HelpPOTS Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Dr. is writing a script for a PET scan of the brain. I have had severe cognitive impairment suspected of poor blood flow or a metabolic problem (worse then brain fog. Does anyone know the specifics, like does this show how much blood flow you are getting to your brain? Does it show how poorly or well you are thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeSprings Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I don't know, but when you find out can you please let us know? What did your Dr. say about it? I think it definitely shows more than an MRI. My worst symptoms are cognitive and would love it if there was a test that could pinpoint WHY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwise Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Google PET scan and you will get some good explanations on it. I had a whole body PET scan yesterday as they were looking for cancer as an underlying cause of my autonomic neuropathy.What they were looking for were hot spots on films showing the cancer. BTW-My results came back negative which is great, but we still don't know what caused my dysautonomia. We think viral to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunntrio Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Dr. is writing a script for a PET scan of the brain. I have had severe cognitive impairment suspected of poor blood flow or a metabolic problem (worse then brain fog. Does anyone know the specifics, like does this show how much blood flow you are getting to your brain? Does it show how poorly or well you are thinking?Please let us know what you find out about this, I am very interested. You are lucky to have a Dr. that is willing to do this for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeSprings Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 MWise -- Glad the results were negative for Cancer. Did they scan your brain as well? I am interested specifically in brain blood flow, which I think the PET looks at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwise Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 The Whole body PET scan on Wednesday did include the head (brain). They were looking for tumors-none found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowebirds Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Dr. is writing a script for a PET scan of the brain. I have had severe cognitive impairment suspected of poor blood flow or a metabolic problem (worse then brain fog. Does anyone know the specifics, like does this show how much blood flow you are getting to your brain? Does it show how poorly or well you are thinking?My husband had one several years ago. It does not trace your blood flow and it cannot tell anything about what your thinking. Basically it looks for high concentrations of sugars in the body "hot spots." This is a test for metabolic issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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