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Pediatric Neurology

Pediatric Neurology is a medical speciality dealing with brain, spinal cord, nerve and muscle diseases in children. Diagnosis and treatment of neurological problems such as convulsions seen in childhood, developmental disorders such as growth deficiency seen since the neonatal period, cerebral palsy, muscle diseases, and autism are provided in the Department of Pediatric Neurology. The smooth development and healthy development of the nervous system of children is of great importance from the point of view of human and social health. Various diseases such as cerebral palsy (brain stroke), epilepsy, mental retardation, movement disorders, autism, muscle diseases, spinal cord and peripheral nerve diseases as a result of damage to the developing nervous system during pregnancy, at birth or in the postnatal period or due to genetically transmitted diseases can occur and the entire life of the child, and even life span, can be affected. Services are provided by specialist doctors in the Pediatric Neurology Department of Okan University Hospital.

What are the characteristics evaluated in the examination?

General condition, age-appropriate response and development
Orientation and information status
Head size
Speech and movement skills
Coordination, accessibility and balance
Strength, ability to walk
Reflexes
Pathological and newborn reflexes
Areas of vision and hearing
Eye movements and the bottom of the eye

Some of these assessments, depending on the age, may give dubious and insufficient information. The general clinical picture and the history again become very decisive. The importance of additional tests usually becomes apparent after these.

What are the diseases that are examined and treated?

1. Age-appropriate neurological development problems

Delay in walking
Recommended (hypotonic) babies (SMA)
Speech delay
Autistic complaints
Learning and school problems (attention problems)

2. Conditions that occur in the form of changes in consciousness or attacks

Fever convulsion
Epileptic seizures
Fainting
Convulse
Headache

3. Problems that develop during childbirth or pregnancy

Brain injuries due to difficult childbirth (cerebral palsy (CP), spastic or hypotonic strokes)
Damages due to premature birth (spastic diparesis, tetraparesis)
Damage to the nerves of the arm at birth (brachial plexopathy)
Microcephaly (small head size)

4. Weakness and imbalance