When to See a Neurologist?
Neurology is the medical specialty that treats disorders of the nervous system and that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and investigation of neurological diseases. The term neurological disease includes all those diseases that affect the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (muscles and nerves). Although the most common diseases are dementias (including Alzheimer's disease), stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis or migraine; other neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophies or dysphonia must also be highlighted.