Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Neurology at CoxHealth
Pediatric neurologists have specialized training in conditions that affect children's nervous systems. Problems in the nervous system can include disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves or muscles.
Conditions We Treat
- Aphasia
- Brain disease, damage or malfunction
- Cerebral palsy
- Cranial nerve injuries
- Developmental and behavioral conditions, including memory disorders, ADHD and developmental delays
- Epilepsy
- Headaches, including primary stabbing headaches and those caused by concussions, medication overuse, primary exercise or traumatic brain injury
- Lobar atrophy of the brain
- Movement disorders, including ataxia, kinetic tremors, cerebellar degeneration, tremors, unsteady gait and spinocerebellar disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscle weakness
- Myelitis
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular disorders, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, peripheral nerve injury, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, neuropathy, nerve root disorder, peripheral neuropathy, muscle weakness, myositis, lip droop and radiculopathy
- Numbness/paresthesia
- Problems with smell and taste
- Seizures
- Slurred speech/dysarthria
- Spasticity
- Stroke