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).

complete loss of motor function of the left side of the body combined with left eye colour variati

for the past 14 years my brother has intermittently suffered from a complete loss of motor function on the entire left side of his body which is combined with inaccurate colour perception in his let eye. without any specific warning he awakes to this problem and it can take up to a year to gain back...

by Mark FSL over a year ago

I get this head pain on the left side of my head from a long time

I get this head pain on the left side of my head from a long time,floaters will always float on my eyes,feels like faintind( giddy) all the time-mainly the next morning more if I drink alcohol,I had an appointment with the neurologist also and he says its nothing serious to worry about,there is also...

by AbhBis325684 over a year ago

I think that I have turrets

Hi. I think that I have turrets. I'm 23, and have been noticing what I thought to be at first just cold shivers for over 2 years now, which are almost always accompanied by grunts, or wierd noises of some sort. I can be just watching tv, and out of no where my head and shoulders and sometimes my...

by snoopsipoo67983 over a year ago

frontal lobe injuries

I was in a accident in 1984 where my brain was damaged at the time the DR Robert Tenny In Kansas released me from any care by him and in good health since then I would forget very impotant things short term and long term ans it has made my life very reckless and confused about a month ago I was...

by Guest over a year ago

Weird brain pain

Hehe, that rhymed. Well anyway, Lately for about 2 months or so this certain part of my head hurt. It is a very minor pain but now it stopped, and I only have to press it to feel pain, except it hurts more now. Also, when im working out I get a throbbing pain on the top of my head, which is a...

by Guest over a year ago

Epilepsy and ayurveda, any hope?

Hello, folks. My kid has been suffering from epilepsy for years and nothing seems to work. I have heard that Ayurveda has a special approach when it comes to this disease or apasmara how they refer to it. Is there any hope? Should I go for this option or you wouldn’t recommend me this?

by fawn1245182748 over a year ago

Sometimes my palms burn while in the shower.

The shower water isn't to hot or anything but occasionally my palms will get this burning, tingling, stinging kind of pain and the only thing that helps is not putting them in the warm water and running cold water over them. Does anybody know why this is?

by Guest over a year ago

VASO VAGAL ATTACK DISORDER

hello there over the past 3/4 months i have been experiancing some very strange symptoms! pressure behind my eyes difficulty breathing in (feels like i cant take a full breath) when im stood up sometimes i get very dizzy and i black out i have had pains in my head sometimes i cant use my legs...

by carly07178596 over a year ago

Ache in the back of my head

Hi, I'm a sixteen year old girl and I used to play rugby, it's a really rough sport where you get tackled and stuff. At one game I was slammed to the ground and I fell head first and really hard. I didn't tell anyone and got up feeling really dizzy but continued on playing. In another game after...

by Guest over a year ago

Scientists create neurons from skin cells of elderly ALS patients

A team of U.S. scientists has managed, for the first time, to transform an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patient's skin cells into motor neurons by using a new technique called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The process of transforming skin cells into motor neurons could be used in the...

by Danny over a year ago