What diseases does neurology mainly treat?

The economic base determines the superstructure. The rapid development of my country's economy has also brought about rapid development in all aspects of society. People's dietary standards have improved, their consumption levels have improved, their cultural quality has improved, and the most significant improvement is in medical and health care. my country's current medical and health system is constantly improving, and various departments in hospitals are gradually becoming available. In recent years, neurology has played an important role in hospitals. So what diseases does neurology mainly treat?

Neurology is a secondary discipline related to nerves. It does not belong to the concept of internal medicine. The main diagnosis and treatment are cerebrovascular diseases (cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage), migraine, brain inflammatory diseases (encephalitis, meningitis), myelitis, epilepsy, dementia, metabolic diseases and genetic diseases, trigeminal neuralgia, sciatica, peripheral neuropathy and myasthenia gravis, etc.

The main examination methods include head and neck MRI, CT, ECT, PETCT, electroencephalogram, TCD (transcranial Doppler ultrasound), electromyography, evoked potential and hemorheology examination. At the same time, we work with the Department of Psychology to diagnose and treat functional diseases such as neurasthenia and insomnia.

The main diseases treated by the Department of Neurology include: cerebrovascular diseases (transient cerebral ischemia, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, lacunar cerebral infarction), headaches (migraine, subarachnoid hemorrhage, tension headache, infectious headache, neuralgia, vascular headache), peripheral neuropathy (numbness and weakness of the limbs), inflammatory diseases of the brain (encephalitis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis), Parkinson's disease, somatization disorder, senile dementia, autonomic dysfunction, myelitis, epilepsy (partial epilepsy, generalized epilepsy), cerebral palsy, ataxia, dystonia, torsion spasm, degenerative diseases of the nervous system, metabolic diseases and genetic diseases, trigeminal neuralgia, sciatica, myositis and myasthenia gravis and other neurological diseases.

Which conditions require treatment in the neurology department: headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, poor memory, slow reaction, dementia, personality changes, tinnitus, cranial tinnitus, blurred vision, diplopia, visual rotation, visual distortion, hallucinations, amaurosis fugax, trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, orbital pain due to non-ophthalmological diseases, toothache due to non-dental diseases, nausea, vomiting, hiccups due to non-gastrointestinal diseases, insomnia, nightmares, early awakening, anxiety, limb weakness, numbness, hemiplegia, unsteady gait, convulsions, impaired consciousness, coma, etc., as well as other difficult and complicated diseases that are difficult to explain by other systems.

The difference between neurology and psychiatry: for example, if someone is involved in a car accident and has intracerebral hemorrhage, and exhibits abnormal behavior, he needs to see a neurology department; for another example, if someone is involved in a car accident and is not hit, but is frightened and behaves abnormally, he needs to see a psychiatrist.

Examinations that can be performed by the neurology department: physical examination of the nervous system, routine blood tests, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, homocysteine, muscle enzymes, electroencephalogram, brain CT, brain MRI, visual evoked potential, auditory evoked potential, transcranial Doppler TCD, muscle biopsy, cerebrospinal fluid examination, etc.