Neurology

Medical specialty of the nervous system. 

Shares body system with psychiatry and neurosurgery. Ophthamlogy and ENT are close by!

Training (9 years)

• FY1-2

• IMT 1-3

• ST 4-7

Physiology

• Central and peripheral nervous system anatomy

• Receptors of the nervous system

• The synapse

Neurology Diseases

Central Nervous System

• Brain

  • • Multiple Sclerosis, 

    • Epilepsy 

    • Vascular: 

      • Stroke , Transient Ischaemic Attack 

      • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Subdural & Extradural haematomas

      • Cerebral Vein Thrombosis 

    • Headache Disorders

      • Migraine , Tension Headache , Cluster Headache , Medication Overuse Headache, Paroxsymal hemicrania

    • Head Injury

      • Concussion, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy)

    • Dementia

      • Delirium

      • Alzheimer's Disease , Frontal Temporal Disease , Vascular Dementia

      • Parkinson's Disease , Lewy Body Dementia 

        • Parkinson's plus syndromes: Multi System Atrophy , PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy )

    • Infection

      • Meningitis & Encephalitis 

      • Cerebral abscess

    • Brain cancers

    • Genetic: Huntington's Disease 

• Spinal Cord

  • • Discitis, Osteomyelitis, spinal abscess

    • Spinal Stenosis 

    • Syringomyelia , Brown Sequard Syndrome

Peripheral Nervous System

• Peripheral Neuropathy: B12 Deficiency 

• Mononeuropathy

  • Bell's Palsy 

  • Mononeuritis

• Polyneuropathies

• Autonomic neuropathy: T2DM (Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) 

• Motor Neuron Disease

• Friedreich's Ataxia 

• Guillain-Barré Syndrome & Miller Fisher Syndrome 

• Myopathy

• Myasthenia Gravis & Lamberton Eaton Syndrome (LES) 

• Neurofibromatosis, Tuberous Sclerosis 

Clinical 

Presentations

• Headaches

• Loss of consciousness

• Focal neurology

  • • Motor

    • Sensory

    • Function: speech, sight, balance

Examination

• Nervous system: UL, LL, cerebellar

• Speech, vision, balance examinations

Investigations

• CT-Head

• MRI spine and Head

• Lumbar Puncture

• Nerve conduction studies, EMG

Resources and References

Written in 2024.