Heads up: Dr. Aria Sabit and the neurological implications of celiac disease

Neurologists, like Dr. Aria Sabit, are aware of how serious celiac disease could be. The disease, also called sprue, is a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine, thus preventing it from absorbing nutritious parts in food essential to human health.

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Celiac disease is also known as gluten intolerance due to a reaction in patients to gluten, which is found mainly in wheat, barley, rye, and even oats. Medical experts are yet to pinpoint the exact cause of celiac disease. What is known, however, is that the immune system in patients with the disease reacts to gluten by damaging the villi in a person’s intestines, the area responsible for absorbing nutrients as food passes through.

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Neurologists, like Dr. Aria Sabit, are aware that, aside from malnutrition, celiac disease has several neurological implications. Among these are cerebellar ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, epilepsy, dementia, and depression. Recent studies have come to include migraine, encephalopathy, chorea, brain stem dysfunction, myelopathy, and mononeuritis multiplex as neurological effects of celiac disease.

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A recent study assembled a group of celiac disease patients and evaluated the levels of brain abnormality present. Based on factors as balance disturbance, headaches, and sensory levels, the study found that celiac patients had a significantly lower cerebellar volume than the control group used for the study, as well as significantly less gray matter density in several regions of the brain.

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The unawareness of illness: Dr. Aria Sabit on anosognosia

Neurosurgeons, like Dr. Aria Sabit of the Michigan Brain and Spine Group PLLC, are aware of the possible occurrence of anosognosia in patients suffering from brain injury, stroke, and other mental illnesses.


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Anosognosia is the lack of awareness of a neurologic impairment or illness usually affecting the left side of the body. It is different from the denial of an illness which is a strategy where a patient ignores or partially avoids that which causes too much stress. Anosognosia is a syndrome in which brain trauma causes changes in the brain cells, commonly in the right frontal or parietal lobe, leading to partial or complete unawareness of a decline in neurologic functions, such as memory, general thinking skills like math or language skills, emotions, and body movements.


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Neurosurgeons such as Dr. Aria Sabit would differentiate the syndrome from stroke that typically leads to impaired sensory systems. The sense of smell, vision, hearing, touch, and taste of patients with anosognosia are usually fine. But the damage in the right parietal lobe of the brain appears to disconnect sensory information from the processes that are responsible for spatial and bodily representations, causing the inability of the sufferer to comprehend sensory information. For instance, a person may be looking at a girl seating on a chair, yet he cannot understand what he’s seeing because the brain cannot translate the information that enters the eye and the optic nerve.


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Dr. Aria Sabit has been in the news for successfully treating Chris Scott, a neurosurgery patient at McLaren/Lapeer Regional Hospital who had been battling repetitive motion injury for the past 10 years. To learn more, go to BrainandSpineBlog.Wordpress.Com.

Dr. Aria Sabit: What you need to know about keyhole craniotomy

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Cranial surgery (craniotomy) is a medical procedure that involves a cut into the skull to allow access to the brain or its blood vessels. Neurosurgeons, like Dr. Aria Sabit of the Michigan Brain and Spine Physicians Group PLLC, would likely recommend the use of a minimally invasive surgical procedure called keyhole craniotomy for specific cases where a small incision can be done to allow an adequate exposure of the brain or blood vessels without compromising surgical outcomes.



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Keyhole craniotomy is a treatment option for aneurysms, head injuries, and infection. It is also used to treat brain tumors such as acoustic neuromas, skull base tumors, and meningiomas. Doctors note that keyhole surgery usually results in faster recovery, minimal scarring, and less pain than open craniotomy. Though this type of procedure has been shown to reduce risks, specialists in general cranial surgery, like Dr. Aria Sabit, would say that it’s still important to educate patients about the possible complications before they undergo the surgery to ensure that their expectations are realistic and that the goals of the medical operation are clear.



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In cranial surgery, risks vary according to the location of the brain which the procedure will affect. For instance, if the surgery is done in the part of the brain that controls speech, then speech may be affected. Some general complications include pneumonia, seizures, and hemorrhage. Following a craniotomy, patients should receive quality post-operative care to address risks should they occur, to assist in their recovery, and to ensure a smooth transition from hospital to home.

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Dr. Aria Sabit: The importance of discussing the risks of spinal fusion

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Dr. Aria Sabit, a specialist in minimally invasive spine surgery and an affiliate of the Michigan Brain and Spine Physicians Group PLLC, has weighed the pros and cons of the spinal fusion procedure to deal with back pain due to movement.


 The spinal fusion procedure is used to correct problems with the small bones of the spine or the vertebrae. It is one of the options available to sufferers of back pains due to motion, such as the movement that happens in a part of the spine that is arthritic. The procedure can be used to treat pain due to conditions and illnesses such as degenerative disk disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, and scoliosis.

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Spinal fusion has been performed by surgeons like Dr. Aria Sabit for decades. While the procedure takes away some spinal mobility, its results do not limit the motion of the patients significantly after recovery. However, as with many treatment plans for pain management, the surgery may not work for all patients. A successful spinal fusion procedure may not reduce the amount of pain experienced by the patient due to the underlying condition.



It is important for patients to discuss with their surgeon the risks involved because spinal fusion is just one of the possible solutions for back pain. By understanding that there are risks involved with the procedure itself, like nerve damage and pseudarthrosis, as well as what the fusion process involves and the duration of the recovery, patients can make an informed decision about their choice of procedure.

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