Diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders, such as headaches, dizziness, severe spinal pain (neck, back, legs and arms), weakness and tingling in the arms and legs or one half of the body, episodes of altered consciousness, memory loss and inability to recall; prevention and detection of risk factors for stroke, and treatment and management of the consequences and complications of stroke and other vascular diseases of the brain (transient vascular disorders, brief loss of vision, reduced hearing and sudden hearing loss, as well as tinnitus); assessment of cognitive abilities using the MMSE test, Wilson test, Mini-Cog and clock drawing test; ultrasound examinations of the head and neck, transcranial colour Doppler.
A neurologist treats headaches, dizziness, severe pain in the spine (neck, back, legs and arms), weakness and numbness in the arms and legs or one side of the body, episodes of altered consciousness, memory loss and inability to recall.
Participates in the prevention and detection of risk factors for the occurrence of stroke and treats and removes the consequences and complications of stroke and other vascular diseases of the brain (transient vascular disorders, short-term vision loss, hearing impairment, sudden hearing loss, and tinnitus).
He performs first and repeat neurological examinations and creates individual treatment plans for each patient, continuously monitors and supervises the patient's condition and treatment results.
He performs assessment of cognitive abilities using the MMSE test, Wilson's test, mini-cog and the clock-drawing test. These are tests that contain questions to which the patient gives an answer and for each correct answer or performed activity points are awarded. The total score is interpreted in accordance with the years of education the patient has.
He performs ultrasound examinations of the head and neck in cases of transient visual loss and loss of consciousness, dizziness, hearing loss on one side, sudden hearing loss, tinnitus, headaches, noise and pain in the neck blood vessels, episodes of altered consciousness in the sense of syncope, blood vessel diseases and conditions after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and other carotid surgeries, as well as prevention of some heart diseases and heart surgeries, monitoring of the condition of neck blood vessels in chronic diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, unstable hypertension, and long-term hyperlipidaemia.
