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).

What type of dr. do you see for electrolyte imbalance?

Worrying about a friend and thinking she's getting a run around. What type of dr. do you see for electrolyte imbalance? And they also told them that she has cysts in/near her salivary glands. Oh or it might be some type of seizure.

by ckhart1958190799 over a year ago

natural cure neuropathy

I have been feeling some pain and burning sensation in my legs. After some tests, I am diagnosed with neuropathy. If I understand my doctor correctly, there is no cure. This disease can only be controlled with a proper treatment. I would like to know if there is a natural cure for neuropathy. Thank...

by cordy1464168733 over a year ago

Head injury resulting in indentation

I was forced to take a late nite trip to ER yesterday and receive a CAT scan for a very surprising indentation i noticed on the back of my skull. I had fallen when fainted the day before, so i was clearly alarmed. I am a 4yr neck injury victim and know my way around these matters , for the most...

by lola over a year ago

Pins and Needles

Answered by a doctor

I have pins and needles in my arms and legs for about the last month. I sometimes have tension headaches, which have been happening for years. I think the tension has gone down my neck and into my back and now into my legs. Which I think is causing the pins and needles. But now its the worst it has...

by Kirk Smith over a year ago

atypical 5mm glial brain cyst in the inner cortical

My son was disgnosed with atypical 5mm glial brain cyst in the inner cortical -it was found after he hit his head followed by a seizure. He has been fine since-no symptoms and no other seizures. That was 5 months ago. What does this mean-should we worry-what should we ask?

by Braingirl174172 over a year ago

Headache, slight chest pain, dizziness, body pulsing

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Hello, I am in need of some help please. I am 35 yr old female. Over the last week I have been having a really bad headache all over my head, most the back of my head. My body pulsates constantly in rythym with my heart. I feel somewhat nauseated and my legs ache once in a while. I have...

by Guest over a year ago

What could it be?

I've been battling with anxiety and depression for over a year now. Unfortunately in this process I've become hypochondriac, which is certainty not helping. Anyways, I would like to know if any of you knows or had this happen. Sometimes I get these weird sensation(something moving, hat/cold feeling,...

by Guest over a year ago

tactile super-sensitivity

I'm a 70 yr. old woman that is just finding out there might be a name for the problem I've dealt with all my life. I am SO sensitive to touch that even if my new clothes have an impressive 'LABLE' ... the first thing I MUST do is remove it so it doesn't irritate the back of my neck. I won't wear...

by Guest over a year ago

pain in back to right arm

I am having pain in my back right behind my shoulder blade, it runs down my right arm and into my hand, it is very uncomfortable. I've gone to the VA and they don't know what it is. I am having difficulties writing my name and picking up thing, type on the computer is

by Guest over a year ago

This will be the fourth week I have been lightheaded

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I'm almost 17 years old & I'm a girl. This will be the fourth week I have been lightheaded. it's been everyday but some days are better than others. Everyone says I should go get blood work done, but I don't want to until I think its serious. A family member just got mono, so I think it could be...

by salutamy262270 over a year ago