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The neurologist – specialist in the nervous system
Neurology is the medical specialty that deals with the study of the entire nervous system in general, the brain in particular. Recently, neurologists, psychiatrists are located apart from … This is the English anatomist who invented the term neurology. Thus, the neurologist is a physician who specializes in
Neurology: then he diagnoses diseases related to nerves, glands, brain, and spinal cord. Its clientele, essentially, consists of patients with migraine, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease; multiple sclerosis including … The neurologist can be accessed freely by those who deem it necessary, even since the establishment of coordinated care pathway. Social Security takes care consultations and up to seventy percent.
Nevertheless, it is most often the physician who advises her patients to turn to a neurologist. Indeed, the nervous system is especially complex because consisting of several billion neurons! So in fact, the neurologist will have to deal with very different pathologies. In fact, these conditions are those related to sleep disorders, language, memory … Furthermore, some people say “at risk” are forced to consult a neurologist: it contains the diabetic people who suffer from hypertension, smokers, alcoholics.
As with most doctors, neurologist always starts its consultation by an examination of his patient. This examination will help to highlight the personal and family history of the patient, and allow it to understand what drives a person to consult. In a second phase, the neurologist will test the functions of the nervous system of the patient: sensory and motor abilities, and cognitive functions such as for example memory or language. Then, if deemed necessary, prescribe additional tests such as MRI, CT or EEG…
Multiple Sclerosis
An entity that falls within nosologically demyelinating diseases, a pathogenic approach. It is within these conditions the most common, currently having more than 300,000 U.S. patients, mainly in the age range 20-40 years, so has become the most common disabling disease among young people.
The etiology is unknown, taking it just curious epidemiological data, such as the impact is greater with the remoteness of Ecuador, reaching one per thousand in northern Scotland, Scandinavia and Iceland. It has a female gender predominance of 3:2, affects mostly European descent and subjects of socio-economic and cultural levels. Read the rest of this entry »