Child neurologist specializes in the treatment of diseases associated with the central and peripheral nervous system affliction, as well as functional disorders of children.
Usually, during the first month after the child’s birth, doctors send parents to the compulsory consultation of a child neurologist, even if the child was born completely healthy and does not have any disorders related to the nervous system. Moreover, the regular follow-up visits are also necessary during the next stages of life.
A child neurologist during the first years of child’s life lays a solid foundation for the future neurological health and physical development. At the first appointment with the child neurologist, the doctor helps to determine the correspondence of the development pace to the child's age, identify the existing problems and deviations and begin their correction. It would be worth consulting a child neurologist in order to schedule the vaccinations, attendance of a kindergarten, school or summer camp. For the entire period of development the child must necessarily undergo several neurological examinations - after the birth, during the first month, within a year - every three months, and then - at the age of 2, 3, 6 and 7 years.
Features of the first appointment with the child neurologist
A peculiarity of the first appointment at our medical centre is the use of metameric diagnostics to determine the causes of neurological disorders exactly from the first days of life. Early diagnosis is the key to a successful treatment of a damaged nervous system. The main principles of metameric treatment are diagnostics and especially active therapy, which allows benefiting a favourable property of the central nervous system of the child - high neuroplasticity of the brain tissue. Early therapeutic intervention by a neurologist helps to minimize the source of damage and prevent the occurrence of subsequent severe motor and intellectual disorders.
Each concerned person can register for a paid consultation of a neurologist or a primary appointment with a neurologist.
The recovery of the damaged nervous system is especially high in the first years of life - for that reason visits to the child neurologist at our clinic in Kiev within this period can help to avoid the majority of neglected diseases and to influence the current situation in an advantageous way. In contrast to the traditional methods of diagnostics and treatment of the central and peripheral nervous systems diseases our neurologists achieve (thanks to metameric treatment methods) the best health results.
Reasons for consultation with a child neurologist
You need to consult a neurologist if:
- the child was born: by caesarean section, in the breech presentation, premature or with heavy weight; loop of cord, cramps have been registered, the obstetric forceps were applied during the childbirth;
- the child phlegmatically suckles, often burps; is inactive, sluggish or, on the contrary, too restless; the child's chin trembles (and also upper or lower extremities), he often blinks during the breastfeeding (normally the baby blinks 2-4 times per minute, and when feeding - 0-1 times); crosses or stares the eyes;
- a baby 3-4 months old does not hold his/her head or lying sidelong constantly throws the head back; prefers to turn his head only in one direction; one of the limbs (arm or leg) is less active in movements or is in an unusual position;
- one year old baby badly falls asleep, restlessly sleeps, poorly concentrates attention; has difficulties with communicating with peers; poorly speaks, cries; is moody, capricious, walks on tiptoe, stumbles, manner of walking is not confident (from 1.5 years); has a frequent abdominal pain, urinary incontinence, cramps (twitching) affected by body temperature rise;
- at an older age, the neurologist consultation is required for the following general neurological disorders: back pain, headache, dizziness, faints, diseases of the peripheral nerves (neuralgia, neuropathy), memory and attention problems, fatigue, delay in speech development, impaired vision, frequent nasal bleeding, postural disorder, different length of legs.
Also, the reason for referring to a pediatric neurologist should be various seizures, such as loss of consciousness or orientation, stop gaze, short-term convulsions in some part of the body or throughout the body. Such seizures may indicate the onset of epilepsy. In this case, the child is examined by a pediatric neurologist who is an expert in epilepsy.
Pediatric neurologists of our medical center are highly qualified doctors with many years of experience in diagnosing and treating the nervous system diseases among children, including epilepsy.
Do not delay a visit to the doctor. Preliminary appointment with the neurologist is available by calling the children's department phone number (044) 272-11-82 or contact centre phone number (044) 238-22-31. We are waiting for you at our medical centre.
