Neurological Conditions

What is Neurology?

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Medical professionals specializing in the field of neurology are called neurologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with neurological disorders.

Neurological Disorders Include:

Disorders involving muscles.

Structural disorders of the brain and spinal cord.

Structural disorders of the nerves in the face, trunk and limbs.

Conditions which are not caused by structural disease such as many varieties of headache.

Conditions such as epilepsy, fainting and dizziness which are often caused by disordered physiology, rather than abnormal anatomy.

Neurological conditions are the most common cause of serious disabilities and have a major, but often unrecognised, impact on health and social services.

See our list of neurological disorders including links to definitions of each condition.

Neurological Conditions

Public Speaking and Panic Attacks
Public speaking for people who suffer from panic attacks or general anxiety often becomes a major source of worry weeks or even months before the speaking event is to occur.

Causes of Panic Attacks
The short and obvious answer: panic attacks are caused by high anxiety. But, what exactly is anxiety? Understanding how anxiety crops up will help you defeat panic attacks.

Post Polio Syndrome
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that affects polio survivors years after recovery from an initial acute attack of the poliomyelitis virus. PPS is mainly characterized by new weakening in muscles that were previously affected by the polio infection and in muscles that seemingly were unaffected.

List of Neurological Disorders
Alphabetical list of currently known Human Neurological Conditions with links to definitions for each disorder.

Human Brain Facts and Answers
Questions answers and facts relating to the human brain and the study of the brain organ including the spinal cord.

Definitions of Human Brain Components
Glossary of words used to define various parts and actions relating to the human brain. There are more named components to the human brain than you may think and most of them are from Latin.

Overcoming Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places such as shopping malls, grocery stores, train stations, restaurants, really anywhere that is out of a person's comfort zone such as their home.

Migraine Relief from Belladonna
I strongly recommend that anyone who suffers from migraine attacks should consult with a homeopath as I'm sure they will find the experience and their professionalism as 'life-changing' as I have.

The Common Headache
There can be very few people who have not experienced a headache and yet, despite the fact that they are so common, their cause remains something of a mystery.

Migraine Headaches
Unlike normal headaches, migraines are also often accompanied by other symptoms which include sensitivity to light and noise, nausea and sometimes vomiting.

Neuropathic Pain
There has been a wealth of research into what causes pain. It is a symptom or warning of an underlying medical problem. Researchers can describe in detail how the sensation is transmitted from its source to the brain so we become aware of the problem and can take action to treat it.

Back Pain And Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive disease such as demyelinating and affects the motor and sensory neurons.

Multiple Sclerosis Research
In multiple sclerosis research major gains have been made in identifying the role of the immune system in the development of MS lesions.

Famous People with Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental illness characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality, most commonly manifesting as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions or disorganized speech. This article lists well known and famous people who have and had Schizophrenia.

What is Neurofibromatosis?
The neurofibromatoses are genetic disorders of the nervous system that primarily affect the development and growth of neural (nerve) cell tissues. These disorders cause tumors to grow on nerves and produce other abnormalities such as skin changes and bone deformities.

Famous People with Multiple Sclerosis
List of famous and well known people both living and deceased who have and had multiple sclerosis ms.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - X - X-Linked Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
X-Linked Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, also known as Kennedy disease, named after WR Kennedy, a neurologist who was among the first to describe this disease.

Famous People With Epilepsy
Many famous and well known people have or did have epilepsy, here is a list of some of these people who suffered epilepsy in their lives.

Famous People with Cerebral Palsy
A list of well known and famous persons both living and deceased who have and suffered from Cerebral Palsy.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - J - Joubert Syndrome
Joubert Syndrome is a rare brain malformation characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of the cerebellar vermis - an area of the brain that controls balance and coordination.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - Z - Zellweger Syndrome
Zellweger Syndrome  is one of a group of related diseases called peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD), which are part of a larger group of diseases known as the leukodystrophies.

Multiple Sclerosis Success Stories
Multiple Sclerosis health success stories attributed to Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Treatment were extracted from the Case Health online database and assembled for this collection.

Panic Attacks - Symtoms of Anxiety
A panic attack always comes with the acute sense of impending doom. You feel you are either about to lose your mind or one of your vital bodily functions is about to cease functioning and you will end your days right there among the canned goods and frozen food.

West Nile Virus Symptoms
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease that has started to receive a lot of media coverage in the US from 2001. The first case of West Nile Virus was discovered in the US in 1999.

Post Concussion Syndrome
Post concussion syndrome (PCS) is a combination of disorders which can occur after injury to the brain. A severe brain injury is not necessary to cause PCS, even a mild trauma to the brain can cause the symptoms to appear.

Dystonia
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, which force certain parts of the body into abnormal, sometimes painful, movements or postures. Dystonia can affect any part of the body including the arms and legs, trunk, neck, eyelids, face, or vocal cords.

Sanity Reality or Fabrication?
Modern psychology does not define the term "sanity." Look it up in any psychology book and you'll find not a single attempt to actually define what it is to be sane. Different countries have legal systems that define sanity, in the same way that individuals define what is and is not sane for themselves.

Schizophrenia
All of us, somehow, have experienced hearing something only to discover nothing when we turn our heads. But not all of us experience hearing voices inside our minds that tell us to do something which turn us into monsters of sorts.

What is Hypertonia?
Hypertonia is a condition marked by an abnormal increase in muscle tension and a reduced ability of a muscle to stretch. It is caused by injury to motor pathways in the central nervous system, which carry information from the central nervous system to the muscles and control posture, muscle tone, and reflexes.

Epilepsy
Approximately 2 million people in the United States have epilepsy, a chronic disorder of the brain that causes a tendency to have recurrent seizures.

Health with Cerebral Palsy
Some kids with CP use wheelchairs and others walk with the help of crutches or braces. In some cases, a kid's speech may be affected or the person might not be able to speak at all.

How is Cerebral Palsy Managed?
Cerebral palsy can't be cured, but treatment will often improve a child's capabilities. Many children go on to enjoy near-normal adult lives if their disabilities are properly managed.

Do Adults with Cerebral Palsy Face Special Health Challenges?
Before the mid-twentieth century, few children with cerebral palsy survived to adulthood. Now, because of improvements in medical care, rehabilitation, and assistive technologies, 65 to 90 percent of children with cerebral palsy live into their adult years.

Caregivers of Parkinsons Patients
It can be very challenging to cope with the long-term degenerative effects of, and the potential loss of independence that may result from Parkinson's disease.

Carpal Tunnel Ergonomics
The basic concepts behind carpal tunnel ergonomics are discussed here to give people a better idea of how they can be applied. carpal tunnel is found in both the palm and wrist where the forearm and hand's tendons and nerves pass.

What Is Amnesia?
Amnesia is a condition which can define by the loss of memory which can last for two hours or sometimes two months or more.

Understanding and Dealing with Panic Attacks
A Panic attack is an intense feeling of fear, a feeling of impending doom. Sufferers may feel that they are going crazy or that they are on the verge of a heart attack. Panic attacks may feel terrifying at the time, but they are not dangerous, it is just a flow of adrenalin surging through your body.

Migraine Headaches - The Critical First Ten Minutes
Anyone who has ever experienced migraine headaches knows how painful and tortuous life can be after a migraine begins. One never knows if the headache, once it begins, will turn into one of those migraine headaches that can leave someone incapacitated for hours or for days.

Panic Disorder - The Frightening Truth
Panic disorder is an often misunderstood illness which may strike the afflicted person at any time, day or night. Some of the symptoms of this illness are sudden weakness, dizziness, tingling or numbness in the extremities, and nausea which is preceded by a sudden and overwhelming attack of terror.

Carpal Tunnel Sydrome Exercises
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), is a condition of the median nerve in the wrist being compressed as entering the inflamed carpal tunnel.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - K
Neurological Conditions Definitions - These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter K.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - W
Continuing Disabled World's Neurological Conditions Definitions. These definitions begin with the letter W.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - B
Neurological Conditions list covering definitions beginning with the letter B.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - A
There are many conditions classified or defined as Neurological Conditions. This list covers those definitions beginning with the letter A.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - V
Neurological Conditions list covering definitions beginning with the letter V.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - E
Disabled World has a definition list of Neurological Conditions, this article covers those definitions beginning with the letter E.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - O
Neurological Conditions Definitions. These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter O.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - G - Gangliosidoses to Guillain Barre Syndrome
Neurological definitions from Disabled World starting with G from Gangliosidoses to Guillain Barre Syndrome

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - F
Definitions of Neurological Conditions These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter F.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - R
Definitions of Neurological Conditions These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter R.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - N
Neurological Conditions Definitions These definitions begin with the letter N.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - L
Definitions of Neurological Conditions These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter L.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - M - Machado-Joseph Disease to Myotonia
Neurological Conditions Definitions. These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter G.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - C
Definitions of Neurological Conditions. These definitions from Disabled World begin with the letter C.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - D
Neurological Conditions Definitions. These definitions begin with the letter D.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - I
Neurological Conditions Definitions These definitions begin with the letter I

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - H
Definitions of Neurological Conditions These definitions begin with the letter H.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - T
Disabled World's Neurological Conditions Definitions. These definitions begin with the letter T.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - P
Definitions of Neurological Conditions. These definitions begin with the letter P.

Definitions - Neurological Conditions - S
Definitions of Neurological Conditions. This list of definitions begin with the letter S.

What is Encephalitis?
Encephalitis means "inflammation of the brain," but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus.

Huntingtons Disease
Huntington's disease (Huntington's chorea) is a progressive, degenerative disease that causes certain nerve cells in your brain to waste away.

Meningococcal Meningitis
Every year in the United States, nearly 300 people die of meningococcal meningitis and many more experience serious complications from this disease. Another 700 people develop pneumococcal meningitis. In both cases, most of those affected are children under the age of 5.