How the experts diagnose and treat a head injury

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As the head of R & D at the NTL Group, Dr. Curtis Cripe is familiar with all sorts of research on head injury, especially related to neurological disorders. This blog explains how the experts diagnose and treat head injuries.

Head injury is viewed as a very broad circumstance. There are many considerations when determining the extent of damage to the brain that a head injury can cause. It can depend on the point of impact, the intensity of the trauma, or even the victim's underlying conditions at the time of the trauma.

The head is such a critical part of the body that whenever medical professionals deal with head trauma, they silently assume the worst, in the interest of not taking anything for granted. External bleeding and damage, unconsciousness, and irregular behavior changes are enough to qualify any case as serious.

A victim needs to be transported immediately to a medical facility that can deal with the head trauma and examination and other testing methods performed as soon as possible. Today's best technologies come in the form of imaging, which allows the experts to identify any internal damage if there is any.

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With imaging, the doctors can make a better determination as to the degree of damage the patient has. This is then followed by blood tests to check for the presence of chemical markers that may point to other conditions, along with further brain evaluation. This is how medical experts leave nothing to chance.

When the patient is done with sufficient testing, this is the only time that the doctors can come up with a full diagnosis and a recommendation for treatment.

Curtis Cripe, Ph.D., has built on a specialization that covers a number of disciplines, which include bioengineering, addiction recovery, psychophysiology, behavioral medicine, brain injury, and child neurodevelopment. He is the director of research and development at the NTL Group. Click page for more updates.