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Undiagnosed brain trauma

The brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles my be damaged by physical trauma or electrocution.

Undiagnosed brain trauma

Postby klopi on Thu May 22, 2008 12:00 pm

A early diagnosis of a learning disability coupled with attention deficit disorder, E.D., and dyslexia seems to me almost identical to that of a child showing signs of mild brain trauma.

How do you differentiate the two and what are the steps in finding out if someone has undiagnosed trauma to the frontal lobes.

I am 32 yr now and believe this may be the case for myself, given my parents background of abuse early in life. I believe proper diagnosis may help in regards to therapy and medications for treatment.

Any help from a expert on this is much appreciated!
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Re: Undiagnosed brain trauma

Postby clinicalguru3 on Mon May 26, 2008 8:12 am

Well the most important thing to know is whether there was sigfnificant head trauma at all.
Please detail what kind of trauma you are referring to.
"...let the patient talk about their headache for at least 5 minutes without interruptions"

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