Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels and all effector tissue, such as muscle.
The Neurological services are provided for such diverse disorders as :
- headache
- Seizures
- vertigo
- stroke Infarcts and Transient Ischemic Attacks( TIAs)
- dementias as Alzheimers & Vascular Dementia and
- movement disorders like Parkinson’s Disease, Parkisonism, tremors, myoclonic jerks, tics & dystonia
- Ataxias (cerebellar & sensory)
- Spinal Cord Disorders (myelitis)
- Radiculopathies
- Neuromuscular Disorders as(myasthenia Gravis / Myasthenic Syndromes)
- Neuropathy (Diabetic entrapment neuropathies)
- Myopathy (Dystrophy, polymyositis, metabolic)
- Head Injury & Spinal cord Injury
- Brain Infections as Meningitis, Encephalitis and Brain Abscess
- Brain Haemorrhage including SAH & SDH
- Brain tumors & Spinal tumors
- Brain Development Disorders including Encephalocele and Meningocele