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Neurology is the specialty of medicine applied to diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles.
What neurologists tend to treat diseases?
Circulatory diseases of the brain, such as thrombosis and bleeding. Migraine headaches, neuralgia and other special pains. Brain tumors. Dementias (Alzheimer’s and others). Meningitis, encephalitis and other nervous system infections. Epilepsies. Parkinson’s disease, tremor, tics and other movement disorders. Multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, polyneuropathy, muscular dystrophy, ataxias … And a long list that includes almost any cause paralysis.
Neurologists do not usually treat: psychological disorders or mental cause, such as depression, insomnia or anxiety. These are treated by psychiatrists. Surgical interventions in the brain, which are performed by neurosurgeons.
