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Neurologist
Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of various neurological disorders are carried out in the neurological consultation offices of Nadezhda Hospital and Nadezhda Medical Center in Paradise Center.
The consulting neurologist at Nadezhda Hospital is:
- Dr Diana Atanasova – works with adults.
The consulting neurologists at Nadezhda Medical Center in Paradise Center, level 3, are:
- Dr Petrana Petrova-Marinova – works with children;
- Dr Daniela Dimova – works with adults.
Appointment pre-booking is necessary, through the call center at +3592 441 79 70, +359882 193 970, online through the website of the hospital, or on-site at the Reception Desk.
IMPORTANT!
If you have an appointment for a child’s consultation and he/she is not registered as our patient, a personal profile will be created in our in-hospital system upon their first visit. This requires the parent/guardian to provide the Registrar’s Office with the child’s personal ID number If the parent cannot provide the personal ID number, the examination may not take place.
Consultations and examinations for adults
In addition to the clinical exam, the patient can also undergo instrumental diagnostics, such as:
- Doppler sonography (DS) of cerebral vessels – performed when poor cerebral perfusion is suspected – when cerebral atherosclerosis, partial or complete blockage of cerebral vessels is suspected.
Consultations and examinations in the neurology office are carried out for the following diseases:
- Primary neurological diseases (multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, back, neck, chest or lower back pain, dizziness, vertigo, headaches such as migraine or trigeminal neuralgia, myasthenia gravis, inflammation of the nervous system (meningitis or encephalitis);
- Hereditary diseases of the nervous system, Parkinson's disease;
- Neurological complaints arising in connection with another disease – diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, kidney disease, stomach disease, etc. The most common complaints in these cases are associated with numbness or burning in the limbs, weakness in some of them, frequent headaches, dizziness, etc.
Consultations and examinations in the childhood
The office has an ultrasound machine for ultrasound examination of various anatomical areas, including transfontanelle ultrasonography and EEG apparatus equipped with a silicone helmet, without electrodes fixed to it.
The most common cases that require consultation with a pediatric neurologist are:
- Diseases and/or conditions that affect neuro-mental development – gross and fine motor skills, speech, adaptation, emotional sphere.
- Paroxysmal (seizure) conditions – epileptic and/or non-epileptic – such as seizures, tics, collapses, parasomnias (sleep disorders), headaches, etc.
- Children with multiple congenital anomalies (involvement and/or suspected involvement of the nervous system), suspected genetic and/or metabolic diseases.
- Children with a suspected developmental disorder (autism spectrum).
- Premature children – it is advisable for premature children to be referred to various pediatric specialists for screening and/or follow-up of already identified problems – pediatric pulmonologist, ophthalmologist, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric neurologist, etc. The aim of these consultations is to identify a possible problem in a timely manner and provide treatment.
Consultant neurologists
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Endocrinologist
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