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).

i am very itchy a lot of the time is this because of over active nerves

what treatment is there for being itchy a lot of the time is this an over active nerve disorder please e-mail me with a response if possible... _[removed]_ thanks don

by donthedj over a year ago

is this sleep disorder

Hello Members, I am newbie here and i would like to share some informartion about sleep disorders and the same time, i would like to know about sleep disorders. i feel somtimes very drowsy in morning times,this is also a sleep disorder?sumtimes i use wakeup suddenly at the...

by chris_350322422 over a year ago

mandibular branch nerve injury

During a face lift the mandibular branch nerve was bruised causing the left side of my mouth to not move. I asked the surgeon if the nerve was cut and he said it wasn't. When I talk or smile my mouth moves to the right. The surgery was on 6/3/08. It has improved a little since the surgery but...

by Guest over a year ago

feeling on head

hi, i had this feeling like someone had tapped there fingers on my head it went from the font of my head to the back then at the same time i felt like i was on fire, and my left arm went really tight and i wanted to pass out what could this be

by debra21 over a year ago

I have periods where i am down, but they are inceasing more

the last year has been a real rollercoaster; as studies have picked up .. my emotional side has been tested just as rigourously ... i met someone who could not love me back and i was forever depressed knowing that i could not be with her. i would spend nites sat in the dark with tears rolling down...

by Guest over a year ago

important....always ask for a 2nd opinion!!!

fOR OVER 3 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING WITH KNIFE LIKE PAINS IN MY ENTIRE HEAD AND NECK THAT HAS LEFT ME A VEGETABLE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL 5 TIMES IN ONE MONTH AND THEY RAN BLOOD TESTS AND CATSCANS AND MRI'S AND ALL SHOWED NEGATIVE SO THEY SAY IT IS ANXIETY AND I GET ANXIETY PILLS THEY...

by portia1743579 over a year ago

headaches that hurt

i am 25 and i have been having headaches since i was 5. and now that i am older they seem to be everyday and painful. i stay tired all the time, i am moody because the smallest noise and i go off. none of the headaches med is helping me. i fill pressure some times on my head. it hurts to keep my...

by worriedmom26135518 over a year ago

corpal tunnel syndrome

I've had numbness in my pinky and second last finger for a week I've lost all sensation and cannot feel things in my hand enough to get a good grip on them and it is affecting my work (cutter operator in print shop) what could this be.

by Guest over a year ago

have i got meningitus?

hi everyone, im an 18 year old female, for the last couple of days i've been getting bad headaches and been vomiting (no im not pregnet) i've also had a fever, went doctors and she told me to rest for one day and see how i feel, if symtoms continue i should go hospital because it could be...

by Guest over a year ago

Fear of Brain tumor and I don't know whats wrong with me

Over the past few weeks I have been getting worst and I don't know what I have. I don't know if this even goes here but I'll try to explain it as best I can and see if anyone has had something similar. I know when I first realized this coming on I had some stomach pain on the right side of my body...

by Guest over a year ago