neurological disease
Nervous system disorder
A neurological disease is any disorder affecting the nervous system—the brain, spinal cord, and nerves throughout the body.
These conditions range from degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to disorders of movement, sensation, or cognition such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and neuropathy.
Her neurological disease gradually affected her ability to walk.
The term encompasses hundreds of distinct conditions with varied causes, symptoms, and prognoses.
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
- memory lossFailure to recall
- neurocysticercosisTapeworm larvae in brain
- brain lesionDamaged area of neural tissue
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
encephalitis · poliomyelitis · cerebral palsy · concussion · fragile X syndrome · rabies · vascular dementia · brain fog · nerve damage · post-concussion syndrome · spinal cord injury · subdural hematoma · lumbar puncture · spinal tap · ataxia · migraine · multiple sclerosis · demyelination
neurological diseasemental illness
Disorder affecting cognition or mood
psychological disorder · psychiatric condition · functional disorder · behavioral disorder · mental disorder
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