Medicine and its field of activity studies, analyzes, tests and encompasses all segments of human health.
Maintaining a person’s health, preventing disease, and treating it is the primary task of medicine.
Therefore, the art of medicine can be reduced to one common denominator: health care.
Medicine is a science that uses its results in practice for a better and healthier life of patients. It has a number of important branches of study and activities, one of which is neurology.
In our first blog, we will focus on what neurology represents to medicine, i.e. how it helps, who are neurological patients and what neurological symptoms are present in neurological patients.
Neurology has a special task: to treat the nervous system
WHAT IS NEUROLOGY?
When we talk about different fields of study and activity in the context of medicine, then we have to rely on specialists – experts in a certain field.
Neurology is a special field of medicine that deals with the study, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the nervous system.
Field of neurology within medicine has a special task of dealing with diseases of one of the most important systems of human body.
Research, data, and statistics show, similar to other medical fields, that the number of people who turn to neurologists is increasing in Croatia.
The nervous system assures the harmonious communication of body parts and the regulation of human functions
WHAT IS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
From a medical perspective, the nervous system is a highly complex system that enables harmonious communication between different parts of the body.
The nervous system is crucial as it controls body functions, without which we could not lead a normal life, because it regulates functions such as:
- Breathing
- Heart function
- Blood pressure regulation
- Body temperature regulation
- Digestion
- Urination
- Swallowing
- Movement
- Sensation
The human brain is very complex and determines our consciousness, attention, memory, thinking, personality, emotions, wakefulness, and sleep.
The nervous system is thusly a very complex network of structures like neurons, and consists of:
- Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
- Peripheral nervous system
- Autonomic nervous system
The complex network of the nervous system can be compromised due to various factors we cannot influence
WHO ARE NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS?
Neurological patients are persons with any disorder of the nervous system.
Therefore, everything that affects the nervous system as a complex network endangers human health and functioning, while damage factors can be external (infections, injuries, toxins, some drugs), aging, genetic predisposition, autoimmune mechanisms, and metabolic disorders.
In other words, neurological patients can suffer from damage that was caused in such a way that they could not influence the development of the disease.
However, certain neurological conditions are attributed to things we can control, such as toxins, poor diet or stress…
A positive approach, commitment, focus, as well as conversation and counseling are powerful tools in the healing process
THE MOST COMMON NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND SYMPTOMS
As health is a common topic in everyday life and in public, you might already be familiar with some neurological diseases.
Some of the most common and best-known neurological diseases are:
- Migraine
- Stroke
- Multiple sclerosis
- Epilepsy
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- sciatica
- polyneuropathy
Unfortunately, these are just some of the neurological diseases that have become public knowledge due to their frequency.
The symptoms of neurological diseases can be various, and many of them depend on the severity of the disease.
Therefore, some of the most well-known symptoms are:
- vision problems
- loss of sensation
- cramps
- chronic fatigue
- problems with walking
- memory loss
- speech difficulties
- muscle weakness
Although the conditions for the onset of neurological diseases are diverse, and the severity and type of the disease dictate a certain pace and dynamics of the approach to the patient, it is important not to lose a positive approach.
From the conversation with the patient and the examination itself, through laboratory tests and other tests, all the way to the use of the most modern technology in the diagnosis – we do not lose sight of the ultimate goal of treatment.
In some cases, treatment can completely remove the causes of the disease, while in others it can reduce the symptoms to the minimum possible extent.
That is why it is very important, in the entire treatment process, to keep in mind that neurological patients feel best at their own home.
That is why our team at the Neurology Polyclinic Hospitalija is fully committed and focused on the approach and procedures related to:
- counseling
- house-calls
- assistance to the family
- emotional stability
- complete psychological support
In conclusion, neurological diseases are challenging, both for patients and their families, and for us experts. Regardless of the results of numerous researches on the causes and therapy of neurological diseases, the approach to each neurological patient must be individual.
That is why, regardless of all the technology, knowledge, and experience, you should never give up talking and consulting; these are very powerful ways in the healing process – for a better and healthier tomorrow!