Some of the conditions treated by a neurologist are:

• Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias: Progressive mental deterioration that is caused by generalized degeneration of the brain.
• Parkinson’s Disease: A progressive disease marked by tremor, muscular rigidity and slow, imprecise movement. It is associated with the degeneration of the basal ganglia of the brain and dopamine deficiency.
• Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Disorders of Function: A neurological disorder, coupled with involuntary tics and vocalizations along with the compulsive exclamation of obscenities.
• Brain Trauma and Other Injuries of the Nervous System: Injury to the brain from an outside force, sometimes leading to an altered state of consciousness and permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive, physical or psychosocial functions.
• Brain Tumors: A mass of abnormal cells in the brain, leading to impaired cognitive function.
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease): A progressive deterioration of the motor neurons of the central nervous system, leading to muscular atrophy and paralysis.
• Multiple Sclerosis: A chronic disease involving damage to the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord characterized by numbness, speech and muscular impairment, blurred vision and severe fatigue.
• Epilepsy: A neurological disorder associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain causing recurrent, unprovoked seizures and loss of consciousness.
• Stroke and Other Cerebrovascular Diseases: A stroke occurs when a blood vessel is prevented from delivering oxygen and nutrients to the brain due to a blood clot or rupture.
• Migraines and other severe and recurring headache disorders.

The NMC neurological department offers world-class diagnosis, treatment and management for a wide range of neurological conditions.