Blackouts, seizures and epilepsy can all be frightening to experience. It’s important to distinguish between them so that you can receive the most effective care and treatment.

Weakness is the feeling of body fatigue or tiredness

People’s experience of dizziness varies widely from a general feeling of lightheadedness, faintness or weakness to a more specific sensation of vertigo involving prolonged spinning, which is sometimes referred to as hallucination of movement.

Tremors are involuntary, rhythmic muscle contractions leading to shaking movements in one or more parts of the body

Sensory abnormalities can arise from anywhere – from the cortex of the brain to the fine nerve endings in the tip of the toes.

Paraesthesia is the medical term for the peculiar sensation of pins and needles, which occurs when a nerve is not functioning properly.

Headache syndromes, characterised by recurrent headache, are one of the commonest medical complaints of the nervous system and can carry a variety of symptoms affecting quality of life.

Movement disorders are a group of nervous system (neurological) conditions that cause abnormal increased or decreased movements which can be intrusive and cause problems with quality of life.

Nerve Damage is a particular form of pain message that we experience when there is specific damage to the nerves.

Numbness is the absence, or severe reduction of normal sensation.

Restless leg syndrome (RSL) and periodic limb movement disturbance (PLMD) share some symptoms but are two separate conditions with different characterisations and causes.

Insomnia is one of the most well-known and common sleep disorders. Insomnia is the inability for an adult to initiate or maintain 7-9 hours of sleep more than 3 times per week. This can have a significant impact on day-to-day life, cause mood issues, and excessive fatigue. Insomnia can also be an indicator for more serious underlying health issues.

There are several additional common neurological sleep disorders to insomnia. These can greatly affect a patient’s quality of sleep and quality of life. OneWelbeck specialities include parasomnias (unusual behaviours prior, during and waking from sleep), REM sleep behaviour disorder, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, and fatal familial insomnia.

A stroke is a serious medical condition that happens when there is a problem with the blood supply to part of the brain, resulting in damage to brain cells.

Narcolepsy is a rare neurological disorder that can cause daytime drowsiness, sleep attacks and sudden muscle weakness.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the brain and spinal cord.

Memory loss is an unusual level of forgetfulness. It is often a result of natural ageing but can also be caused by a range of medical problems and conditions.

Muscle spasms are a prolonged, involuntary contraction of any muscle.