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Michigan personal injury lawyers representing brain injury patients from car accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip and fall accidents, and other types of injuries usually work in cooperation with the patient's medical team. There are a number of medical professionals involved in the treatment of a patient suffering a traumatic brain injury or closed head injury. Each one specializes in a treating and evaluating the injury from a different perspective. A physician who plays a major role in the treatment of a brain injury patient is the neurologist.
A neurologist is a physician (MD or DO) who specializes in diseases of the brain and nervous system. They tend to focus on the patient's physical manifestations of neurological problems, or problems related to abnormalities in structure or function of specific regions of the nervous system. Other specialists, like psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists, focus on different aspects of the injury, like the cognitive and emotional problems. Most times, the professionals work in conjunction with each other.
A neurologist performs a neurological examination provides crucial information about the nervous system to determine what is wrong with the patient. It typically includes an examination of the 12 nerves of the head and neck, reflexes, balance and coordination, muscle strength and movement, and mental status- awareness and response to the environment, appearance and general behavior, orientation, attention and memory. Neurologists also perform diagnostic tests, such as lumbar puncture, electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography/nerve conduction velocity (EMG/NCV) to determine the nature and extent of the injury.
Based on the results of the neurological exam and the diagnostic tests (EEG, EMG, CT, MRI), a neurologist imay refer a patient with head injury to a neuropsychologist for an understanding of which brain functions are impaired and which remain intact. A neuropsychological evaluation will be able to tell how the injury specifically affected thinking and behavior.
Neurologists can prescribe medications for seizures and other problems arising from the brain injury. They play a vital role in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of the patient.
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