Neurology is a branch of medicine that studies and treats nervous system disorders. The nervous system is a complex system that regulates bodily activities. Nervous system; The peripheral nervous system consists of the spinal cord (spinal cord) and the brain. The treatment of diseases that arise in any of these departments and require surgical intervention is carried out by the neurology department. In the department, which is divided into two separate branches as adult and pediatric neurology, outpatient and inpatient treatment services and follow-up of diseases requiring intensive care are carried out. “What is neurology?” Answers to frequently asked questions and what you need to know about the subject are as follows:
Which Diseases Does Neurology Treat?
Neurological diseases that the department looks at are as follows:
- Alzheimer's
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Cerebrovascular diseases
- dizziness
- brain tumors
- brain aneurysms
- Neck hernia
- Cerebrovascular diseases
- Demyelinating diseases
- dementia
- dystonia
- Epilepsy
- movement disorders
- restless legs syndrome
- Stroke
- muscle diseases
- Muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- multiple sclerosis
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Migraine
- neuromuscular diseases
- spinal cord disorders
- Parkinson's disease
- Tremor disease (essential tremor)
- Sleeping disorders
- Sleep apnea
- Vertigo (dizziness)
- Neuropathic diseases such as diabetes, urea related to Wl foot numbness
What are the Major Examinations Performed in the Neurology Department?
The neurologist doctor diagnoses, monitors and treats a wide range of diseases that concern neuromuscular diseases and all parts of the nervous system. For the diagnosis and follow-up of neurological diseases, imaging methods and tests that measure certain neural signals are used.
The main examinations performed in the neurology clinics of our hospitals are as follows:
- Polysomnography (Sleep Study)
- EEG (Child-Adolescent, Sleep-Awake): It is used to diagnose some other diseases, especially epilepsy.
- EMG (Child-Large)
- Evoked Potentials
- Neurological Examination
The neurological history of the patient is taken as the first step in the examination. Taking a good history is extremely important for early diagnosis and proper treatment. This history is evaluated in detail. Then, consciousness, motor system, cranial nerve, nerve stretching and reflex tests can be performed according to the patient's condition and the course of the history.
