Paediatric Neurology and Epilepsy

Paediatric Neurology:

Pediatric neurology or child neurology relates to a specialized branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and management of neurological conditions in neonates (newborns), infants, children and adolescents. The department of child neurology encloses diseases and disorders of the spinal cord, brain, peripheral nervous system, autonomic nervous system, muscles and blood vessels that affect individuals in these age groups.

• Concussion
• Neonatal neurology
• Brain malformations
• Headache/migraine
• Metabolic diseases affecting the nervous system
• Neuro-oncology
• Pediatric sleep disorders
• Developmental disorders including autism
• Pediatric neuromuscular disorders including muscular dystrophy and congenital myopathies
• Neurological complications of other pediatric diseases

Epilepsy:

Epilepsy is a class of neurological disorders categorized by recurrent epileptic seizures.Epileptic seizures are episodes that can differ from shortened and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking.These episodes can deelop in physical injuries, including frequently broken bones.In epilepsy, seizures have a tendency to recur and, as a rule, have no immediate proving cause.Isolated seizures that are arouse by a specific cause such as poisoning are not deemed to represent epilepsy.

• Generalized onset seizures
• Focal onset seizures
• Unknown onset seizures