33+ Best Neurosurgeon in Gurgaon

A neurosurgeon is a medical health provider who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of certain conditions and problems which affect your nervous system (central nervous system or peripheral nervous system), which includes your spinal cord, nerves and the brain.

Qualifications of a neurosurgeon are:

• He should complete 5½ years of MBBS degree
• Then, he can go for a MD or DNB course which lasts for 2 or 3 years
• Then, he should have done DM in neurology for specialization.

After the completion of his MBBS, he can directly opt for a 6 year MCh neurosurgery course or he can first complete his MS and then go for the 3 year MCh program.

Neurosurgeons are responsible for helping a person in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of any kind of abnormality or disorder that can occur in the nerves, spinal cord or in the brain of a person.

Neurosurgeon treats diseases which are related to the spinal cord, nerve and the brain and few of them are mentioned below:

• Carotid artery disease
• Brachial plexus injury
• Dystonia
• Cushing syndrome
• Glioma
• Essential tremor
• Gaucher disease
• Hydrocephalus
• Intracranial hemorrhage
• Hemifacial spasm
• Intracranial hematoma
• Moyamoya disease
• Nasal and paranasal tumors
• Cancers
• Multiple sclerosis
• Movement disorders

The common problems for which a person should visit a neurosurgeon are mentioned below:

Symptoms for which you should consult or visit a neurosurgeon are:

• Memory problem or confusion: You start to forget things and your memory starts to become bad and these all can be an alarming sign of a bigger problem like Alzheimer's disease.
• Chronic or severe headaches: Whenever you receive an attack of the migraine headache and if you feel that is related to any kind of neurological aspect and a normal physician is unable to help you get relieved from the problem.
• Movement Problems: You feel difficulty in moving with certain problems. Like tremors, non intended jerks etc.
• Chronic pain: When chronic pain is not well handled by a general physician.
• Numbness or tingling: When this problem starts to occur only on one side of the body this can be an indication of a serious situation.
• Dizziness: Having a spinny feeling which is known as vertigo or you are unable to keep your body balanced.

When you experience a sudden vision loss, weakness, numbness, dizziness or any kind of issue with your body balance you should see a neurosurgeon immediately.

This service of home consultation depends on the neurosurgeon whether this service of home consultation falls under the services which he provides or not. If he provides this service he will definitely provide you home consultation but when he is not providing this service he will not give you home consultation. In cases of emergency all the neurosurgeons will provide you home consultation.

The cost for seeing a neurosurgeon in Gurgaon ranges from rupees 600 to 2000. But the cost for the treatment may vary with the doctor you have approached and also the problem for which you have gone to the doctor.

You can search for a neurosurgeon in Gurgaon either through recommendations that you have got from your relatives, friends, family members. You can also use Lybrate (www.lybrate.com) to help you locate the perfect neurosurgeon that you are trying to find in Gurgaon.

For choosing a neurosurgeon in Gurgaon you should know certain information about the doctor like how much experience does he have, whether he has a friendly and kind behavior or not, whether he answers all the questions, queries and doubts that are asked to him about the problem or the medical condition that you are facing, does he have any concern about the problem you are facing or not.