Specialty Area: Neurology
Description of Specialty: Neurology is the medical specialty devoted to diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerve roots, nerves and muscles.
1. Diagnosis: Headache
Questions that should be asked:
2. Diagnosis: Epilepsy (convulsions)
Questions that should be asked: See above
3. Diagnosis: Stroke
Questions that should be asked: See above
4. Diagnosis: Parkinsonism
Questions that should be asked: See above
5. Diagnosis: Dementia (Alzheimer's disease)
Questions that should be asked: See above
6. Diagnosis: Backache
Questions that should be asked: See above
7. Diagnosis: Sciatica
Questions that should be asked: See above
8. Diagnosis: Neck Pain
Questions that should be asked: See above
9. Diagnosis: Peripheral Neuropathy
Questions that should be asked: See above
10. Diagnosis: Myopathy and Muscular Dystrophy
Questions that should be asked: See above
11. Diagnosis: Multiple Sclerosis
Questions that should be asked: See above
12. Diagnosis: Infections of the Brain
Questions that should be asked: See above
13. Diagnosis: Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors (diagnosis)
Questions that should be asked: See above
14. Diagnosis: Intractable Pain
Questions that should be asked: See above
William M. Landau, M.D. Professor of Neurology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO.