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).

feeling physically sick and keep having panic attacks

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As soon as i wake up, i feel sick i can barely eat during the day but as soon as its night time i get my appetite back and stop burping. My hair keeps falling out and im driving my family mad with this anxiety problem. Im only 16 .

by amber over a year ago

Pins and Needles SENSATION 5 days.

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hi guys. this started sunday, my right ankle started vibrating. not an actual phone type vibration but a light kind. then just yesterday i started to get a pins and needles/ numbness feeling. its like the poking sensation when your about to go numb except i can still feel everything. i also feel the...

by Guest over a year ago

Free Surgery for Boy Ends in Brain Death

A 16-year-old Russian boy, David Kurbanov, came halfway around the world to a hospital in Oklahoma city that was willing to remove his brain tumor for free. However, positive story St. Anthony Hospital and neurosurgeon Paul Francel hoped to tell became tragic when the surgery left David brain dead....

by Jenny3481 over a year ago

Bells Palsy

My sister has had bells palsy for 3 months now...with each passing day she is becoming more frustrated...was on predisone and antiviral med at the beginning...she does facial nerve exercises and tapes her face at bedtime..just want to know why do some people recover in a few weeks or a month and...

by rere over a year ago

headaches but not too painful

So after reading many of your posts I recently suffer from a minor pain level 1. It comes once a hour or two, pain is minimal but annoyance is level 5. This is common if you were sick previously for 2-3 weeks. Another thing that affects this is because of stress. You may be...

by Guest over a year ago

Prognosis for ataxia telangiectasia patients with functional immune systems?

I know that there are two kinds of ataxia telangiectasia - ataxia telangiectasia where the patient has a fully functional immune system, and ataxia telangiectasia where the patient has a severely malfunctioning immune system. Please tell me more about the prognosis for ataxia telangiectasia with...

by derron1638200293 over a year ago

At night, when I'm in bed, I get burning feeling in both feet

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Hi at night when I'm in bed I get burning feeling in both feet but to the touch there fine and it's happening every night and I camy sleep, I all so suffer from RLS are there are there the same thing our iI'm I looking at same different?

by sarah over a year ago

pain in my butt crack

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i have a pain in my but crack have been having it for sometimes now but get worst. its very painfull when getting up from a sitting position. i also notice that i been having cramps in my right butt down to my leg and thigh. what could be the cause of this and do i need to go to the hospital?

by Guest over a year ago

recovery after menengioma

I had a menengioma lump (about 4 cm) removed from the back rt side (behind the ear) . Later they told me some nerves were damaged during the surgery. Now 7 months later I feel numb on the right face-tongue. Problems eating, swallowing. Rt eye vision damaged. Rt ear deaf. Do not have balance can...

by cherry over a year ago

Post Hip Replacement Muscle Pain

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Hi: I had a total hip replacement 8 weeks ago today. Everything has gone smoothly and healing has been speedy. Because I had more damage to the hip socket than originally expected, my surgeon used a slightly larger titanium socket and instructed 20% weight bearing for 6 weeks on crutches. At 6...

by eegvt82698 over a year ago