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Parkinson: 10% of those affected are under 40 years
‘Doctor, I come because I shake his hand. I know I have Parkinson … “That’s how many people are often directly reaching the office of a physician or a neurologist. It happens that the trembling of the hands, especially after a certain age, between 55 and 65, begins to worry.
The reality is that not all earthquakes are associated with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects 800,000 Argentines. There are drugs, for example, which can also cause the physical symptoms and have nothing to do with the disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Evaluated By The Neurologist
What children should be evaluated by the neurologist?
• The premature baby, as this boy Neurologist greater risk.
• The child presented at birth: hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal seizures, brainchild palsy, facial paralysis, or congenital infections apnea.
• The child with psychomotor developmental delay, such as the child who holds his head after three months of life, not sit at six months, not walking by 14 months, does not say words or understand simple commands after the first year of life.
• The child who fails to establish a proper sleep pattern.
• The child who is not contacted it or do not emotional, extremely irritable. Read the rest of this entry »
How Is The Visit To a Neurologist?
The brain is a complex organ. For this reason, to discover the cause of your symptoms need to ask the neurologist very detailed questions. It is imperative to know exactly the history of all their ills. Then, his neurologist is likely to need to explore how their nervous system. You will need to observe their intelligence, language, memory and senses. Will look at the bottom of the eye, assess their strength, mobility in your joints, sensations in the arms and legs, balance, gait and finally reflexes. You may also need to know your blood pressure, heart rate and rhythm of their listening to heart sounds and lung. Then explain the most likely diagnosis and advise the most appropriate treatment.
This is usually done verbally and in writing (the report). Sometimes special tests, after questions and explore, your neurologist may request some special tests to help pinpoint the diagnosis. The most common are the CT, MRI, Doppler, electroencephalography, electromyography, and various blood tests. Each disease needs to explore different and some, such as migraines or Parkinson’s, usually do not need any. It is therefore important that the neurologist’s assessment test these techniques.
Duration of the course consultation, evaluation and exploration of the neurologist needs much more time than other specialists. It is very difficult to make accurate diagnoses in less than 30 minutes and often takes up to an hour. Unfortunately there are few neurologists and many patients, so they rarely have the necessary time.