Larisa M. Haupt is a neurologist based in Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, at 60 Musk Ave, QLD 4059. She helps people who have ongoing brain, nerve, and muscle-related concerns, as well as sudden problems that need quick attention.
Neurology can cover a wide range of issues, and at times it can feel confusing or scary. Larisa looks after patients with things like migraine headaches, including rarer forms such as hemiplegic migraine and migraine with brainstem aura. She also helps families and carers when there are conditions that affect movement and the nervous system, like episodes of weakness, seizures, and epilepsy.
Over time, she sees people with memory and thinking changes too. This can include dementia and vascular dementia, where blood flow to the brain plays a part. She also manages patients with signs that may fit conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, and she works through what that could mean for day-to-day life, in plain terms.
At times, the bigger picture can involve both neurological symptoms and other health challenges. Larisa may care for people living with complex or long-term conditions, including neuropathy and pain issues, and she also supports patients when there are brain-related effects connected to other diagnoses. Examples can include MELAS syndrome and cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, as well as other neurological problems that need careful monitoring.
Her work also covers childhood and genetic-related conditions, including alternating hemiplegia of childhood and familial hemiplegic migraine. Some patients have symptoms that come and go, so Larisa focuses on getting a clear plan for tracking what happens and what to do when symptoms flare.
Larisa’s education and clinical training in neurology guide her day-to-day care. She also keeps up with current neurology research, so she can talk through new options when they are relevant. If clinical trial involvement is ever worth discussing, she can explain how that process usually works and what questions to ask.