Re: Organic Brain Syndrome??

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It's not a speicifc " diagnosis " but rather a general term used to refer to a

condition that causes changes in mental/cognitive status such as dementia,

behavioral changes, memory, alertness, emotion, perception, speech/language,

psychomotor function, problem solving, judgment, etc... It used to be used

to differentiate between cognitive changes due to a disease or disease type

process as opposed to psychiatric or mental illness. It's very nebulous and

is used when a more specific diagnosis may not yet be available. In the

several years before we had the more specific diagnosis of Leigh's, the docs

would sometimes refer to Carl as having some type of Organic brain syndrome

- meaning they knew that there was a disease process going on in his brain

causing these changes - but they didn't yet know what it was. In fact

whenever we had to go to the ER and they would try to get the 30 second

history we would give symptoms and say " caused by an as of yet unknown

Organic Brain Syndrome. " When a more specific diagnosis is reached - the

term is no longer used.

I hope this helps.

Terri

>From: Castle@...

>Reply-To: Mito

>To: Mito

>Subject: Organic Brain Syndrome??

>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 04:37:07 -0000

>

>Has anyone on this list heard of this term before?

>It has something to do with what the brain goes thru after an ABI.

>Thanks for any info!

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info.

My nephew had a stroke last Sept. and his behavior is a problem.

He has MELAS. We are trying to find as much info as possible to share

with his teachers so they will understand why he behave like he does.

We have a pretty good understanding of things but it is hard to

explain certain terms.

Thanks again,

> ,

>

> It's not a speicifc " diagnosis " but rather a general term used to

refer to a

> condition that causes changes in mental/cognitive status such as

dementia,

> behavioral changes, memory, alertness, emotion, perception,

speech/language,

> psychomotor function, problem solving, judgment, etc... It used to

be used

> to differentiate between cognitive changes due to a disease or

disease type

> process as opposed to psychiatric or mental illness. It's very

nebulous and

> is used when a more specific diagnosis may not yet be available.

In the

> several years before we had the more specific diagnosis of Leigh's,

the docs

> would sometimes refer to Carl as having some type of Organic brain

syndrome

> - meaning they knew that there was a disease process going on in

his brain

> causing these changes - but they didn't yet know what it was. In

fact

> whenever we had to go to the ER and they would try to get the 30

second

> history we would give symptoms and say " caused by an as of yet

unknown

> Organic Brain Syndrome. " When a more specific diagnosis is reached -

the

> term is no longer used.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Terri

>

>

> >From: Castle@e...

> >Reply-To: Mito@y...

> >To: Mito@y...

> >Subject: Organic Brain Syndrome??

> >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 04:37:07 -0000

> >

> >Has anyone on this list heard of this term before?

> >It has something to do with what the brain goes thru after an ABI.

> >Thanks for any info!

> >

> >

> >

>

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