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🧠 Neurology
Specialist Care for the Brain, Nerves, Spine, and Muscle Function
At UNTH Clinics, our Neurology Clinic provides specialist evaluation and care for conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, muscles, movement, memory, balance, sensation, and coordination.
Our services are designed for patients experiencing headaches, seizures, stroke symptoms, weakness, numbness, tremors, dizziness, memory problems, nerve pain, sleep-related neurological concerns, and other disorders of the nervous system.
What Is Neurology?
Neurology is the branch of medicine focused on the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles. It deals with the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and long-term management of diseases that affect how the body moves, feels, thinks, balances, and responds.
Because neurological symptoms may sometimes be early signs of serious conditions such as stroke, epilepsy, brain infection, nerve damage, or degenerative disease, timely assessment is important.
Core Services
Our Neurology Clinic provides:
- Specialist neurological consultation
- Assessment of headaches and migraines
- Stroke risk assessment and follow-up care
- Seizure and epilepsy evaluation
- Nerve pain and neuropathy assessment
- Weakness, numbness, and paralysis evaluation
- Tremor and movement disorder assessment
- Dizziness, balance, and coordination review
- Memory, confusion, and cognitive assessment
- Back, neck, and spine-related nerve symptom evaluation
- Diabetic neuropathy evaluation
- Sleep-related neurological symptom review
- Follow-up care for chronic neurological conditions
- Referral coordination for advanced neurological investigations or specialist procedures
Neurology Tests and Examinations
Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may recommend:
- Detailed neurological history and examination
- Cranial nerve assessment
- Muscle strength testing
- Reflex testing
- Sensory examination
- Coordination and balance assessment
- Gait assessment
- Memory and cognitive screening
- Blood pressure and vascular risk assessment
- Blood tests where required
- Imaging referral such as CT scan or MRI where indicated
- EEG referral for seizure evaluation where required
- Nerve conduction study / EMG referral where required
These assessments help identify the possible cause of symptoms and guide the right treatment plan.
Conditions We Manage
We assess and manage common and serious neurological conditions, including:
- Headache and migraine
- Stroke and transient ischemic attack
- Epilepsy and seizures
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Nerve pain
- Facial nerve palsy
- Tremors
- Parkinsonian symptoms
- Dizziness and vertigo-related neurological concerns
- Memory loss and dementia-related symptoms
- Muscle weakness
- Numbness and tingling
- Paralysis or limb weakness
- Neck and back pain with nerve symptoms
- Sciatica
- Multiple sclerosis-related symptoms
- Brain and spinal cord infection-related concerns
- Neurological complications of diabetes, hypertension, infections, or trauma
Basic Equipment and Support Available
Our Neurology Clinic is supported by essential clinical tools and hospital-based diagnostic support, including:
- Examination couch
- Neurological examination kit
- Reflex hammer
- Tuning fork
- Pen torch
- Sensory testing tools
- Blood pressure monitor
- Pulse oximeter
- Glucometer access where required
- Cognitive screening tools
- Gait and balance assessment space
- Emergency response support
- Laboratory support
- CT scan referral pathway
- MRI referral pathway where required
- ECG and cardiovascular risk assessment support
- Pharmacy support for prescribed neurological medicines
Where advanced neurological testing, neurosurgical care, or specialised rehabilitation is required, patients may be referred or co-managed through appropriate specialist pathways.
When to See a Neurologist
You should visit a neurologist if you notice:
- Sudden weakness of the face, arm, or leg
- Sudden difficulty speaking or understanding speech
- Sudden loss of balance or coordination
- Severe or unusual headache
- Recurrent seizures or fainting episodes
- Persistent numbness or tingling
- Tremors or abnormal body movements
- Memory loss or confusion
- Persistent dizziness or balance problems
- Vision changes with neurological symptoms
- Nerve pain, burning sensation, or electric-shock-like pain
- Weakness that is worsening or affecting daily activities
- Neck or back pain spreading to the arms or legs
Sudden stroke-like symptoms should be treated as an emergency.
Treatments and Care Pathways
Our neurology team may provide or coordinate:
- Medication for seizures and epilepsy
- Migraine and headache treatment plans
- Stroke prevention and follow-up care
- Blood pressure, diabetes, and vascular risk control guidance
- Neuropathy and nerve pain management
- Parkinsonian symptom management
- Dizziness and balance disorder care
- Memory and cognitive symptom evaluation
- Lifestyle and medication adherence counselling
- Physiotherapy and rehabilitation referral
- Neurosurgery referral where needed
- Emergency referral for acute neurological symptoms
Patients with chronic neurological conditions may require regular follow-up, medication review, monitoring, and coordinated care with other departments.
Why Choose UNTH Clinics?
At UNTH Clinics, we provide structured neurological care in a patient-centred hospital environment. Our focus is on early recognition of serious symptoms, careful clinical assessment, clear explanation, safe treatment, organised follow-up, and referral coordination when advanced care is needed.
Patients with diabetes, hypertension, stroke risk, chronic pain, seizures, weakness, memory problems, or complex medical conditions benefit from our integrated hospital setting and coordinated clinical documentation.
What to Expect During Your Visit
Your visit may include:
- Registration and medical history review
- Discussion of your symptoms and previous medical conditions
- Blood pressure and basic clinical checks
- Neurological examination
- Review of previous test results or medications
- Diagnosis or provisional assessment
- Treatment plan, investigation request, referral, or follow-up plan
Please come with your current medications, previous scan reports, laboratory results, discharge summaries, and any record of past seizures, stroke episodes, or neurological symptoms if available.
Book a Neurology Appointment
Early neurological assessment can help prevent complications, improve function, and protect quality of life.
To book an appointment with the Neurology Clinic at UNTH Clinics, contact our front desk, visit the hospital, or use our available appointment channels.
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