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General Neurology in Houston, TX
Frequently-Asked Questions About General Neurology
Neurology Consultants Of Houston provides general neurology services to patients throughout Houston, TX, and the surrounding areas. From an electromyography test to migraines treatment, we offer our valued patients a wide range of comprehensive services. Below, we’ve answered some frequently asked questions about general neurology. If you or a loved one is experiencing signs or symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), concussion, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, or stroke, please reach out to our team today.
What Services Do We Provide?
At Neurology Consultants Of Houston, we offer a wide range of services. If you or a loved one needs care for a neurological issue, our committed and experienced neurologists are here to help. The services we provide at our state-of-the-art facility in Houston, TX include:
- General Neurology – When treating neurological conditions, you need a doctor who has experience treating them and understands how challenging they are to deal with.
- Electromyography – Also referred to as EMG, electromyography is a technique that evaluates and records the electrical activity produced by the skeletal muscles in your body.
- Neuromuscular/Peripheral Nerve Disease Treatment – This broad term includes the many ailments that can cause impairment to the proper function of the muscles. Neuromuscular disease can cause muscle spasms or muscle paralysis.
- Headaches/Migraines Treatment –When it comes to receiving the proper treatment for chronic head pain, it is essential to know which kind of headache is causing it. Headaches are often treated with a generalized pain reliever, but this does not work for all types of headaches. We offer treatment for migraines so that our patients don’t have to live with head pain.
- Neurologic Botox Injections – Botox can help many disorders where excessive muscle contraction causes pain, disfigurement, or movement impairment. Botox is a protein molecule made of amino acids linked together in two connected chains.
- Electroencephalography – Also referred to as EEG, electroencephalography is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain.
- Seizures/Epilepsy Treatment – Epilepsy is a seizure disorder in which brain signals fire off abnormally, causing strange emotions, behavior, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness.
- Infusion Center – Our state-of-the-art infusion suite in Houston provides an ideal environment for treating our patient’s conditions. Our suite is furnished with 12 reclining chairs, tablets, large screen TVs, audio equipment, and a migraine quiet room.
- Sleep Medicine – Neurological conditions and sleep disorders seemingly go hand in hand. It’s not uncommon for someone with a neurological condition or a traumatic brain injury to experience certain sleep disorders such as headaches, epilepsy, and stroke.
- Strokes Treatment – Each person who suffers from a stroke will be affected differently. It depends on what area was damaged and how severely.
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment – Also referred to as MS, multiple sclerosis is caused by the immune system eating away at the protective covering of the nerves.
- Movement Disorders Treatment – neurological conditions that affect movement are known simply as movement disorders. These disorders can disturb the speed and ease of movement.
What Is A Neurologist?
A neurologist is a medical specialist who diagnoses, treats, and manages brain and nervous systems disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), concussion, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, and stroke.
How Are Neurological Disorders Treated?
While there is no cure for neurological disorders, there are an array of medications and therapies that can help manage the symptoms of these disorders. Additionally, lifestyle changes can help prevent and minimize the impact of these disorders. Physiotherapy and pain management are often used as well.
What Are The Signs Of Stroke?
Every minute counts when someone is having a stroke. Quick action can lessen brain damage, and knowing the signs of a stroke can even help save someone’s life. The symptoms of a stroke are:
- Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg
- Sudden confusion
- Difficulty speaking
- Trouble understanding speech
- Sudden or severe headaches
- Sudden trouble seeing out of one or both eyes
- Sudden difficulty walking due to dizziness or balance loss
How Can Stroke Be Treated?
Stroke treatment depends on the type of stroke a patient has – ischemic or hemorrhagic. Treatment for ischemic strokes involves quickly restoring blood flow to the brain. This can be accomplished with emergency intravenous therapy (IV) therapy, emergency endovascular procedures such as medications delivered directly to the brain, and removing the clot with a stent retriever, a carotid endarterectomy, or an angioplasty and stents. Treatment for hemorrhagic strokes can involve emergency measures, surgery, surgical clipping, Coiling (endovascular embolization), surgical arteriovenous malformation (AVM) removal, or stereotactic radiosurgery.
How Do I Know If My Headache Is A Migraine?
Headaches typically consist of mild and dull pressure that can mainly be felt throughout the forehead or scalp. Migraines usually consist of intense pulsing and throbbing pain mainly felt on one side of the head. Sometimes, migraines can be accompanied by nausea, dizziness, and even vomiting.
What Are Common Neurological Disorders?
There is a wide range of common neurological disorders. Some of the most common ones and the ones we treat at our state-of-the-art facility in Houston, TX include the following:
- Neuromuscular/Peripheral Nerve Disease – This broad term includes the many ailments that can cause impairment to the proper function of the muscles.
- Headaches/Migraines –When it comes to receiving the proper treatment for chronic head pain, it is essential to know which kind of headache is causing it. Headaches are often treated with a generalized pain reliever, but this does not work for all types of headaches.
- Seizures/Epilepsy – Epilepsy is a seizure disorder in which brain signals fire off abnormally, causing strange emotions, behavior, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness.
- Strokes – Each person who suffers from a stroke will be affected differently. It depends on what area was damaged and how severely.
- Multiple Sclerosis – Also referred to as MS, multiple sclerosis is caused by the immune system eating away at the protective covering of the nerves.
- Movement Disorders – neurological conditions that affect movement are known simply as movement disorders. These disorders can disturb the speed and ease of movement.
What Neurological Testing Do We Offer?
There is a wide range of available neurological testing. Some of the neurological testing offered at our state-of-the-art facility in Houston, TX includes the following:
- General Neurology – When treating neurological conditions, you need a doctor who has experience treating them and understands how challenging they are to deal with.
- Electromyography – Also referred to as EMG, electromyography is a technique that evaluates and records the electrical activity produced by the skeletal muscles in your body.
- Neurologic Botox Injections – Botox can help many disorders where excessive muscle contraction causes pain, disfigurement, or movement impairment. Botox is a protein molecule made of amino acids linked together in two connected chains.
- Electroencephalography – Also referred to as EEG, electroencephalography is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain.
- Infusion Center – Our state-of-the-art infusion suite in Houston provides an ideal environment for treating our patient’s conditions. Our suite is furnished with 12 reclining chairs, tablets, large screen TVs, audio equipment, and a migraine quiet room.
- Sleep Medicine – Neurological conditions and sleep disorders seemingly go hand in hand. It’s not uncommon for someone with a neurological condition or a traumatic brain injury to experience certain sleep disorders such as headaches, epilepsy, and stroke.
What Is Neuromuscular/Peripheral Nerve Disease?
Also known as peripheral neuropathy, this particular ailment differs from a neuromuscular disease. It usually occurs in the hands and feet. Although the most common cause is diabetes, peripheral nerve disease can also be caused by injury, infection, or exposure to toxins. The symptoms often include numbness and weakness in the area pain and a pins and needles sensation.
How Is Neuromuscular/Peripheral Nerve Disease Treated?
Treatment will depend on a patient’s symptoms and their underlying condition.
What Are Movement Disorders?
Neurological conditions that affect movement are known simply as movement disorders. These disorders can disturb the sufferer’s movement’s speed, ease, or quality. Abnormal speed or ease of movement – known as dyskinesia – can include excessive or involuntary movement – hyperkinesia – or slowed or absent voluntary movement – hypokinesia.
How Are Movement Disorders Treated?
At the Neurology Consultants Of Houston, we work to personalize each patient’s therapy toward their particular neurological condition and the symptoms they suffer from. We offer drug therapies to help control the symptoms of your neurological condition and physical or occupational therapy to help maintain or restore your ability to control your movements. We also offer injections to help prevent muscle contractions. We will work with you to find what treatment best suits your unique needs.
Contact Neurology Consultants Of Houston Today
At Neurology Consultants Of Houston, we strive to ensure that our patients are as comfortable as possible when they visit our clinic. New and existing patients have 24/7 access to our patient portal, which allows them to communicate directly with their physician, request prescription refills, schedule appointments, pay medical bills, access their medical history, and more. Our patient portal minimizes in-office wait time, so you see your physician as quickly as possible. If you have additional questions about general neurology that weren’t addressed on this page, please contact our office today.