Concussion Experts Say - 'New Traumatic Brain Injury Test is Game-changing'

A Concussion is a traumatic brain injury that occurs after impacting a person's head or by a whiplash-type injury. It causes the person's head-to-head and brain to shake quickly back and forth. The effects of concussions are temporary that includes problems with memory balance, concentration, and coordination. The Neurologists also state that it results in an altered mental state, which provides for becoming unconscious.

The concussion symptoms as blurred vision, numbness, severe headache, seizures, impairment in speech, etc., may appear within 24 to 48 hours. The concussion tests are conducted using CT scan and MRI, which identifies only the structural defects. Even the specialists prepare an excellent questionnaire to know where precisely the head injury occurred. According to Dr. Farng-Yang Foo, a neurologist at NYU Langone Health's Concussion Center, "The most challenging aspect of diagnosing a concussion is there are no objective tests. The diagnosis is done through self-report of the patients that make hard to provide proper treatment."

These complications gave rise to invent a new handheld device by the medical device company, namely Abbott, based in the USA. This handheld test device will serve as an objective tool to evaluate patients with concussions. According to the Abbott Medical Director, "This device is a huge milestone as the specialists can carry out the blood test to measure the effect of TBI."

Abbott's device uses the blood test to assess the brain's health. The diagnosis is based on the 'molecular signatures' present in the blood, as provided during the patient's interview. Here, the Neurology Specialists or the doctors require the blood sample drawn from the patient's arm. The specialists extract the plasma from the patient's arm and insert it into the handheld instrument.

Some of the Top Neurologists and concussion experts state that this handheld device test will help provide urgent medical care. This test will help decide who requires MRI or CT scan and who does not. This test is developed in collaboration with the US Department of Defense and Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) research team. This new test is stated to improve the patient's flow in the busy emergency rooms. Moreover, it will save unnecessary healthcare costs on CT scans and MRI tests and protect people from extreme radiation.

So, if you have undergone a concussion during a sports injury, automotive, or household accident, then visit the Best Neurologist NYC at Complete Neurological Care for proper diagnosis and treatment.