Neurology/Stroke - bankstown

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Epilepsy - is the brain function disorder characterised by inclination to have recurrent seizures.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)- is a mean nerve prototypical entrapment neuropathy at the wrist is either an acute or chronic compression lesion. The most common symptoms are paraesthesia and numbness in fingers and hands. Patient with advanced CTS have had the disorder for  a prolong period  may experience sensory loss and muscle atrophy in the  median nerve innervated muscles.

Peripheral Neuropathy is the disease of  peripheral nerves. The most common symptoms are gradual onset of numbness, tingling or burning, sensation in the feet and hands

Vertigo is a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness

Migraine is a recurrent throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision.

Guillian-Barre Syndrome is an acute disorder of the peripheral nerves, often preceded by a respiratory infection, causing weakness and often paralysis of the limbs.

Stroke: A stroke happens when blood supply to the brain is interrupted. Blood is carried to the brain by blood vessels called arteries. Blood contains oxygen and important nutrients for your brain cells. Blood may be interrupted or stop moving through an artery, because the artery is blocked (ischaemic stroke) or bursts (haemorrhagic stroke). When brain cells do not get enough oxygen or nutrients, they die. The area of brain damage is called a cerebral infarct.

Brain cells usually die shortly after the stroke starts. However, some can last a few hours, if the blood supply is not cut off completely. If the blood supply can be returned in the minutes and hours after the stroke, some of these cells may recover. If not, they will also die.

A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) happens when there is a temporary interruption to the blood supply to the brain. It causes the same symptoms as a stroke, but these go away completely within 24 hours.