The Progression and Problems in Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Neurological Diseases

Abstract

Rare neurological diseases contain of a great variety of different disease and difficult to diagnose and cure. In the past years, many drugs are approved for treatment of the rare diseases, bringing hope to patients. However, these drugs are usually very expensive, so clinicians and patients have to face the delimma of the accessibility and appropriate usage of these drugs. On the other hand, there are many rare diseases could be treated by cheaper drugs. However, diagnosis of those rare diseases is challenging and clinician's lacking knowledge of the rare diseases leads to delay in diagnosis. Improving the competence in early diagnosis of rare neurological diseases is essential for the patients to live a quality life.

Keywords

• rare neurological diseases
• progress of treatment
• early diagnosis