Posted 4/4/2014 9:24 PM (GMT 0)
Neurological symptoms and signs including:
Headaches.
Neuralgia/neuropathic pain, ie pain which may have a pricking/stinging quality, with excessive sensitivity to light touch or pressure.
Cranial nerve disorders: facial palsy (sometimes involving both sides of the face), double vision, drooping eyelid (ptosis), numbness pain and tingling of the face, hearing loss, dizziness and tinnitus.
Seizures.
Autonomic dysfunction – problems in regulation of pulse and blood pressure eg POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome).
States that mimic other defined neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, MS, Bell’s palsy, stroke, ALS, Motor Neurone Disease.
In children, indications of neurological involvement include behaviour changes, learning difficulties and headaches.