Neurological Diseases

There are a wide variety of neurological diseases affecting the brain and nervous system. Understanding the specifics can help you navigate diagnostic tests and choose the best course of treatment.
Human brain scan in a neurology clinic
What Is Pachymeningitis?
Speech therapist with child who has dysarthria
Dysarthria
Healthcare provider holds hands with person with Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease
What Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?
Physical therapist examines woman with polyneuropathy
Polyneuropathy: Everything You Need to Know
Person with itch in upper back due to notalgia paresthetica
Is Notalgia Paresthetica Linked to Cancer?
Person helps another person who has difficulty on stairs due to cerebellar degeneration
Cerebellar Degeneration: An Overview
Boy's eye twitches as he smiles, due to synkinesis
Synkinesis: Everything You Need to Know
Being examined for neuropathy
The 4 Neuropathy Types and How to Treat Them
Shot of a mature woman closing her eyes in pain
What Is the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)?
Woman daydreaming, looking out of window
How to Recognize ADHD in Women
Nerve pain in the wrists
What Is Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy?
A person sits in a chair with a cane leaning against it (Stages of Huntington's Disease)
The 5 Stages of Huntington’s Disease
Pediatric Neurologist treats young patient
What Is Acute Cerebellar Ataxia?
Maintaining contact with your healthcare team is vital with ALS
What to Know About ALS and COVID-19
woman at the doctor
Causes and Risk Factors of Myasthenia Gravis
Doctor consulting with patient Shoulder problems
What Is Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS)?
Caring for someone with Huntington's disease can be challenging
Caring for Someone With Huntington’s Disease
Physical Therapy Can be Beneficial in Huntington's Disease
How Huntington's Disease Is Treated
Huntington's disease is caused by a gene mutation
Causes and Risk Factors of Huntington's Disease
Huntington's disease begins with thinking problems
Symptoms of Huntington's Disease
Huntington's Disease Leads to Dementia
What Is Huntington's Disease?
Huntington's disease is hereditary
How Huntington's Disease Is Diagnosed
meningoencephalitis treatment with acyclovir
What Is Meningoencephalitis?
Encephalopathy can occur in military personnel and football players
What Is Encephalopathy?
Muscle Weakness
Symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis
patient's test results
What Is Susac Syndrome?
Doctor viewing brain scans
What Is a Chiari Malformation?
Physical therapy after encephalitis
What Is Encephalitis?
Rib pain
What Is Intercostal Neuralgia?
Child in wheelchair and woman enjoying a day out
Coping With Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Is it possible to live indepentently with spinal musclar atrophy?
Is It Possible to Live Independently With Spinal Muscular Atrophy?
Ways to Stay Active With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Ways to Stay Active With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
An illustration showing a woman doing nerve flossing
Nerve Glides in Physical Therapy
Lumbar injection
What to Know About Spinraza (Nusinersen Injection)
Lyme disease testing
An Overview of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Elderly man examined by an ophthalmologist
Causes and Risk Factors of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Neuromyelitis optica syndrome disorder
How Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Is Treated
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
How Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Is Diagnosed
Optician looking into patients eyes
Symptoms of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Boy getting an eye exam at the optician
An Overview of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Midsection Of Woman Holding Her Arm While Standing Against White Background
An Overview of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
eastern equine encephalitis affects both horses and humans
An Overview of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Ophthalmologist checking eyesight of patient
An Overview of Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Boy in a wheelchair with his mom
Causes and Risk Factors of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Muslim woman drinking sports drink after working out in park on fall afternoon
What Is Dysgeusia?
Dyskinesia diagnosis
An Overview of Dyskinesia
Mother helping daughter with homework
What Is Landau-Kleffner Syndrome?
Myelin degeneration
Demyelination and Demyelinating Disease
Female Doctor Visiting Mother And Daughter Lying In Bed In Hospital Ward
What Is Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Newborn with Mom in NICU
An Overview of Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH)
Girl with Rett Syndrome
What Is Rett Syndrome?
Mom caring for son with ALS
Caring for Someone With ALS
Doctor explaining report on tablet computer to family in clinic
What Is CIPA (Congenital Insensitivity to Pain With Anhidrosis)?
Teen with Juvenile Huntington's Disease
Understanding Juvenile Huntington's Disease
Man with Huntington's disease watching his daughter on swing along with wife
Medications and Non-Drug Approaches to Treat Huntington's Disease
Niemann-Pick Disease Symptoms
An Overview of Niemann-Pick Disease
Man holding leg
Benign Fasciculation Syndrome: Causes and Treatment
A woman patient talking to her doctor
What Is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
A person holding a burger and french fry
An Overview of Frey Syndrome (Gustatory Sweating)
Doctor examining senior patients hand in office.
How Guillain-Barré Is Treated