What do you think kills the most people in the United States? It’s not terrorists—it’s a stroke that kills over 140,000 people a year.
Moreover, 50,000 people in the U.S. lose their lives each year to traumatic brain injury. Stats tell us that every 40 seconds, one person in the U.S. suffers a stroke.
Between 80,000 and 90,000 people live with long-term disabilities caused by a traumatic brain injury.
Every 1 in 20 people has a seizure at some point, and 1 in 50 people suffer from epilepsy.
These are all neurological disorders—disorders that don’t come with a warning unless you know of these signs that you must look out for.
Headaches and Troubled Sleep
While seemingly normal, if you’ve been experiencing chronic headaches that refuse to go, and if this condition is characterized by an inability to sleep, you should see a neurologist. Sleep is directly controlled by the brain, and headaches indicate there’s something not quite right. Whatever the complication might be, you shouldn’t ignore it. This is specifically true for migraines, which are fairly common among people, and can be very delimiting.
Losing Your Balance
If you’ve noticed that lately, you haven’t been able to keep your balance, you keep tumbling and can’t make sense of staircases and the like—then it’s definitely time to see a neurologist. Tripping, stumbling, and falling are all a part of life—but if it happens frequently and is starting to affect your daily life, you need to find a neurologist straight away.
Changes in Vision
If you’ve noticed that lately your vision has become blurred or that your eyesight has started to deteriorate all of a sudden, a trip to the neurologist is in order. You should be specifically vigilant if you’ve lost vision in one or both eyes, as that can highlight a major problem unfolding inside.
Confusion and Memory Loss
If you find that you’re confused all the time, or have been experiencing memory loss, then there’s definitely something off with the brain. Dementia and other degenerative diseases are fairly common, such as the Alzheimer’s, which is why you should book a visit to the neurologist straight away if you keep nothing these problems recurrently.
Other things to look out for are mood swings, changes in sleep patterns, delirium, etc.
Find a Neurologist in L.A. or Huntington
Dr. Farzin Pedouim is a leading neurologist with specialization in movement disorders who can help provide symptomatic relief from your Parkinson’s, torticollis, dystonia, and other complications of the nervous system.
He has received his specialty from the University of California Irvine and has a sub-specialty from Loma Linda University. With over 10 years of diverse experience, you can take any of your complaints to Dr. Farzin in L.A. or Huntington Beach. Make an appointment with him here or give his office a call at (949) 239-4410.
