Neurology

NEUROLOGY is the medical study and treatment of conditions and diseases that affect the brain and nervous system. Neurology physicians (Neurologists) may treat persons with cervical cord injuries and disorders, stroke patients, persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease and many other neuromuscular diseases and conditions. Neurology is a vital sector of the medical field, as this specific field is geared toward many diseases of the central nervous system.

Other conditions and diseases which neurology places primary focus and treatments on are as follows:

ADHD
ALS
Autism
Back Pain
Bell's Palsy
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cephalic Disorders
Cerebral Palsy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Chronic Pain
Dementia
Encephalitis
Epilepsy
Essential Tremor
Fibromyalgia
Guillain-Barr Syndrome
Headaches
Huntington's Disease
Hydrocephalus
Lou Gehrig's Disease
Lyme Disease
Meningitis
Migraine
Multiple Sclerosis
Myasthenia Gravis
Myopathies
Neurofibromatosis
Neuropathy
Parkinson's Disease
RSD
Seizure Disorders
Sleep Disorders
Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury
Vertigo

Neurology doctors are usually referred-by physicians who perform strategic testing, including sophisticated imaging tests like MRI's, CT-scans, nerve tests and other laboratory tests to determine underlying conditions, disorders or disease.

To learn more about neurology, or if you are seeking a neurologist, please feel free to peruse our holisticjunction.com consumer resources and holistic practitioner directory for a neurology specialist in your area.

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