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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
Children who sustain a spine-related injury often do so through a fall, an auto accident or a sports injury. Since there are many different types of spinal injuries that a child can experience, it depends on the type of injury, as well as the severity, when it comes to treating spine injuries in children.
From diagnosis to rehabilitation – the teams at Children’s Hospital of Michigan are here for you and your family every step of the way.
