A team effort is required to learn what condition is causing your symptoms. Our dedicated physicians, support staff members and technicians at Sentara want to ensure you are thoroughly evaluated and correctly diagnosed.
We appreciate your search for answers and prioritize pinpointing your condition as quickly and as accurately as possible. Depending on your symptoms, we'll guide you to one or more of the following exams and tests:
Blood tests: Your results can help us rule out diseases and conditions that cause symptoms like yours.
Medical history: We'll ask for information about symptoms now and in the past, the time of day you notice them, where you've lived, including where you grew up and traveled, your job and your family's health history.
Neurological exam: We'll test your senses, reflexes, coordination, movement and balance.
MRI: This technology uses magnetic fields to create an image of your brain. Depending on your symptoms and initial testing results, we may also ask you to undergo these tests:
Nuclear medicine scan: A scan can identify dopamine in brain cells and support a diagnosis of Parkinson's.
Spinal fluid analysis: Sometimes the presence of oligoclonal bands in your cerebrospinal fluid leads us to suspect that you have multiple sclerosis.
We appreciate your search for answers and prioritize pinpointing your condition as quickly and as accurately as possible. Depending on your symptoms, we'll guide you to one or more of the following exams and tests:
Blood tests: Your results can help us rule out diseases and conditions that cause symptoms like yours.
Medical history: We'll ask for information about symptoms now and in the past, the time of day you notice them, where you've lived, including where you grew up and traveled, your job and your family's health history.
Neurological exam: We'll test your senses, reflexes, coordination, movement and balance.
MRI: This technology uses magnetic fields to create an image of your brain. Depending on your symptoms and initial testing results, we may also ask you to undergo these tests:
Nuclear medicine scan: A scan can identify dopamine in brain cells and support a diagnosis of Parkinson's.
Spinal fluid analysis: Sometimes the presence of oligoclonal bands in your cerebrospinal fluid leads us to suspect that you have multiple sclerosis.