Neurology Diagnostics

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A doctor specializing in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system, which affects the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

Diseases is a neurologist
The most common neurological diseases are migraine and other headaches, memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, sleep disorders, Parkinson’s disease and tremor, gait disorders, epilepsy and unconscious, the pains and neuralgia, muscle weakness and neurological impact of general diseases, stress and depression.

Diagnostic tools which employs
The most important diagnostic tool is the history, during which the patient exhibits symptoms, allowing deduction of injured nervous system. The fundus examination of the cranial nerves, gait and station, reflections, sensitivities and cerebellum to confirm the injury. Finally, if necessary, use additional powerful diagnostic tools to confirm the clinical impression, such as brain MRI, Angio-Reosnancia the brain, and EEG mapping studies, electromyographic studies and conduction velocity, genetic studies , etc.

Treatments that are used
Neurological treatments are usually pharmacological, ie with drugs. On special occasions it is necessary to resort to physical therapy and other physical therapy or psychotherapy that is administered by psychologists and physiotherapists. Generally, medications are prescribed for three to six months and after this time is often convenient to make a review to monitor the effects of treatments. Read the rest of this entry »

The discovery opens the way to developing new treatments for patients with spinal cord damage.

The deactivation of a single gene could significantly improve long-term recovery in people with spinal cord injuries, according to a study conducted by the University of Maryland at Baltimore (USA) published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

The findings open the way to developing new treatments for spinal injuries, which often result in damage that remain throughout life, because half of those affected are considered paraplegic.

The researchers explain that a sudden shock and traumatic spinal bone can fracture or dislocate the vertebrae, which in turn can crush and destroy axons, the branches of the nerve cells that carry signals along the spinal cord between the brain and the rest of the body. Read the rest of this entry »