TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

• Head of division
   Ritsuko Hanajima

We treat an extensive range of nervous diseases from common diseases to intractable neurological diseases and cognitive impairment.

We deal with all kinds of nervous diseases and provide high-quality treatment. We treat all nervous diseases and geriatric diseases. In collaboration with the Tottori Prefecture intractable disease consultation/support center and utilizing stroke local linkage pass, we are providing treatment and social intervention for nervous diseases from the acute phase to the chronic phase. All of our staff deal with general nervous diseases and each of them has his/her own expertise.

Field of expertise

• Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer's disease
• Diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson's disease
• Treatment of neuroemergency such as cerebrovascular disease
• Diagnosis and treatment of migraine and intractable headache

Disease of interest

Cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer's disease, neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, cerebrovascular disease, neuroemergency such as encephalitis and meningitis, nervous system autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis, and general nervous diseases such as headache, epilepsy, and dizziness Other peripheral nerve/muscular disease, etc.

Case conference

Principal treatment

• Medical treatment
• Management of cerebrovascular disorder in the acute phase
• Secondary prevention of cerebrovascular disorder
• Anti-parkinson drug treatment
• Anti-dementia drug treatment
• Drug therapy for neuro-immune disease
• Drug therapy for headache
• Rehabilitation
• Specific treatment
• Intravenous injection of high-dose immunoglobulin
• Blood purification therapy
• Thrombolytic therapy
• Botulinum toxin therapy, etc.

Principal tests

• Head MRI, CT
• Carotid artery ultrasound
• Nerve/ muscle biopsy
• Cerebral blood flow scintigraphy
• Neurophysiological test
• All-night sleep EEG