What does a Neurologist do?
A neurologist specializes in identifying diseases that affect the brain, or the nerves that control sensation, movement and balance.
Common Reasons to see a Neurologist
- Weakness in one or more limb or muscle group
- Numbness, or lack of feeling, in the hands, feet, limbs or face
- Tremors or shakiness of the hands or legs
- Balance problems
- Vertigo, dizziness
- Walking problems
- Falls
- Passing out episodes, also called “syncope”
- Seizures
- Headaches
- Changes in memory
- Radical changes in personality in a middle aged person
- Development of hallucinations or paranoia
- Changes in language ability
- Worsening in the ability to organize or manage complex activities at work, in volunteer activities, or in home life
- General tingling or blurred visions
If you experience one or more of these symptoms, please call 440-323-6422 for our Elyria Office or 440-989-6422 for our Lorain Office.
Common Neurological Diseases and Illnesses
- Stroke and long-term post stroke care
- Migraine headache
- Tension headache
- Post concussive syndrome
- Parkinson’s disease
- Essential tremor
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Lewy body dementia
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuropathy
- Myopathy
- Neuromuscular junction diseases
- Spinal cord injury long-term management
- Neurological complications of infectious diseases