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).

numb scalp on the left side

%-) hello, i am 54 years old, fit and very hard working and a migraine sufferer. i am not getting migraines at the moment but have started getting nubmness on the left rear side of my head. Although i also suffer from tiredness, as for about 18 months i often have to have a catnap on the trip home...

by colininfrance20559 over a year ago

Tingling and zapping feeling mostly in finger and toes

Answered by a doctor

Hi All, I have had tingling and zap like shocking feeling mostly in fingers and toes, sometimes feet, hands and legs. Felt a bit like numbness sometimes, although it wasnt a loss of feeling or coordination. It started a few days before I had my period and stopped about the same time that the...

by Sarah_Aus over a year ago

My Award Winning Positive Huntington's disese Page/Blog/ Support Group

I am 25, am experiencing Huntington’s disease symptoms. My family is one of the few in the world who have early onset. I was a Nurse Assistant before I got sick. I made a positive, comprehensive website. It has a blog, Articles, care giving tips, ways to fight brain fog, myths, my story, my...

by Heather Dugdale53874 over a year ago

Possible Trapped Nerve In Neck, Feeling Awful

Last saturday I felt awful and almost fainted. Felt very light headed all day/night and it's continued to now. The back of my head and neck was in quite alot of pain but has eased off abit. I get a tingleing sensation down my arms, hands and sometimes ears. I'm feeling better at the mo, just abit...

by Guest over a year ago

Elbow and Ulna Nerve Pain

Over two years ago i fell off my bike, i landed on my elbow. Since then i have had a repeated stabbing pain in my elbow whenever any pressure was applied, I have been told that i may have damaged my ulna nerve. The elbow has become more and more sensitive as time goes on and i find the pain is more...

by Guest over a year ago

tingling and tightning on the fingertip

Answered by a doctor

hello yesterday i had the tinyes skratch on my fingertip from a rusty umbrella that a mate found in the trash. the sktatch was so small i cant even find it. but today when i woke up the finger that was scratched and the one next to itf feel a tingling and and tightning. i read somewere that...

by Guest over a year ago

vagal nerve stemulator

My husband had the stemulator put in 2 years ago and only had it on for less than 8 weeks, because it was causing him to have breathing and speech problems. He had a fall on christmas day 2007 and we think he hit his neck and his face was swollowen after the fall, but he was on strong pain meds. at...

by melissaspets@aol.com over a year ago

short term memory loss postictal

I had a seizure 9 days ago due to benzodiazapine withdrawal (which was my own fault, I just stopped taking my meds). I'm back on the Xanax and have had no further seizures but I'm still having short term memory problems. Is that normal? It's starting to worry me. Apparently the seizure was pretty...

by Ginger over a year ago

Loss of movement in right side over a week after fainting

my neice fainted a week ago during a race running, she lasted around and hour and half, out. when she regained consious she had no movement in her right side she couldnt pick up her leg but after two days her arm had movement. yet her leg had no strength and feeling to it was very small. she was...

by hopefull over a year ago

weird feeling inside my head

hello can somebody help me get a better understanding of what could be wrong with me i have been havin this weird feeling inside my head for some time now..at first there was alot of pressure i was feeling now im feeling this burning sensation run from my head down to my neck..my head feels warm on...

by MzAllen over a year ago