A new MRI for identifying brain injuries:
Did you know that in it wasn’t until 1843 that a physician linked having dirty hands to passing infections?
Click the following link to learn more regarding the history of hand washing: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/hand_background.php
Originally, hysteria was categorized as an ailment that inflicted women after having babies. It apparently caused a host of symptoms such as, “anxiety, nervousness, fullness in the lower abdomen, erotic fantasies, paralytic states and fainting…”
Until the mid 1800’s to early 1900’s, it was believed that a woman experienced these issues because her uterus was “floating” around her body and choking her. Doctors treated it by causing orgasms in women. This was an actual selling point for vibrators. They “cured” hysteria. Use the following link to learn more, http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/4/904.full
So, what’s my point? Modern medicine and treatments are NEW. We know more about the human body and health than what our ancestors did, but there is still so much we need to learn, discover and understand.
This post is dedicated to a new technology that is in process to help those with minor and major brain injuries. This new advancement is promising as it is supposed to detect actual damage in neuro fibers in the brain. In my earlier blog posts, I mentioned how the injuries related to CPM/EPM are like having a short circuit in an electrical wire. This new type of MRI(High Definition Fiber Tracking) actually detects those short circuits! Where normal MRI’s and CT scans will show inflammation and bleeds, this MRI scan actual shows the neuron damage and can potentially predict how successful recovery will be.
This is exciting news for us!!! This might give us a definitive proof for the cognitive issues that we experience. It might show us how likely we will be to recover and to what extent. YEAH!!
For additional information on the upcoming information regarding this new MRI(High Definition Fiber Tracking) use the following links:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/finding-unseen-damage-traumatic-brain-injury-15830461
The following is a research article written about the MRI:
Click to access Pittsburgh%20HDFT%20TBI%20Diagnosis%20report.pdf
I had to copy the image (below) from the above link, just because it is that freaking awesome!!
I really believe that this technology could greatly benefit those of us who are suffering from the “unseen injury”. Be patient friends, because this new scan will probably not be covered by insurance companies nor will it be offered in the next few months. I’m guessing it won’t be available for another year or more. (If you are interested in possibly getting it earlier, there are research studies being done at the University of Pittsburgh now.)
Hyponatremia and Central Pontine Myelinolysis 