 Neurologists commonly investigate the following symptoms - headache,
numbness, weakness, nerve- or muscle-type pain, vision changes, memory
loss, seizures, confusion and dizziness. Diagnoses managed include -
Alzheimer's and other dementias, stroke/TIA, multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson's, epilepsy, Lou Gehrig's disease and other motor neuron
diseases, peripheral neuropathy, and myopathy.
Nerve conduction
studies with electromyogram are performed to evaluate numbness, weakness,
and radiating cervical or lumbar pain. Carpal tunnel syndrome is
evaluated without needle examination utilizing painless ultrasound
assessment.
Botulinum Toxin is injected for chronic migraines, torticollis, post-stroke spasticity, and hemifacial spasm.
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