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Some patients arrive at a neurologist’s office having been told by multiple prior providers that their episodes are “not real” or that nothing is neurologically wrong. In most cases, the truth is more nuanced and more treatable: psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are genuine neurological events that look like epilepsy, feel like epilepsy, and are frightening in…

Every summer, someone collapses at a backyard barbecue or a parking lot, and the people around them freeze, not from fear, but from genuine uncertainty. Is it the heat? Is it a stroke? It looks the same in the first seconds, and those seconds matter more than most people realize. Understanding heat stroke vs stroke…

When weakness starts in the feet and gradually spreads upward over days, the clinical picture is often unmistakable to a neurologist even before specialized testing is complete. Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a serious autoimmune condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system, producing muscle weakness that can progress from mild leg heaviness…

Your arm goes limp after a collision. The shoulder burns like electricity, and your hand won’t respond the way it should. These aren’t muscle problems; they can signal a brachial plexus injury, a form of nerve damage that’s frequently underestimated and sometimes missed entirely in initial trauma evaluations. The brachial plexus is a network of…