Brain conditions

Brain conditions: Introduction

Brain conditions: Medical conditions that affect the brain. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Brain conditions is available below.

Symptoms of Brain conditions

• Headache
• Pain
• Loss of eyesight
• Loss of consciousness
• Dysarthria
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 6 symptoms of Brain conditions

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Brain conditions:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
  • ADHD -- Home Tests
  • Drug Screening Kits
• more tests...»

Brain conditions: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Brain conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Brain conditions?

• Misdiagnosis of Brain conditions
• Hidden causes of Brain conditions (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Brain conditions: Self Assessment Tools

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

Brain conditions: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Brain conditions:

• Stroke
• Brain
• more product offers...»

Brain conditions: 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 conditions

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...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...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...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 ...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 can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these...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...read more »

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Brain conditions: 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 conditions: 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 conditions

• Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis
• Tetrabenazine
• Posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome
• Vitamin B12 deficiency
• Arylsulphatase A deficiency
• more causes...»

See full list of 36 causes of Brain conditions

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More information about causes of Brain conditions:

• Brain conditions as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Brain conditions

News Archives for Brain conditions

Medical news articles related to Brain conditions include:

• Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder
• Brain Disease Causes More Vision Loss in Blacks
• DNA Fingerprints Predict Brain Disorders
• In Some Insomnia Patients, Brain Just Won't Shut Down
• Biologists Question Animal Brain Size Theory
• Brain Scans Show Differences in Cocaine Addicts
• Brain Scans Show How Humans 'Hear' Emotion
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Brain conditions

Medical research articles related to Brain conditions include:

• Alcoholism and Problem Drinking
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Neurological History and Examination
• CT Head Scanning Indications
• Head Injury
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Brain conditions

Patient Surveys for Brain conditions

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Reseach about Brain conditions

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Clinical Trials for Brain conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Brain conditions include:

• Long-Term Analysis of Urea Cycle Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Galantamine in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - galantamine hydrobromide
• A Follow-Up Study to Assess Safety and Tolerability of Galantamine Treatment in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - galantamine hydrobromide
• A Survey Study of the Treatment and Outcome Management in Patients Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Galantamine Hydrobromide (REMINYL) in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - galantamine hydrobromide
• more trials...»

See full list of 2009 Clinical Trials for Brain conditions

Brain conditions: Broader Related Topics

• All Disease Categories
• Head Conditions
• more types...»

Types of Brain conditions

Types of Brain conditions

• Concussion
• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Adult-onset ALD
• Agenesis of the corpus callosum
• more types...»

See full list of 163 Types of Brain conditions

Stories from Users Related to Brain conditions

• Can anyone help diagnose me? Weird brain episodes.
• Brain is shrinking...Help!!!
• Not sure WHAT i have anymore, constant anger and brain fog
• Strange manifestations of light and sound in brain at night
• Confusing brain, visual and weight loss symptoms
• brain quivering feeling HELP
• brain calcification
• Brain twitches?
• Heaviness in brain
• Issue with my... brain?
• help. brain damadge?
• I am worried this is linked to my brain.....
• Brain strinking. What does that mean? Help
• Thinning brain????
• Update: Mri Brain Findings
• pineal cyst found in brain
• My brain itches
• 6YRS OLD BOY WITH - BRAIN - neurological illness
• My wife was right, I have 1/2 a brain
• nose and brain pressure linked?

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User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Brain conditions, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
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• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Brain conditions:

Broad group of severe mental and behavioral disorders etiologically traceable to brain disease, injury, or toxicosis; psychosis associated with endocrine disorders, drugs, and metabolic or nutritional abnormalities. - (Source - Diseases Database)