Why do you need to know a lot of math to become a neurologist? What do neurologists use math for?

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Several reasons There are several possible answers to this: (1) It’s to separate out, at an early stage, those folks that maybe due to no fault of their own, can’t wrap their heads around numbers, some memorization, step-by-step operations or logical thinking. (2) Most professors do research, where you use a heck of a lot of math to analyze the results of surveys, experiments, experimental trials, drug dosages, and the like. (3) Even practitioners have to be able to juggle complex probabilities.

For instance, deciding what to do with a 75 yr old patient-- the options are leave the tumor alone, which has a 6% chance per year of going cancerous, or operating, a 9.5% death rate, a 22.7% chance of paralyzing them, an a 12.3% chance per year of coming back. The math for figuring out what is the best course of action is really complex and not at all guessable. (4) Or to prescribe the right drug dosages.

Imagine you have a patient with diabetes and Parkinson's. The first Parkinson's pill enters their bloodstream at a rate of 20% per hour and is excreted at 5% per hour. The second Parkinson's pill enters at 35% per hour, but it is blocked 5% for every 12% of the first drug, and it's metabolized into the first drug at 14% per hour.

Their insulin peaks at 3 hours after a meal and it enhances the other two drugs at the rate of 0.12% per unit of insulin. What are the correct dosages and times to take the pills? You need to know your fractions and exponential curves to keep this patient from keeling over.(4) Most neurologists end up making a whole lot of money, and they pay a lot in malpractice insurance and staff salaries, , so they need math skills to balance their checkbooks and keep from going broke due to costs and embezzling bookkeepers..

2 Well, since I have migraines and that pertains to my noggin...Let me know if you ever make it through medical school. I want to know who NOT to go to.

Well, since I have migraines and that pertains to my noggin...Let me know if you ever make it through medical school. I want to know who NOT to go to.

I have ocular migraines and have been told to consult a neurologist. " "if you were looking for and EASILY understood book for Algebraic Math education -what would you use? " "What is the best major to get into that does not involve a lot of math?

I have ocular migraines and have been told to consult a neurologist.

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