182 diseases · 20 high-burden in India
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite the problems it causes. Some…
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and…
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis or cerebral…
Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder…
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused…
Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain. The severity can be variable with symptoms…
Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent,…
Heat stroke or heatstroke, also known as sun-stroke, is a severe heat illness that…
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder causing difficulty falling…
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an infection of the brain caused by the Japanese…
Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the…
Cysticercosis is a tissue infection caused by the young form of the pork tapeworm. People…
Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may extend down the…
Spina bifida is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the…
A stroke is a medical condition in which blood flow to a part of the brain is reduced or…
Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord, also known as myelosis funiculus, or…
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), also known as Dawson disease, is a rare form…
Substance use disorder (SUD) is the persistent use of drugs despite substantial harm and…
Sydenham's chorea, also known as rheumatic chorea, is a disorder characterized by rapid,…
Tension headache, stress headache, or tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type…
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder…
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a disease linked to the X chromosome. It is a result of…
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations…
Aicardi syndrome is a rare genetic malformation syndrome characterized by the partial or…
Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS), which is completely distinct from the similarly named…
Akathisia is a movement disorder characterized by a subjective feeling of inner…
Alexander disease is a very rare autosomal dominant leukodystrophy, which are…
Alström syndrome (AS) is a very rare multi-system, autosomal recessive genetic disorder…
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and is the most common form of…
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 in 15,000…
Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder…
Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a type of brain inflammation caused by antibodies.…
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a personality disorder defined by a chronic…
An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins,…
Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a condition characterized by…
Bell's palsy is a type of facial paralysis that results in a temporary inability to…
Bipolar disorder (BD), previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder…
Blepharospasm is a neurological disorder characterized by intermittent, involuntary…
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), also known in some contexts as dysmorphophobia or simply…
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a…
Brain abscess is an abscess within the brain tissue caused by inflammation and collection…
A brain tumor occurs when a group of cells within the brain grow out of control, creating…
Bulimia nervosa (BN), also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized…
CADASIL or CADASIL syndrome, involving cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with…
Canavan disease, or Canavan–Van Bogaert–Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal…
Capgras delusion or Capgras syndrome (CS) is a psychiatric disorder in which a person…
Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder, and is one of…
Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome most commonly seen in people with underlying…
Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a condition that occurs when the bundle of nerves below…
Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a neurological condition involving severe damage to…
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a form of angiopathy in which specific proteins…
Cavernous hemangioma, also called cavernous angioma, venous malformation, or cavernoma,…
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood.…
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) is a disorder characterised by the age-related…
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, also known as hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy…
CHARGE syndrome is a rare syndrome caused by a genetic disorder. First described in 1979,…
In neurology, the Chiari malformation is a structural defect in the cerebellum,…
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic…
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired autoimmune…
Cluster headache is a neurological disorder characterized by episodes of severe headaches…
Coffin–Lowry syndrome is a genetic disorder that is X-linked dominant and which causes an…
Conversion disorder (CD) was a formerly diagnosed psychiatric disorder characterized by…
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a genetic disorder. People with Cornelia de Lange…
Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease involving the…
Costello syndrome, also called faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome or FCS syndrome, is a rare…
Cotard's syndrome, also known as Cotard's delusion or walking corpse syndrome, is a rare…
A craniopharyngioma is a rare type of brain tumor derived from pituitary gland embryonic…
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is an incurable, always fatal, neurodegenerative disease…
Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder due to a partial chromosome deletion on…
Delirium is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological…
Delusional disorder is a mental disorder in which a person has delusions, but with no…
Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a…
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder…
Dravet syndrome (DS), previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), is…
Dystonia is a neurological hyperkinetic movement disorder in which sustained or…
An ependymoma is a tumor that arises from the ependyma, a tissue of the central nervous…
Essential tremor (ET), also called benign tremor, familial tremor, and idiopathic tremor,…
Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC), also known as familial idiopathic basal…
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder. The average IQ in…
Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is a rare, inherited, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative…
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), also known as frontotemporal degeneration, and…
Giant axonal neuropathy is a rare, autosomal recessive neurological disorder that causes…
Glioblastoma, previously known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is the most aggressive…
The GM1 gangliosidoses, usually shortened to GM1, are gangliosidoses caused by mutation…
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune…
Hemiballismus or hemiballism is a basal ganglia syndrome resulting from damage to the…
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by irregular,…
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of inherited diseases whose main feature…
Hoarding disorder (HD) is a mental disorder characterized by persistent difficulty in…
Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is a fatal…
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within and/or…
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), previously known as pseudotumor cerebri and…
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED), or episodic dyscontrol syndrome (EDS), is a mental…
Joubert syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the…
Kabuki syndrome is a rare congenital disorder of genetic origin. It affects multiple…
Kleptomania is the inability to resist the urge to steal items, usually for reasons other…
Korsakoff syndrome (KS) is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by…
Krabbe disease (KD) is a rare and often fatal lysosomal storage disease that results in…
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by…
Leigh syndrome is an inherited neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous…
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a complex, rare, and severe childhood-onset epilepsy…
Lesch–Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare inherited disorder caused by a deficiency of the…
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia characterized by changes in sleep,…
Lissencephaly is a set of rare brain disorders whereby the whole or parts of the surface…
Locked-in syndrome (LIS), also known as pseudocoma, is a condition in which a patient is…
Medulloblastoma is a common type of primary brain cancer in children. It originates in…
MELAS is one of the family of mitochondrial diseases, which also include MIDD, MERRF…
Meningioma, also known as meningeal tumor, is typically a slow-growing tumor that forms…
Menkes disease (MNK), also known as Menkes syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disorder…
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a lysosomal storage disease which is commonly…
Migraine is a neurological disorder that causes moderate-to-severe headaches. The pain…
Möbius syndrome or Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disorder which is…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou…
Mowat–Wilson syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that was clinically delineated by David…
Moyamoya disease is a disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks myelin,…
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by…
Myoclonus is a brief, involuntary, irregular twitching of a muscle, a joint, or a group…
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a complex and heterogeneous personality…
Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that impairs the ability to regulate…
Neuroblastoma (NB) is a type of cancer that forms in certain types of nerve tissue. It…
Neurofibromatosis (NF) refers to a group of three distinct genetic conditions in which…
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but life-threatening reaction that can…
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are a spectrum of autoimmune diseases…
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), also called malresorptive hydrocephalus, is a form…
Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a painful condition affecting the posterior head in the…
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which an individual has…
Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by reoccurring unexpected panic…
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), formerly called…
Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a personality disorder characterized by paranoia,…
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily…
Dementia is a syndrome, often associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as…
Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease is an X-linked neurological disorder that damages…
Peripheral neuropathy, often shortened to neuropathy, refers to damage or disease…
22q13 deletion syndrome, known as Phelan–McDermid syndrome (PMS), is a genetic disorder…
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of metabolism that results in decreased…
Pica is the psychologically compulsive craving or consumption of objects that are not…
Pitt–Hopkins syndrome (PTHS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by developmental…
A pituitary adenoma is a tumor that occurs in the pituitary gland. Most pituitary tumors…
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder caused by a loss of function of…
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disease involving…
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), or emotional incontinence, is a neurological disorder…
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from…
Rasmussen syndrome, also known as Rasmussen's encephalitis, is a rare progressive…
Refsum disease is an autosomal recessive neurological disease that results in the…
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), is a neurological…
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a genetic disorder that typically becomes apparent after 6–18…
Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RTS) is a rare genetic condition characterized by short…
Sandhoff disease is a lysosomal genetic, lipid storage disorder caused by the inherited…
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder characterized by symptoms of both…
Schizoid personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of…
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized variously by hallucinations, delusions,…
Seasonal affective disorder is a mood disorder subset in which people who typically have…
Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable…
Serotonin syndrome (SS) consists of a group of symptoms that may occur with the use of…
Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), also known as 17p-microdeletion syndrome, is a…
Social anxiety disorder (SAD), previously known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder…
Sotos syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by excessive physical growth…
Spasmodic dysphonia, also known as laryngeal dystonia, is a disorder in which the muscles…
Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder, characterized by an extreme, unreasonable, and…
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss…
Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a progressive, degenerative, genetic disease with…
Status epilepticus (SE), or status seizure, is a medical condition characterized by a…
Sturge–Weber syndrome, sometimes referred to as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a…
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between…
A subdural hematoma (SDH) is a type of bleeding in which a collection of blood—usually…
Syringomyelia is a generic term referring to a disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms…
Tabes dorsalis is a late consequence of neurosyphilis, characterized by the slow…
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an iatrogenic disorder that results in involuntary repetitive…
Tay–Sachs disease is an inherited fatal lysosomal storage disease that results in the…
Tic disorders are defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders…
Tourette syndrome (TS), or simply Tourette's, is a motor disorder that begins in…
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), commonly known as mini-stroke, is a temporary, or…
Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare neurological condition wherein the spinal cord is…
Trichotillomania (TTM), also known as hair-pulling disorder or compulsive hair pulling,…
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called Fothergill disease, tic douloureux, or trifacial…
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare, multi-system genetic disorder that causes the…
Vascular dementia is dementia caused by a series of strokes. Restricted blood flow due to…
Von Hippel–Lindau disease (VHL), also known as Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome, is a rare…
Walker–Warburg syndrome (WWS), also called Warburg syndrome, Chemke syndrome, HARD…
Wernicke encephalopathy (WE), also Wernicke's encephalopathy, or wet brain is the…
Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a chromosomal deletion syndrome resulting from a…