Pediatric Neurologist Consultation

A Pediatric Neurologist is a doctor who diagnoses and treats abnormalities of the nervous system in newborns, toddlers, middle-aged and older children, and adolescents. Diseases of the nervous system indicate malfunctions of the brain, spine, nerves or muscles. Disorders manifest themselves as developmental delays, behavioral changes, headaches and/or seizures. A consultation with a child neurologist at the Center for Brain Stimulation will provide the necessary diagnosis, help identify disorders in the child's development, CNS abnormalities, and prescribe the necessary treatment.

When is the Pediatric Neurologist Consultation needed?

Pediatric Neurologist consultation is needed for accurate diagnosis and differential diagnostics — to confirm or refute an existing diagnosis, to prescribe the correct course of treatment or rehabilitation.

A Pediatric Neurologist monitors the condition of children with chronic neurological diseases: cerebral palsy, epilepsy, genetic diseases (Down syndrome, neuromuscular diseases), and congenital disorders.

A Pediatric Neurologist should be consulted if the child becomes distractible, inattentive, hyperactive, has memory problems or if teachers notice barriers to learning. The child may also demonstrate protest behavior, i.e. aggression, self-aggression, and negativism.

Neurologists are highly trained professionals capable of diagnosing combined conditions via a detailed history and physical examination, including testing for changes in condition, vision, speech, strength, sensitivity, coordination, and reflexes. Even as medicine becomes increasingly reliant on technology, the neurological exam remains a critical component of patient evaluation.

How to Prepare for the First Consultation with a Pediatric Neurologist?

In order for the consultation with a neurologist to be the most effective, you need to prepare for it:

• Recall and write down all the oddities in the child's behavior, speech, and reactions that bother the child, you or your relatives. Indicate when these symptoms began to appear, with what frequency, what preceded these changes (if you were able to trace a pattern).
• You can also note your personal fears and expectations not directly related to neurology.
• Tell the doctor how your pregnancy and childbirth went, if there were any complications.
• Write down what medications the child is currently taking or was taking before the onset of symptoms, the duration of intake and dosage.
• Be sure to take all the available research and test results (EEG, MRI, CT, NSG, OAC, OMV, etc.), conclusions of narrow specialists: pediatrician, ophthalmologist, psychiatrist, surdologist, speech therapist, child psychologist.
• Arrange the collected documents in chronological order, so that you do not waste your appointment time reconstructing the course of events.

Careful preparation for the consultation is the key to the effective use of the time allotted for an appointment with a child neurologist. So before the appointment, make sure you have not forgotten anything and noted all the important points.

The consultation with the pediatric neurologist should be postponed if the child has a high fever, acute respiratory infections or other acute infectious conditions.

What Kinds of Checkups May Be Needed?

In order to make an accurate diagnosis may be required additional checkups: EEG, MRI, CT scan, blood tests. In our center it is possible to have an electroencephalogram immediately before the consultation with a neurologist.

EEG (electroencephalogram) is a graphic representation of brain electrical activity. This diagnostic method allows you to evaluate the state of functional activity of the brain and identify disorders of its bioelectrical activity in various CNS pathologies.

What is Neurologist Consultation at CBS?

Parents come for a consultation with a pediatric neurologist with all available tests and examination results. The neurologist collects a medical history and performs a physical examination.

The basis of neurological diagnostics is a thorough, step-by-step examination by a child neurologist with examination of functions of the nervous system: reflex tests, examination of functions of sensitivity, movement, and coordination.

Based on the neurological examination, test results and diagnostic tests, the Paediatric Neurologist may recommend consultation with a Paediatric Psychiatrist or other narrow specialists and prescribe the most appropriate treatment in each particular case.

Treatment of Neurological Diseases

The treatment of neurological diseases in children is aimed primarily at:

• elimination of the causes that cause disorders of the nervous system - infectious diseases, intoxication, trauma, arterial hypertension, etc.;
• restoration of the work of systems and organs - improvement of cerebral circulation, anti-inflammatory therapy, stimulation of metabolic processes, normalization of sensitivity, the expansion of movement in places with impaired innervation, etc.;
• elimination of symptoms.

Pediatric neurology relies on conservative methods of treatment: pharmacotherapy, physical therapy, therapeutic exercise, massage, reflexology, manual therapy, etc.

Our Benefits

1. Our highly qualified neurologists are able to diagnose complex conditions through a detailed anamnesis and physical examination, including testing changes in state, vision, speech, strength, sensitivity, coordination, reflexes.
2. Narrow specialists are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases in children: endocrinologist, psychologist, ophthalmologist, ENT, speech therapist, psychiatrist.
3. All examinations are conducted on the latest, modern equipment. EEG is conducted on a Braintest™ Electroencephalograph.
4. The Center for Brain Stimulation provides an online consultation with a Pediatric Neurologist.

Doctors

Are you looking for a good Neurologist? A Pediatric Neurologist, at the Center for Brain Stimulation will help deal with your child's problem and choose the best treatment. You can make an appointment to see a Pediatric Neurologist by calling on the listed phone number or directly on the website of the clinic. Fill out a short form and you will get a call right away!