Long Term Neurological Conditions

Neurological disorders are a group of disorders that involve any part of the nervous system. They include

• All structural disorders of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).
• All structural disorders of the nerves in the face, trunk and limbs (peripheral nervous system ).
• Disorders involving muscle.
• Certain common conditions, which are not necessarily caused by structural disease such as many varieties of headache.
• Other conditions such as epilepsy, fainting and dizziness which are often caused by disordered physiology, rather than abnormal anatomy.

Not all patients who have symptoms that can be classified as neurological have significant neurological disease. For example, not all headaches are sinister, many episodes of loss of consciousness have a benign cause, and there are other symptoms which worry patients and doctors but where no serious cause is found.