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).

ms weight loss

I am a 58 year old female who was just diagnosed with MS last October. I had noticed that I had started losing weight before my first exacerbation. Before this I was weighting 128 - 132 lbs. As of this morning I am down to 118 lbs. I eat very healthy. No meat, just fish and chicken. I have 4 -...

by k9frannie over a year ago

Burning Sensation in Left Arm as well as Neck Pain (also on the left)

Answered by a doctor

Hello, my mother is having a burning sensation in her left arm and pain on the left side of her neck for the passed month. They both started at the same time. She is 49 years old, she recently saw that her blood pressure is 144/72. What is wrong with her, what can I do to help her get better and...

by SteinerESOKUL over a year ago

constant headaches after surgery

have recently had major surgery on my lungs so had to go on heart and lung bypass machine, ever since i keep having headaches, to begin with the hostpital were treating it as migraine this worked for a while but since i,ve been home the headaches have come back, i am also on oxygen most of the day,...

by Guest over a year ago

what do yall think it is??

since childhood i had balance probs and still do but the reason im posting is, i have really bad headache in the head. the docs say i have migraine but when i look it up, its wayyyy different symptoms. so everytime i start having my dinner, it starts like so bad that i cant even eat. massage helps...

by guest over a year ago

back rashes?

suddenly i have been having back rashes. They dont hurt or ich but feel stiff. They are lockated from the bottum to the top of my back in the middle. looks like a thick string of red up my back. Once when i first found it it was very large but as soon as i took a shower it got smaller... what could...

by moll over a year ago

on waking arm has burning sensation and little finger does n

I HARDLY SLEEP WITH A CONSTANT PAIN IN MY ARM - WHICH FEELS LIKE A BURNING SENSATION AS IF YOU HAD PLACED THE ARM UNDER ICE COLD WATER ON WAKING THE ARM IS "DEAD" BURNING AND I CANNOT EXTEND OPEN MY FINGERS FULLY - WHAT COULD THIS BE - ITS BEEN YEARS - AND MY DOCTOR CAN'T DIAGNOSE WHAT'S WRONG WITH...

by Guest over a year ago

Eyesight black out

I just took a got shower and suddenly started getting a terrible taste in my mouth, my legs started feeling weak and my body felt heavy. I partially couldn't see. I couldn't function...I tried taking out my contacts and I tried putting my shirt on, but both were nearly impossible. My heart started...

by Idabarela over a year ago

Blacking Out, Tired, and Body Aches.

So I've had this problem now for about two-three moths. I have the "episodes" where I black out, for lack of a better word. I've been at work and a few moments later have absolutely no recognition of clocking in. But I have walked down a flight of stairs, remembered my badge number to punch in, and...

by Guest over a year ago

loss of mobility

My son is 30 years old. For the past 6 years every year he has severe headaches, blurred vision, tingling from the waist down and then loss of mobility. He has twice had to learn to walk again. Originally diagnosed with Transverse myelitis but we've been told can't be this as it doesn't reoccur. Had...

by glenysdgardoll over a year ago

Dizzy and lightheaded

Answered by a doctor

I've been dizzy and lightheaded for four days now and I haven't been to the doctor because I'm scared and I have no one to bring me right now. My head feels stuffed and I don't really know how to explain it :/ But I just get like light headed and dizzy at random times. Like sometimes I'll be fine...

by Kim over a year ago