Neurology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the central nervous system like the brain and spinal cord; and the peripheral nervous system such as the individual nerves down to the muscles.
Conditions that neurologists manage include but not limited to:
- Strokes, TIAs (mini-strokes)
- Seizures & epilepsy
- Multiple sclerosis and other neuro-inflammatory disease
- Dementia including Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
- Neuromuscular disease
- Headaches and migraines
- Back pain & sciatica
