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Understanding Neurological Disorders: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

Neurological disorders encompass a broad range of conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system, impacting millions of lives worldwide. For patients and their families, navigating the complexities of neurological disorders can be challenging. In this blog post Dr Anil Dhingra the Best Neurosurgeon in Chandigarh will provide a comprehensive guide to help individuals understand neurological disorders, recognize common symptoms, explore available treatments, and offer support for those affected and their families. 1. Overview of Neurological Disorders: Neurological disorders cover a diverse array of conditions, including but not limited to epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke. These disorders can affect cognition, movement, sensory perception, and various other functions controlled by the nervous system. 2. Common Symptoms: The symptoms of neurological disorders vary widely depending on the specific condition. However, some common symptoms include: Memory loss or cognitive decline Muscle weakness or paralysis Tremors or involuntary movements Seizures Headaches Numbness or tingling Changes in mood or behavior It’s important to note that experiencing one or more of these symptoms doesn’t necessarily indicate a neurological disorder, but it does warrant prompt medical attention for proper evaluation. 3. Diagnosis and Medical Evaluation: Diagnosing neurological disorders often involves a comprehensive medical evaluation. Neurologists, specialists in the field, utilize various diagnostic tools, including imaging tests, electroencephalograms (EEGs), and blood tests. A thorough medical history and examination are crucial components of the diagnostic process. 4. Treatment Options: Treatment for neurological disorders varies based on the specific condition, its severity, and the […]

5 Best Ways to Prevent Back Pain When Working From Home

It’s 2022! The whole world has now become habituated with the ‘new normal’ situation as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of worldwide lockdown, people are now highly dependent on digital platforms such as online education, work from home, online shopping and more. Let’s come to the topic now. This article is dedicated to the working people who are now working remotely as the aftereffect of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Though you may find several advantages of work from home structure, it also has a few drawbacks, in which developing back pain comes at the top of the list. Dr. Anil Dhingra, the best neurosurgeon in Chandigarh can give you the best treatment and guide so that you can prevent your back pain during work from home. Know About Some Effective Ways to Reduce Back Pain: There is no doubt that maintaining a healthy back is necessary for your long run so that it never gives you extreme trouble in some phases of your life. So, if you have been working from home for the last few months, it is obvious that you are noticing back pain. Don’t ignore this. You must be careful from the very beginning. Set an Organic Home Office: The top reason why people are developing back pain during work from home is because of your home office without a proper supportive chair, poor posture and many more things. So, Dr. Anil Dhingra always recommends setting up an organic home office […]

Harnessing Neurosurgery to Advance Science

Dr Anil Dhingra, the best brain surgeon in Chandigarh, shares information about harnessing neurosurgery to advance science, if you may have faced a dilemma after seeing a patient with a tumour in an eloquent section of the brain. “What are the risks if I remove the tumour this way or that way?” or “What are the risks if I map this function and shift it aside?” The technique you take, based on your skills and knowledge of the brain, has far more potential than simply saving a single life. The combination of neurosurgery and science can assist neurosurgeons to make timely life-saving judgments while also introducing several creative techniques for treating many brain illnesses. How? It is done by harnessing neurosurgery to advance science. Many neurosurgeons are developing novel approaches to curing a wide range of brain illnesses, and they frequently interact with experts from various disciplines to apply their practical and theoretical knowledge to enhance science fields with new advancements. Many revolutionary technologies were developed as a result of neurosurgeons’ insights, allowing treatments to be delivered to the brain in new, less intrusive methods. Focused ultrasonography, ever-smaller endoscopes, medications that access the blood-brain barrier, and technologies that circumvent it are just a few examples. How could cognitive neuroscience discoveries be more extensively utilized to enhance the results of patients undergoing brain surgery? To begin, neurosurgeons in all practice settings should gather clinical data on illnesses, brain tumours, mobility difficulties, and cerebrovascular disease, among other things. Following that, as neurosurgeons, […]

Home Remedies for Low Back Pain

When people reach middle age, the probability of having lower back pain increases. With time, the bones and joints in your lower back begin to change. Your discs -the structures that work as pillows between the bones in the spine, tend to exhaust and sometimes become fragmented. These structural changes sometimes cause pain. An added cause of low back pain, although it occurs less often, is a herniated disc. Sometimes, a disc shifts outside the space among the bones and compresses a nerve at the point where it branches off the spinal cord In maximum cases, the most suitable move is to wait and see if the pain settles on its own. If the pain does not improve after three to four days, then you should see a doctor. Dr. Anil Dhingra, Neurosurgeon in Chandigarh, suggests you, try a few home remedies for low back pain to help ease the pain. Cold Therapies and Heat Therapies. It’s most useful to apply cold compresses or an ice pack, not heat, quickly following a back injury, since this can ease pain by deadening the area and limit or reduce swelling. About 48 hours after the origin of back pain, though, applying heating pads or a hot-water bottle to your back may be remedial. The warmth relaxes and loosens aching muscles and increases blood flow, which helps the healing process. Keep in thought that heat therapy is only helpful for the first week. Limit your bed rest. Bed rest is only important when […]

Spinal Osteoporosis Treatment

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bone in which the bones become too weak and brittle. Normally the body keeps replacing the old bone tissue with new one but in osteoporosis the rate of replacement or new bone creation doesn’t keep up with the rate of bone removal. Consequently the body makes too little bone or loses too much of it. Because of low bone density and structural bone deterioration they become weak and can break more easily from a fall or in worst case scenario even from sneezing. Although the bones become weak due to osteoporosis, there is no pain involved or other obvious symptoms. Complications from this condition can result in breakage or fracture of the spinal bones as well. These spine fractures are called vertebral compression fractures and can cause immense back pain and severely restrict the patient’s mobility. Treatment & Prevention of Spinal Osteoporosis Most patients who suffer a vertebral compression fracture get well with the help of nonsurgical treatments but if you have osteoporosis also and your pain doesn’t get better with this type of treatment Dr. Anil Dhingra, the leading spine expert in Chandigarh would recommend surgery. Kyphoplasty Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive vertebral augmentation procedure to treat acute fractures of the vertebrae. Kyphoplasty has the advantage to reduce the malalignment of the spine and it restores the height of vertebra. How is kyphoplasty procedure performed? The procedure is done under the local anaesthesia. It is done by putting a needle in the fractured […]

Minimally invasive spinal surgery(MISS) for spinal tumors- Newer technique.

Minimally invasive spine surgery is being done for a lot of spinal problems such as cervical and lumbar disc extrusions, lumbar canal stenosis, vertebral fractures and spondylolisthesis. After a good experience and expertise in all these , Dr Anil Dhingra- Spine surgeon in chandigarh, Tricity can perform surgery of spinal tumors of any type with Endoscopic or minimally invasive spinal surgery. Extradural spinal tumors, Intradural extramedullary tumors such as neurofibromas , meningiomas can be removed by this procedure. Advantages of MISS – Small incision 2cm (compared to 10-12 cm incision in open surgery) Little blood loss. Little muscle cutting and little normal bone loss helping in maintaining postoperative spinal stability. little postoperative pain. Rapid recovery and fast wound healing. No significant postoperative back stiffness. Short hospital stay. Infrastructure Requirements – The basic tenents or need for the procedure is Good illumination, Magnification and best Instrumentation and hospital infra-structure without which it’s not possible. Most important of all this is expertise in this field. Procedure steps– After paint/ drape under general anaesthesia , 2 cm. incision is given over the back. Sequential tubular dilators are inserted over required one side of the lamina. Quadrant retractor system is applied. A wider view is seen inside under endoscopic/ microscopic vision and illumination. Hemilaminectomy is done using hydraulic drill. Dura is incised laterally and hitches applied. Vertical lateral incision is very helpful as this gives direct exposure of the tumor even if it is anteriorly placed to spinal cord. Base of the tumor is […]

Glioblastoma | Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

An aggressive type of cancer that occurs in the brain or the spinal cord is called Glioblastoma. Another name for this type of cancer is Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). It is caused by a group of tumors called Astrocytomas that are star-shaped cells responsible for the nourishment and support of the nerve cells (neurons) in the brain. Dr. Anil Dhingra, Endovascular Neurosurgeon in Chandigarh, attempts to create awareness amongst the masses about this malignant brain tumor. Symptoms According to the location of the Brain tumor, the symptoms can vary. However, there are a few common symptoms – • Persistent Headaches • Double or blurred vision • Vomiting • Loss of appetite • Changes in mood or personality • Difficulty in thinking and learning • Seizures • Difficulty in speaking Diagnosis Neurological exam – A neurologist can give you a complete exam. Imaging tests like CT, positron emission tomography (PET) or MRI Scan may also be necessary. Treatment • Surgery – A neurosurgeon can operate to remove the glioblastoma with the aim of removing as much of the tumor as possible. Additional surgery might be required to remove the tumor from the remaining cells as glioblastoma grows into the normal brain tissue. • Radiation Therapy – The high energy beams such as X-Rays or protons that are used in Radiation Therapy can kill cancer cells. Mostly after surgery, radiation therapy is recommended alongside Chemotherapy. • Chemotherapy – The use of drugs to kill cancer cells is called Chemotherapy. Sometimes, a thin circular […]

Cervical Fusion – Causes and Types of the Procedure

For the relief from the painful symptoms caused by cervical spine disorders, many times surgery is required. Dehydration of disks is one of the most common underlying root causes of most spine disorders. As people age beyond 30, the gelatine-like centres dry out and become flattened. This results in the vertebrae losing its height and the healthy resilience it had. Subsequently, this degeneration pushes the vertebrae closer and causes nerve irritation, which usually stems from a ruptured disc, bone spurs, or stenosis. Dr Anil Dhingra, the best endoscopic spine surgeon, discusses cervical spinal fusion which is a surgery that joins selected bones in the neck (cervical spine) Types of Cervical Fusion There are two types of cervical fusion procedures: anterior cervical fusion, and posterior cervical fusion. Anterior Cervical Fusion One of the most common surgical procedures for problems in the cervical spine is Anterior cervical discectomy. The word ‘discectomy’ refers to “remove the disc.” This is a procedure that is used to relieve pressure on a spinal nerve or the spinal cord that is caused by a herniated disc. In this procedure, the disc is usually removed from the front of your cervical spine. An incision is made in the front of your neck beside your trachea (windpipe). The muscles are moved to the side. The arteries and nerves in your neck are also protected. Upon reaching the front of your spine, your doctor will use an X-ray to identify the problem disc. This disc is removed all the way […]

Symptoms, Types and Causes of Cerebrovascular Diseases

A group of conditions, disorders, and diseases that affect the blood vessels and blood supply to the brain is termed as cerebrovascular disease. Stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), aneurysm and vascular malformation are included in cerebrovascular diseases. Dr. Anil Dhingra, the best surgeon in Chandigarh points out symptoms, causes, and types of cerebrovascular diseases. Symptoms The location of the blockage and its impact on brain tissue is responsible for the symptoms of the disease. However, some common symptoms are as follows: Severe and sudden headache Paralysis or weakness of one side of the body Confusion Difficulty in communicating or slurred speech Losing vision on one side Loss of balance Types Types of cerebrovascular diseases include: Ischemic Stroke When a blood clot or atherosclerotic plaque blocks a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain, it is known as Ischemic stroke. A blood clot may form in an already narrow artery. Death of brain cells because of the lack of supply of blood to the brain is responsible for a stroke. Embolism When a clot breaks off in the body and travels to the brain to block a smaller artery, it is known as Embolism. A tear in the carotid artery can also lead to ischemic stroke. The tear allows blood to flow between the layers of the carotid artery which results in narrowing of the artery and reducing blood supply to the brain. Hemorrhagic stroke A disease which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain weakens and bursts open […]

Parkinson’s Disease

A neurological condition that affects the speed, fluency, quality, and ease of movement is termed as a movement disorder. Cerebral Palsy, Ataxia, and Tourette syndrome including Parkinson’s disease are some of the movement disorders which affect a person’s ability to move or stay still. Dr Anil Dhingra best neurosurgeon in Chandigarh discusses the symptoms, causes treatment of Parkinson’s disease as follows: What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s is the disease which damages our central nervous system which includes our brain and spine. It is a medical condition which damages the cells that makes dopamine in a part of the brain. Dopamine cells are responsible for sending information to other cells which makes us do the actions we need to do. Parkinson’s disease makes these cells die as a result of which the motor system of our body gets affected. What are the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease? Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease vary from individual to individual. Some of the symptoms are as follows: – Tremor: Tremor is an uncontrolled shaking which usually begins in hands and arms but it can sometimes happen in jaw or feet too. – Stiffness: Parkinson’s cause rigidness which makes it difficult to move parts of the body. – Slow movements: Actions like walking, eating and even talking, becomes hard and slow in Parkinson’s disease. In medical terms, this condition is called Bradykinesia. – Changes in Walking: One of the common signs witnessed in patients with Parkinson’s is that your arms stop swinging when you walk. Gradually, your […]