Browsing: Brain and Neurological Conditions

Your brain constitutes the control mechanism of your body. It’s part of your nervous system, which also includes the spinal cord and a large network of nerves and neurons. The nervous system controls everything in your body.

When your brain is damaged or diseased, it can affect your memory, your sensation, your personality, and even your entire quality of life. Nervous system disorders (Nervous system diseases) include any conditions or disabilities or problems that affect your brain or nervous system and comprise brain diseases as well.

Brain and nervous system problems are quite common. These neurological disorders include Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, depression, autism, etc.

This page provides quick access to a list of common diseases, syndromes, health conditions, and other topics of health importance related to your brain and nervous system. The list is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to respective disease ecosystems that serve as a comprehensive and ultimate guide about the disease or health condition. Keep reading!


There are many complications associated with peripheral neuropathy such as gangrene and amputations, digestive issues, deformity of lower extremities, ulcers, loss of bladder control, etc. Peripheral nervous system has three types of nerves, i.e., motor nerves, autonomic nerves, and sensory nerves. Symptoms depend on the kind of nerve which is damaged or affected. Damage to sensory nerves affects sensation, and the patient also loses the sense of balance.

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative complex disease in which brain cells die and gets damaged and the connections between them are lost. Currently, there is no cure and no medications are available to treat it completely. Once a person starts showing symptoms of this disease such as memory loss and cognitive function disabilities.

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can progress over many years. It is a complex disease that can progress like other chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. It gets worse with increasing age and time. People who develop late onset of AD faces problems in everyday activities such as bathing, eating and dressing, and need help from others.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and shows dementia-like conditions such as memory loss and cognitive skill disabilities. This disease is histologically characterized by accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles throughout the brain.

Memory loss that disrupts daily activities of a person is a common symptom of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease and causes a slow decline in memory and thinking and reasoning skills. Different children may experience varying signs. If you notice any of them, please see a doctor.

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that is characterized by a difficulty in reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and understanding how these speech sounds relate to letters and words. It is a reading disability and affects areas of the brain that is responsible for language processing.