need a CT scan and can go home with no worries. Others who are asymptomatic may actually discover that they’re positive for a brain injury. The ER doctor can then take appropriate action.
An objective blood test will be a game-changer for the treatment of TBIs. An obvious difference is that it will make many CT scans (and their radiation) unnecessary. On the other hand, people, especially those with a mild concussion, may discover they do have a brain injury and take appropriate steps. (Full story 1, 2)
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Comments on: "SPEAK OUT! NewsBit . . . . . Blood Test Developed for Brain Injury" (5)
Amazing! A game changer that doesn’t evev take an operation, YAY!…Artheals.com
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Joan Leal Carter, I agree. this test is so needed.
Donna O’Donnell Figurski
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Thanks Donna
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Donna O’Donnell Figurski
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survivingtraumaticbraininjury.com
donnaodonnellfigurski.com
Author of “Prisoners without Bars: A Caregiver’s Tale”
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