Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery
Caring for Growing Minds and Spines
At Children’s Hospital of Michigan, our pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons help care for our community’s youngest and brightest minds.
When a spinal injury sidelines a soccer game or new parents learn their precious baby has spina bifida, the pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons at Children’s Hospital of Michigan deliver personalized care for childhood neurologic conditions that affect the brain, spine and nervous system.
Emergency care for brain and spine injuries
In an emergency, our teams deliver prompt care for brain and spinal cord injuries, concussion, brain seizure, and other neurologic disorders. Our Level I Trauma Center is here to help children get back to what matters most, being a kid again.
Common traumatic brain injury symptoms may include:
- Balance problems
- Confusion
- Dizziness
- Feeling tired, having no energy
- Fuzzy or blurred vision
- Headache
- Sensitivity to light
Common traumatic spine injury symptoms may include:
- Muscle weakness
- Loss of sensation
- Breathing difficulty
- Inability to move arms or legs
- Loss of bladder and bowel control
- Pain in the neck or back
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