Neurological disorders involve complex systems in the body. You may hear your pediatrician and other doctors use technical terms.
Some terms related to neurological disorders and their related symptoms include:
- Epilepsy: Disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically causing sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions
- Attention deficit disorder (ADD): a syndrome of disordered learning and disruptive behavior characterized primarily by inattentiveness or symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsive behavior (as in speaking out of turn)
- Cerebral palsy: A disability characterized by speech disturbances and lack of coordination and resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth
- Muscular Dystrophy: A heredity disorder resulting in weakness and dysfunction of the muscles
- Seizure: Sudden erratic changes in how a person feels, senses, or behaves caused by an excessive release of electrical activity in the brain
- Spina Bifida: A defect of the spinal column caused when a portion of the neural tube fails to close properly during prenatal development.
- Hydrocephalus: A condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain, causing abnormal enlargement of brain cavities
- Autism: A brain disorder that affects three crucial areas of development: communication, social interaction, and creative or imaginative play. Usually begins in early childhood and persists throughout adulthood.
- Sleep apnea: Frequent periods of stopped breathing, lasting 10 seconds or longer, that disrupt sleep.
- Tourette syndrome: A neurological condition characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalization
- Myasthenia gravis: A chronic autoimmune disorder that results in progressive skeletal muscle weakness.
- Myopathies: Inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of muscle
- Ponseti: A treatment for clubfoot using manipulation and application of five or six plaster casts.