CARE OF THE BODY’S INDIVIDUAL PARTS: NERVOUS SYSTEM
If we compare the brain to a control centre, we can think of the nervous system as a communications network that directly or indirectly associates all our activities with that centre. Messages from the outside world and from within our own bodies come to the brain, via the nerve network, for a decision on what is to be done. In addition to the millions of nerve units in the brain, there are millions of receiving points, called receptors, all over the body. These are for vision, hearing, pain, pressure, and other functions and feelings.
Like any other part of the body, the nervous system is subject to many ailments. These may be organic, in which the nerve structure is affected. They may be functional, which means that a part of the body or mind is in trouble but that no change in structure is apparent.
A neurologist is a medical specialist who deals with ailments of the nervous system. Psychiatrists and psychoanalysts specialize in the problems of the troubled mind and personality.
Many people blame their ‘nerves’ when they have some vague ailment or complaint. There is probably nothing wrong with their nerves at all, but so-called nuisance symptoms, if they persist, should always be reported to a doctor.
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