Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

Ask questions and share information about nervous system disorders and diseases here. Talk about vascular disorders (stroke, transient ischemic attack or TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage and hematoma, and extradural hemorrhage), infections (meningitis, encephalitis, polio, and epidural abscess), functional disorders ( headache, epilepsy, dizziness, and neuralgia), structural disorders (Bell's palsy, cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, brain or spinal cord tumors, peripheral neuropathy, and Guillain-Barre syndrome) and degeneration (Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's chorea, and Alzheimer's disease).

Pain in the neck and on the left shoulder and pressure on the brain and a little nausea

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I've been haing pain in the back of my left shoulder and in directly in middle of the top of my back. I'm also, having pressure on the brain and a little nausea. Ia m being told that the pain in my shoulder is just cold. The pain in head is just sinus pressure/ anxiety. My husband just lost his job...

by Guest over a year ago

numb thumb on my right throwing hand

I went bowling Saturday night for a couple of hours. During the first game, I noticed my thumb on my right throwing hand getting tingly. By the middle of the night the whole pad of my thumb was completely numb. That was 2 days ago and there has been no change. Could this be a pinched nerve that...

by julmaz over a year ago

numbness&burning sensation in my lt. leg

i feel a numbness ,tightness and burning sensation in my left leg below knee. this feeling is still in the whole day.i did all the lab examinations with no positive results.i just post operative of an intestine surgery.please tell me what will be the cause of this feeling.

by midona1972@yahoo.com over a year ago

wrist nerve

my median nerve and 4 tendons was cut in home accident while opening glass window...and i had immediate surgery and also did physical therapy for about 3 months(it happened 3 years ago) but still some times when the temperature is low i fell pain in my right wrist and it hurt really bad...and...

by anyomous over a year ago

recovery period after cavernoma surgery

hi.... my wife had undergone 2 brain surgeries a week ago, after the first surgery, when the doctors carried out MRIs to find out how effective the surgery had been, they realized that my wife would need another surgery to completely remove the cavernoma. this surgery was carried out two days...

by Guest over a year ago

The most common symptom of a leukodystrophy disease?

Please help me with some information about the mysterious and rare disease leukodystrophy. What are the most common symptoms of leukodystrophy? In which order do they develop, and what is the treatment for leukodystrophy? Are there different options? Any and all information will be gratefully...

by ignaz1111172370 over a year ago

The cause of Alexander disease?

I just recently saw a documentary about people with Alexander disease and this made me wonder what actually causes it. I did see something about the genetic likelihood of getting Alexander disease, which is basically zero unless both parents carry the gene. So my question is, how do they know?

by schuyler1319172707 over a year ago

ticklish/tingling feeling on left ribs

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20 male here, for the past couple of days I've been feeling something strange on my left ribs. The best way I could describe it is a sort of ticklish/tingling feeling. It sort of feels the way my right ribs feel if I gently push down with my hand. It feels as if it is under my pectoral muscle...

by Guest over a year ago

Fever from one and half month. (Age 03 female)

Hello every one, we are really really worried about our baby which 3 yrs old. The date of 12th August 2013, Typhoid has attacked her and taken no. of 14 injections as a course line. After couple of weeks she again felt some fever and doc said some virus attack and some antibiotic had taken. Last...

by Romi Roy over a year ago

Nasal speech and slight stammer

hi. I had my tonsillectomy 3 weeks ago today 21.03.14. I still have nasal speech and cant say some words correctly. I have a slight stammer sometimes. How long will this go on? Am worried cos am a teacher by profession and cant imagine going to class like this. Whats your take on my situation?

by mjk over a year ago