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).

my husband has seizers

I meet my husband in November of 2009 an he has seizer. I was wonding if a person can die from haven seizers

by bamagirl22002 over a year ago

Pain at Lower end of Spinal

It was around 2 months that I am having pain in my entire spinal column each time i wake up in the morning. But once I began to move, and stretch and stand, the pain ends. But not until Oct. 15, 2012, a pain has occured at the lower tip of my spinal. The pain is always there. And I find it...

by janet sulicipan over a year ago

Fainting after feeling metallic taste in mouth

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My friend at work passed out today shortly after we experienced a power outage. After the outage, she mentioned having a metallic taste in her mouth. She also complained of back pain and after passing out she had altered mental status. The ambulance came and she in presently in the emergency...

by Guest over a year ago

I've had some weird sensations in my head.

Hi, I've had some sensations in my head, almost like electrical spurts. They last only a second and go for 24 hours a day 7 days a week for about 6 weeks now. I've been to ENT, have an appointment with a neurologist in a couple weeks. I am not dealing with this very well at all. Sometimes eye...

by ironqueen241992 over a year ago

lost feeling in his legs

hi my dad lost the feelings in his legs 2 years ago. he was doing a bbq and suddenly he couldnt stand. he was in the hospital they did tests etc. neway he had to kearn to walk again and 2 years later he's driving and walking again, but the thing is he cant walk for a long time and do much on his...

by sheri benatar over a year ago

Is it something more severe?

My husband has a cyst on his left eyebrow, close to this eye. The doctor didn't put much thought into it, other than needing to get it cleared up relatively quickly due to it being so close to his optic nerve, but we haven't had the chance to do anything w/ it since we haven't had the money, and we...

by crystalhawkins80152682 over a year ago

pineal cyst or multiple sclerosis?

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I have a pineal mass (looks cystic) that is 1.9cm. According to my MRI report, there is an indent of my midbrqin and hyperintensity in the cerebellum. Symptoms include: migraines, loss of peripheral vision in left eye, numbness in right leg and right face, "drunken" walking, and nausea upon...

by Guest over a year ago

Who can inherit aceruloplasminemia?

It is said that aceruloplasminemia is a disease that is genetically passed on, autosomal recessive, I think, but don't hold me accountable on that one :-). So what does this actually mean? In concrete terms, who can inherit aceruloplasminemia? Do your parents both have to have it, or at least one...

by hubert1955179073 over a year ago

weird head ache

for like 2 weeks i have the weird head ache ... when i shake my head up and down my head hurts .. its not like a regular pain ... idk how to explain... it really anoyes me ... for past few days it only hurts on back of my head sometimes it goes away and comes back when i shake my head . also it...

by morluni93909 over a year ago

severe headache, dizziness, nausea and fainting is very usual with me.

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i dont know how to start ? .. well , heyy .. i'm 15 years old. umm, i guess when i was 8 or 9 years old , i fainted for the first time. after dat, it happens vry often with me. everyday i have a severe headache. and from august 2011 , i'm suffern' more. i mean severe headache , feeln' dizzy , nausea...

by Guest over a year ago