Child Neurology

Pediatric Neurology is a medical science that examines the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system and related muscles of children aged 0-18 in general terms, and includes diagnosis, treatment and follow-up applications. It is also known as Pediatric Neurology.

Common diseases that are in the interest of a Pediatric Neurologist can be listed as follows;

• Neurological follow-up of babies at risk
• Retardation in developmental stages (fine and gross motor, language and personal social areas)
• Hypotonia (Loose baby)
• Children with congenital or acquired brain abnormalities
• Autism
• mental retardation
• Headache (tension type, mixed type, etc.)
• Migraine variants
• Vertigo (Dizziness)
• Febrile Convulsion (Fever seizure)
• fit (holding breath) fit
• Afebric Convulsion (Feverless seizure) seizure
• Epilepsy (Sara disease)
• Cerebral Palsy BCerebral palsy)
• Speech and language disorders
• Sleep disorders (Narcolepsy, insomnia, parasomnia)
• Diseases involving the muscle and muscle-nerve junction
• Diseases involving the peripheral nervous system (hereditary and acquired neuropathies)
• Movement disorders (tremor, tic chorea, athetosis, balismus)
• Neurometabolic diseases (Phenylketonuria)
• Mitochondrial diseases
• Neurocutaneous diseases
• Progressive neurodegenerative diseases with loss of acquired skills
• Neurogenetic diseases with dysmorphic findings