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).

tingle sensation in my right side specially my legs and the

hi i started to have a strangefeeling it is werid it's like my back of my right side of my head is not there losing the feeling of it specialy at night !! and m right leg too pls help me to know what's up is it something like defency of b12??

by Guest over a year ago

Parkinson, my father has problem

My father is having a severe shaking in his entire body, during sitting on a chair, on the bed. the shaking makes him more and more uncomfortable. He feels very uncomfortable, Uneasy. During the initial diagnose it seems there is symptoms of parkison. But how he can be made comfortable, because the...

by akhileshpadha97212 over a year ago

I feel hollowness when I clinch my teeth

I feel hollowness when I clinch my teeth together mostly on the right side of my maxilla but now when I tap my head I also feel the same. I have had 2 sinus infections , my left ear crackles----Help- I am a breast cancer patient of 10 years----thinking now it is in my brain I made an appt with...

by joan over a year ago

can severe epistaxis be related to cerebral hemangioma?

im a gerenal family phisician. i had a case of cerebral hemangioma.she was 34 year old and was diadnosed by nuorosurgen due to severe head aches. recently she has almost sever epistaxy .her other singns & symtoms was normal. can the hamangiom cause this situation?what should i sugest to her?

by M over a year ago

persistent headache after fainting

Answered by a doctor

I fainted earlier this week (not a new phenomenon, I have vasovagal syncopy and have fainted several times over the last year. I'm told that it's harmless) However this time, unlike previous times, I have had a persistent headache since fainting (feels like a tension headache) but its been constant...

by Guest over a year ago

Pain in leg hip

Answered by a doctor

Following hip replacement in Oct 2005 I have experienced severe pain in the groin. I have had a CT scan and it found cement lodged. The surgeon tells me that it can be removed but care needs to be done re the nerve which is at the top of the leg. I cannot remember the name of the nerve but it...

by Guest over a year ago

herbs for tourettes

Hi! A friend of mine, who I have known since High School, suffers from tourettes and uses heavy meds to keep the tourettes under control. Well, I recently got into herbal medicine and see a naturopath, which has worked for my needs. That made me curious about tourettes and whether there are any...

by flor1712151278 over a year ago

tired headache cough for two weeks stiff neck

Answered by a doctor

I have had a cough for over two weeks and have just felt so tired and have no energy. I take tylenol everyday because my headaches just don't seem to go away. The other night my head hurt so bad I made my husband apply pressure on my head. I beacame weak had trouble talking and felt like...

by Guest over a year ago

Incision pain long after hip replacements

I had my hip replacement three years ago, all of a sudden I began getting sharp pain and stinging at the incisioN site. My MRI, X-ray and bone scan are normal. At help will be greatly appreciated

by Jazz dancer over a year ago

damaged nerves and muscles in left elbow

HelloI fell over 6 weeks ago and a glass went into my left elbow, damaging 50% of the median nerve and 3 muscles and 100% of a muscle. I had a plaster cast for 4 weeks but since then no feeling in my middle finger and my forearm and excruciating pain in my wrist. I have like permenant electric...

by Guest over a year ago