Patient Information Guide

Patient Information Leaflets

•  Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans
•  Lumbar Puncture (LP)
•  Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs)

Further Resources

The following links are mainly for charitable organizations helping with neurological conditions in Ireland. Some UK-based websites also included for information.

Movement Disorders

• Parkinson’s Association Ireland http://www.parkinsons.ie/
• Parkinson's Disease Society UK http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/
• The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association http://www.pspeur.org/care_and_support/local_to_you/ireland/
• Multiple System Atrophy: http://www.parkinsons.ie/Atypical_MSA
• Sarah Matheson Trust UK www.msaweb.co.uk
• National Tremor Foundation UK www.tremor.org.uk
• The Dystonia Society http://www.dystonia.ie/
• Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association www.tsa.org.uk
• Huntington's Disease Association http://www.huntingtons.ie/

Functional Neurological Disorders

• www.neurosymptoms.org

Multiple Sclerosis

• MS Society http://www.ms-society.ie/

Epilepsy & Blackouts

• The National Society for Epilepsy http://www.epilepsy.ie/ National Society for Epilepsy (UK) http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/AboutEpilepsy
• Syncope Trust and Reflex Anoxic Seizures (UK) www.stars.org.uk

Neuromuscular Disorders

• Muscular Dystrophy Ireland http://www.mdi.ie/
• Myasthenia Gravis Association http://www.mga-charity.ie/ Myasthenia Gravis Association (UK) www.mgauk.org.uk

Headache

• Migraine Association of Ireland http://www.migraine.ie/
• British Association for the Study of Headache http://www.bash.org.uk/
• Cluster Headache: http://www.migraine.ie/index.php?id=189
• The Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache (UK) http://www.ouchuk.org/html/
• Trigeminal neuralgia: www.tna.org.uk

Dizziness

• www.vestibular.org

Stroke

• Stroke Association (UK) http://www.stroke.org.uk/
• Irish Heart Foundation http://www.irishheart.ie/iopen24/patient-information-t-11.html

Other Neurological Disorders

• Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association http://www.imnda.ie/
• Ataxia http://www.ataxia.ie/
• Ataxia UK http://www.ataxia.org.uk/
• The Neuropathy Trust http://www.neurocentre.com
• Narcolepsy Association UK (UK) www.narcolepsy.org.uk
• Neurological Alliance http://www.nai.ie/