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).

First West Nile case in Kansas this year

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Thursday that a 51-year-old in Douglas County had symptoms of West Nile virus. It is a virus of the genus Flavivirus antigenically closely related to Murray Valley virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, and Japanese encephalitis virus, that causes...

by lisette551 over a year ago

What is wrong with me??

Recently I have been experiencing a ton of health concerns. The last year on and off I have been getting canker sores in my mouth, which I never had before. I also have had weight loss, fatigue, hair loss, fever, and have been trying to get pregnant for a year now and nothing! I'm only 25 with one...

by Aria over a year ago

menigitis, staph, infections....what questions to ask

My mother-in-law is currently in the hospital after having been diagnosed with viral meningitis. She was in terrible pain (neck) and was first told she had severe arthritis. After being admitted to the hospital, and undergoing MRI's, bone scans, blood work, etc. the dr.s say she has an infection...

by daughter in law15862 over a year ago

Have just had chondrosarcoma brain surgery, what happens now

I just had a chondrosarcoma totally removed! They said just 70 to 75% at first because it was wrapped around my cartaroid artery. I have blurred vision on the side operated on, totally numb left face, can't eat because they moved the muscle on the left also. I am different then before surgery, any...

by Julieb38585326740 over a year ago

Feeling strainge sensation in head every so often?

Every now and then, I have this strange sensation that comes over my head, it lasts for a few seconds, its been like this for a few weeks, ime not sure if its lightheaded I have felt abit dizzy at times... But this sensation, would you know what it is, I was looking up brain conditions yesterday to...

by xAlanxEnglandx86162 over a year ago

shooting pains

Okay so the past week or so I've been having some strange pains. I'll have good times when i'm 100% okay but then I'll have times when I'll have nausea and strange leg pain (only in my right leg ... feels like numbness and tingling accompanied by occasional shooting pains) and also the past few days...

by shannonb90h54655 over a year ago

what is this?

for the past week or so i have been having really bad headaches but tension headaches, diziness, numbness of my lips and chin, pains in my ears and shortness of breathe...it goes and comes but most the time i have the headache...i am 23 female and very healthy( just had a complete physical) what...

by Guest over a year ago

Why do I have numbness in my foot after siatica?

I had really painfull siatica about three weeks ago but, ever since then I have had numbness in my right foot. I had back sergury in 1989 and this has not happened before. My foot is numb from my heal to my big toe which is causing me a lot of problems walking and staying level when I walk and I get...

by Loismetis151955 over a year ago

I have severe pain in my head

hello,i had met with an accident in my bike and after that i am feeling frequent paining in my head that too back head and some times head aches and all,i met with doctors and came with all tablets possible but no improvement as off now.

by kannan over a year ago

Surgery near ankles

I had surgery near my ankles 4 weeks ago to remove large lipomas that had fibrous material attaching them to my bones. I want to know if it is normal for me to still be experiencing soreness and stiffness in my entire feet and how much longer will it be until I am walking around normally?

by Mary Jo10522 over a year ago