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).

weird feelings in arms and legs without pain

Hello I am new to this, I have been having strange feelings in legs & hands for years when I try to sleep. Everything I read so far talks about pain with strange feelings. I have no pain. I want to stretch toes & feet & fingers untill I almost break them. This makes feelings better...

by sega72309 over a year ago

Many annoying symptoms

Hi, i have a number of symptoms I would like to get rid of, some of which may be have neurological causes. I created a page with all my symptoms and my medical profile on http://diagnosis.welcome.googlepages.com there is also a blog for feedback. I'd be glad for any advice, from practitioners...

by DiagNostee27247 over a year ago

Are there tests to distinguish between miniere's and labrynthisis

Hi, My wife is suffering from dizzyness( she thinks things around her are moving in a shaky manner, though they are not), vomitting (a lot earlier, but now much reduced, but still there). She has had hearing loss in both her ears. First it started in her left ear, hearing is badly effected in this...

by Guest over a year ago

virtego

Ihave had this for about two years...anyway of gettring rid of it?

by bteiv676 over a year ago

Problem with Frequent Blackouts

Answered by a doctor

I am 26 and a male, I have a medical condition I've had my whole life that causes me to blackout. Doctors diagnosed it as seizure but after years of test and a better understanding of the symptoms forced them to rule them out. The problem is that every now and then suddenly out of the blue I have a...

by Rabern35131 over a year ago

Am I having atonic seizures?

Since last year, I've started having what I think are atonic seizures. Right now I am fourteen years old, an quite worried about this. I've done some research on atonic seizures, and most of it seems correct, but there are a few things that throw me off. When I have my "moments," I pretty much lose...

by Guest over a year ago

Weird activities while asleep

When I was young I did sleep walk at least a couple of times and over the last probably 20 years have once in awhile talked in my sleep. But lately over the last couple of years things have just gotten weird. It's not a nightly occurrence, but it started at some point in the last two to three...

by akfischer26101983 over a year ago

butterflys all over my body and sahking and passing out with

hi for the last two weeks iv been feeling as if im going to faint i did faint two weeks ago at work it was put down to stress. i had a few days off work and rested went back the following monday it happened on three occasions were i felt giddy and was ready to faint. i get a warning before it does...

by Guest over a year ago

Hip replacement, blood clot and leg pain that is also swollen

Answered by a doctor

My uncle had a hip replacement less than two months ago. He was in a rehabilitation facility for a couple of weeks and went home. Suddenly, one night he had a high fever and was rushed to the hospital where they found he had a blood clot and an open sore that was infected on his foot. They...

by LoriB13683 over a year ago

aracnoid cyst

during pregnancy they found an aracnoid cyst at 32 weeks pregnant the size was 3.9cm by 3.4cm by the time she was two week old the cyst was 12.8cm by 12.9cm she had surgry at four week old and we now have yearly mri's. my daughter is now three year old and i still panic that it might come back. but...

by melissa wheatley over a year ago