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Is a brain mri used to detect or rule out alcohol induced brain damage?
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Not routinely: Alcohol-induced brain damage can be detected with various tests of cognition and executive functioning that may be more sensitive than routine MRI. See your physician for a full discussion and evaluation. If he/she is concerned for a dementing process, you might be referred to a neurologist. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Alcohol_related_brain_damage
Answered 7/15/2020
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Not typically.: Alcohol is a major cause of brain damage, and it has been estimated that one alcoholic beverage kills about 50,000 neurons. There are about 100,000,000,000 neurons in the brain. By the time the damage is detectable on MRI, there has significant brain damage.
Answered 9/28/2016
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