Neurology is a clinical specialty devoted to the diagnosis and management of diseases that affect the nervous system. The nervous system includes the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system (the nerves that go to muscles and innervate the skin and sensory organs). Listed below are just a few of the kinds of disorders that neurologists manage
Types of Diseases :
- Headache
- Epilepsy
- Memory complaints(dementia)
- Stroke ( sudden onset of weakness in any hand / leg/ one half of body/double vision/imbalance on walking)
- Fever with unconsciousness
- Parkinson’s disease (tremors, difficulty in walking, slowness, change in handwriting)
- Neuropathy(Burning sensation in hand or feet, weakness)
Myasthenia gravis ( Drooping of eyelids, double vision, difficulty in speaking or swallowing)
- Vertigo
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscle weakness or myopathy
- Backache with or without leg pain
- Cerebral palsy
Neurology Department
Neurology Department is headed by Dr Neetu Ramrakhiani who is a qualified neurologist who has undergone her training in neurology from Mumbai.She has 6 years of post D.M.experience
Tagore Hospital has a CT scanner and well equipped ICU (Intensive care unit) with ventilators. It has electrophysiology lab with facilities for EEG (Electroencephalography- used for studying the electrical activity of brain , three way ECG is used for heart), VEP(Visual evoked potentials),SSEP, EMG(used for studying muscular diseases and changes in muscle due to nerve problems) , and NCV(Nerve conduction studies for studying diseases of the nerves). It runs 24 Hours emergency neurology services and is well equipped to deal with all neurological emergencies like stroke, meningitis, coma (unconsciousness), seizures (epilepsy) and head injury.
