Can doctors actually tell if there is anything wrong with your brain just by your blood work or would they have to do an x-ray?
2006-08-06 18:37:37 · 6 answers · asked by slipknot 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
There are specialize x-rays for the brain (CAT scans and the like) that will give a really detailed image of the brain. Blood tests really can't tell a doctor much about the brain.
2006-08-06 18:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by mistress_piper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood work can tell many things, maybe something associated specificly with the brain, but in order to find out more they would probably have to do a cat scan.
2006-08-07 02:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by Voice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, get ready for a good ol' MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) or CAT scan (bleh, can't remember what it stands for sorry) if you want to really determine if something's wrong with the brain.
2006-08-07 01:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by komodo_gold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blood tests won't tell the story. a picture of the brain and brain activity is generally more accurate.
2006-08-07 01:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by sparkloom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some things that are obvious in blood work. Other problems need other methods to detect them.
2006-08-07 01:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ...depending what it is that they are looking for, but not everything can be detected so easily. Somrtimes a MRI, cat scan or biopsy must be done for many other things.
2006-08-07 01:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by saultdebbie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋