We deal with an amazing range of different illnesses, diseases and conditions at Ormond Neuroscience.  Below, you will see a list of some of the conditions with which we are familiar and have experience.  Some obscure items have been deliberately left off the list, and we have probably forgotten to add others!  Don’t worry, even if your diagnosis does not appear, the odds are high that we can assist in some way or another, just so long as your condition relates to brain dysfunction.

 

Brain Tumours

  • Astrocytoma
  • Central nervous system lymphoma
  • Glioblastoma
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Meningioma
MRI image of a glioblastoma
A glioblastoma. This patient has a serious problem

You can find out more about brain tumours.

Dementias

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Binswanger’s disease
  • Corticobasal degeneration
  • Frontotemporal lobe dementia
  • Lewy body dementia
  • Multi-infarct dementia
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Pick’s disease
  • Posterior cortical atrophy
  • Vascular dementia

Find out more about dementia.

Developmental Disorders

  • Asperger’s syndrome
  • Attention deficit disorder
  • Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity
  • Childhood autism
  • Developmental coordination disorder

You can learn more about developmental disorders.

Cerebrovascular Disorders

  • Cerebral aneurysm
  • Cerebrovascular accident (all types of stroke)
  • Ischaemic stroke
  • Lacunar infarcts
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage

More information about stroke is available online.

Genetic Abnormalities

  • Down’s syndrome
  • Fragile-x syndrome
  • Huntington’s disease

What more information about genetic disorders?

Image of children with Down's syndrome
Two sweet little girls who both have Down’s syndrome

Myelination Disorders

  • Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
  • Multiple sclerosis

Learn about myelination disorders here.

Neurotoxic Conditions

  • Manganism
  • Mercury toxicity
  • Organophosphate exposure
  • Solvent exposure

You can find out more about neurotoxin exposure.

Psychiatric Conditions

  • Bipolar mood disorder
  • Generalised anxiety disorder
  • Major depressive disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

Learn more about mood disorders from the experts.

Organ Failure

  • Cerebral hypoxia due to cardiac arrest
  • End organ damage
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Uraemic encephalopathy

Read more about organ failure.

Oxygenation Disorders

  • Brain dysfunction due to cardiac arrest
  • Brain dysfunction due to coronary artery bypass graft
  • Cerebral hypoxia
  • Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury

Discover more about oxygenation disorders.

Pain Conditions

  • Chronic pain
  • Complex regional pain syndrome

More information on chronic pain is available.

Substance Abuse Disorders

  • Foetal alcohol syndrome
  • Korsakoff’s disease
  • Wernicke’s encephalopathy

You can find out more about substance abuse disorders.

Traumatic Conditions

  • Carotid artery dissection
  • Closed head injury
  • Concussion
  • Diffuse axonal injury
  • Open head injury
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • Subdural haematoma
  • Traumatic brain injury

Find out about traumatic conditions that affect the brain.

CT scan of traumatic brain injury showing bilateral frontal lobe damage.

 

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