Pediatric neurologists have specialized training in conditions that affect children's nervous systems. Problems in the nervous system can include disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves or muscles.
Conditions diagnosed and treated by our pediatric neurologists include:
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental and behavioral conditions, including memory disorders, ADHD and developmental delays
- Epilepsy
- Brain disease, damage or malfunction
- Lobar atrophy of the brain
- Headaches, including primary stabbing headaches and and those caused by concussions, medication overuse, primary exercise or traumatic brain injury
- Movement disorders, including ataxia, kinetic tremors, cerebellar degeneration, tremors, unsteady gait and spinocerebellar disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuromuscular disorders, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, peripheral nerve injury, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, neuropathy, nerve root disorder, peripheral neuropathy, muscle weakness, myositis, lip droop and radiculopathy
- Stroke
Other symptoms our neurologists treat include:
- Seizures
- Myelitis
- Neuralgia
- Periventricular leukomalacia
- Muscle weakness
- Spasticity
- Problems with smell and taste
- Numbness/parasthesia
- Cranial nerve injuries
- Slurred speech/dysarthria
- Aphasia