Dr. Vivek Jain
Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Neo Clinic Childrens’ Hospital
MD(PGI, Chandigarh), FRCPCH(UK)
CCT(UK) Child Neurology
(For appointments, please call between 9:00 A.M. – 9:00 P.M.)
Neurological Investigations A neurological examination is the assessment of sensory neuron and motor responses, especially reflexes, to determine whether the nervous system is impaired. This typically includes a physical examination and a review of the patient's medical history, but not deeper investigation such…
Leucodystrophies Leukodystrophies are a group of usually inherited disorders characterized by degeneration of the white matter in the brain. The word leukodystrophy comes from the Greek roots leuko, "white", dys, "abnormal" and troph, "growth". The leukodystrophies are caused by imperfect growth or development of…
Epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures.Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrical activity…
Parental Counseling Association of Child Neurology-Indian Epilepsy Society Consensus Document on Parental Counseling of Children with Epilepsy Abstract When a child is diagnosed with epilepsy, counseling regarding the same is…
Febrile Seizures Your child has reacted strongly to a fever by having a seizure. While these seizures can frighten parents, they usually will not harm your child. This information explains…
Rolandic Epilepsy Rolandic Epilepsy or Benign partial epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is one of the most common forms of epilepsy in children. Most seizures occur from sleep.…
Infantile Spasms Infantile spasms are a type of epilepsy. You may also hear infantile spasms called West syndrome after Dr. William West, who described infantile spasms in his own son…
Alternative and Complementary therapy in Epilepsy What are complementary and alternative therapies? The term "conventional medicine" refers to the methods and treatments most widely practised by Western health professionals today…
What to do in seizure Some seizures only involve short periods of unresponsiveness, and do not require specific first aid. Other types of seizures are more intense and frightening. What…
Absence Epilepsy Both childhood absence epilepsy and juvenile absence epilepsy are associated with typical absence seizures except that juvenile absence epilepsy usually starts after 10 years age and has less…
