Functional neurological disorder: What to know about causes, symptoms and treatments

Functional neurological disorder: What to know about causes, symptoms and treatments

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a neurological condition where the brain’s communication system is disrupted, causing symptoms that look like signs of Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or stroke—but there’s a different problem at work. While degenerative disorders like Parkinson’s damage brain structure, FND is linked to how the brain functions, affecting the nervous system and impacting body functions, speech, movement, memory a…