See which department the head is in

The head is very important. If there is a problem with the head, you should go to the hospital for examination in time. Generally, you can go to the neurology department of the hospital, which mainly treats head diseases. There are also many common head diseases, such as epilepsy, which is a neurological disease. There are also mental diseases, the most common of which is schizophrenia. There are also craniocerebral trauma, vascular disease, etc.

Symptoms of Common Brain Disorders

1. Schizophrenia

Symptoms: It is very likely to cause brain atrophy, and the main cause of the disease is long-term chronic ischemia of cerebral blood vessels.

2. Epilepsy

Symptoms: A syndrome characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures are most common with impaired consciousness and convulsions, but may also involve sensory, mental activity and autonomic nervous system functions.

3. Traumatic brain injury

Symptoms: It is more common in both peacetime and wartime. Such as concussion, cerebral contusion, etc.

4. Cerebrovascular disease

Symptoms: People over 40 years old with high blood pressure who suddenly develop focal symptoms such as impaired consciousness and hemiplegia during activities, and who also have headaches and vomiting, mostly have cerebral hemorrhage.

5. Extrapyramidal system diseases

Symptoms: The former, such as (parkinsonism), has lesions located in the substantia nigra and nigrostriatal pathways; the latter, such as chorea, athetosis and torsion spasm, has lesions located in the striatum.

6. Concussion

Symptoms: 1. Autonomic dysfunction; nausea and vomiting; retrograde amnesia; impaired consciousness; headache and dizziness; transient brainstem symptoms; neurological examination; patients in the recovery period of concussion often have symptoms such as dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, and insomnia.

7. Hydrocephalus

Symptoms: Hydrocephalus is characterized by rapid, progressive enlargement of the baby's head in the weeks or months after birth. The normal infant's head circumference increases by 1.2-1.3cm per month in the first six months. In this disease, it is 2-3 times that. The head is round, the forehead protrudes forward, the vault of the head is abnormally enlarged, the anterior fontanelle is enlarged and bulged, the cranial sutures are separated, the skull becomes thinner and even transparent, and percussion may produce the "broken pot" (Maceen) sign.

8. Benign tumors

Symptoms: headache, vomiting, visual impairment, mental abnormalities, unilateral limb paresthesia, olfactory hallucinations, hemiplegia or staggering gait, tinnitus, deafness, gigantism: growth and development in young children stops