You're a doctor and I'm still going to publicly call that ridiculous.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
That's fine. But it's true. There IS structural damage, or functional damage, with concussion... but you can't see it on scans. It's on the-
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Microscopic and cellular level. If you can SEE it on scans it's anconcuasion AND skull fracture... c spine fracture... hemorrhage etc...
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Replying to @md_stat @ScottAdamsSays
In other words, scans are done to detect structural damage, but are not used to diagnose concussion. It's a clinical diagnosis.
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The link you provided proved my point not yours. For those keeping track, once again, I knew more than a qualified expert.
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Replying to @md_stat @ScottAdamsSays
Which I thought was that "no structural damage" means "no brain damage". It does not. It means no detectable structural damage.
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It's still a concussion. The brain is damaged. So where am I misunderstanding you?
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You said a concussion is not necessarily brain damage. I said it is.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
No. I got Twittered. Concussion is "brain damage" or to use the current term, TBI (traumatic brain injury)... we make a distinction when...
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There is "structural damage". The reason MRI's are ordered is to make sure that the concussion, already diagnosed clinically, is NOT=>
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