Neurology

Headache and Migraine

Headaches: There are many kinds of headaches. The most popular are the primary headaches such as migraine, tension headache or cluster headache. We carefully examine and understand about your problem, where it starts, if there are accompanying symptoms, if it is long-lasting, and its frequency. After a thorough analysis, we advise you for the right treatment.

Migraine is another most commonly occurring issue. The word migraine could indicate the attack or can mean the underlying illness that could cause the seizures. Migraine pain can be one-sided of the head or on both sides, can swap sides. Migraine is more than a headache, and migraine pain typically comes with nausea or vomiting, oversensitivity to light, noise, movement, or even smell.

If you have long-lasting attacks of a bad headache for hours or days, with queasiness or a preference for rest, you almost certainly have migraines.

Migraine is a disorder of the brain. Migraine can be acute or episodic or chronic.

Speech and Swallowing Disorders

Evaluation and consultation are available for neurological conditions like:

• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Neuromuscular speech disorders resulting from Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) as well as other conditions
• Geriatric-related conditions (patient/family education and counselling for Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, cognitive changes)

Epilepsy

There is a wide range of treatments possible for children and adults dealing with epilepsy to help control seizures neurologically. Each person responds to medication differently. One treatment that works for a person’s situation might not have the same results for another. As such, it is essential to consult a physician before starting or stopping any medication.

Dizziness

Many people say they feel dizzy when they are overwhelmed by emotion, shaky on their feet, weak, faint, or lightly nauseous. Dizziness can be a feeling that happens when signals from the eyes, the inner ear, and the body’s positional receptors collect information that clashes. Dizziness is also used as a generic term to explain sensations of vertigo, loss of balance, and faintness.

At AVIVO Clinics, our neurology department provides care to patients with undiagnosed or sharp persistent dizziness that have been seen by a neurologist and seek a second opinion. We aim to diagnose and help patients find solutions to manage their symptoms and enhance their quality of life. These may include recommendations for medication, rehabilitation, and on-going physiotherapy and psychiatric attention.

Visual Disturbances

If you have not been able to get a specific diagnosis for your vision issue, our neurologists in the Department of Neurology at AVIVO Clinics, will be able to help. Our extremely skilled team has the experience and high patient volume to recognize symptoms and make the correct diagnosis.

We can see urgent cases with immediate effect. Additionally, collaborate with experts from Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, Interventional Radiology, and Ophthalmology, so you get coordinated, multidisciplinary care.

We provide thorough, accurate diagnostic testing, including a comprehensive eye exam, pupil reactivity, colour vision, side vision, and ocular alignment. We also deal with computerized visual field testing, and optical coherence tomography.

Loss of Consciousness

Loss of consciousness is a situation of lack of awareness of self and the surroundings. The patient does not respond and will not react to any stimulation. Unconsciousness can last from seconds to more extended periods and occurs due to a lack of adequate oxygen in the brain, which can happen for a variety of reasons.

Although loss of consciousness is not a life-threatening problem, immediate medical attention is required.

Tingling and Numbness

Numbness (lost, decreased, or altered sensation) and tingling (an odd prickling sensation) are kinds of temporary paraesthesia.

These sensations usually occur after sitting or standing in the same position for a long time. It pressurizes the nerves and blood vessels and reduce sensation.

Management for numbness and tingling largely depends on its cause. In the event of severe or painful paralysis, treatment might involve a short round of corticosteroids, which also quickens recovery by reducing inflammation.

Weakness and Paralysis

Paralysis is several forms of loss of mobility of the upper or lower limbs that are present with no reflex activity and in which there is no organic cause found.

Weakness reduces the ability of an arm or leg due to the nervous system not working correctly. People with functional weakness experience symptoms of weakness in the limbs, which can be disabling and frightening.