The nervous system is the most important organ in leading a normal daily life in humans. The nervous system is composed of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves, and consultation with a neurologist is required when there is an abnormality in these organs. Symptoms of neurological abnormalities are diverse.

If you exhibit the following symptoms, you need to see a neurologist without delay.

• Decreased consciousness with confusion and slurred speech
• Paralysis such as hemiplegia or paraplegia
• Headache or neuralgia
• Seizure
• Dysesthesia such as numbness in hands and feet or sharpened sense of touch
• Motor dysfunction in which the hands and feet tremble or limbs move involuntarily
• Visual dysfunction such as diplopia or loss of vision
• Difficulty swallowing
• Dysarthria or language dysfunction
• Corners of mouth turning to one side
• Dizziness or chronic rhinitis (sound in the ear/s)
• Difficulty going up and down stairs or raising an arm
• Gait disturbance such as swaying while walking like a drunken person or foot drop
• Intermittent loss of strength in the whole body
• Mental deficiency
• Developmental and behavioral disorder