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).

Lightheadedness, dizziness, and passing out

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This happens almost everyday and the doctors can't tell me what's going on :-( I can be doing anything and randomly I will feel lightheaded or dizzy and most of the time I will pass out can you please help me. Thank you.

by Caity84 over a year ago

Muscle cramps-alternating from one side to the other for hours

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I went to bed with a headache last night and as I laid there, developed severe cramps in my abdomen and then it shifted to the toes on my left foot and then it shifted to the toes on my right foot and back and forth lasting for hours unitl it finally subsided. I am thinking it stems from spine...

by presiterrr over a year ago

pain in the left temple and tearing left eye

i have this pain in my left temple which makes the ear on that side ache and the eye on the same side tear. the pain started as a shooting pain on the left of my head. i have been working on my laptop for a while now but the resolution is low. what could be wrong?

by Bebe over a year ago

Unknown illness possibly neurological

I have been having very weird sensations in my head over the last few months. I am physically active and I eat healthy foods. I am 19 years old and female. I was on birth control but stopped taking it to see if it was just hormones. I also take concerta at a relatively low dosage. It started because...

by 104Horses over a year ago

involuntary muscle jerks in legs

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Hello for those that know!! I have had a neurological condition for many years but about 4 wks back I was having a flare up of my Transverse Myelitis symptoms but the back of eyes were more sore than normal plus another new symptom gradually worsened, my leg kicking out it foot under, at rest or...

by JoanneA48271835 over a year ago

numbness in buttock and back of leg

hi i have had 2 c section,and have had to have epidurals , i amslighty overweight but who isnt lol,,,i have had attacks of scatica on and off for several years,, i am at the point where my buttock ,inner lip,back of leg are so numb it hurts,,, this has been going onfor sme time,,, i am very active...

by butterflyirish184042 over a year ago

constant headache, pressure and weight on back off head

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hi there, wonder if anyone could help or shed some light on the problem im having!! for around a year now ive had a constant headache but over the past few months it is slowly gettin worse, the headache iused to be all over my head but now is on the back of my head. cant really explain how it feels...

by Guest over a year ago

Awoke a week ago to numb left hand and unable to lift it...

I thought I just slept on it, but it's been a week now and I'm very concerned. I'm very athletic and work with my hands every day so this is very serious. I can grip hard, move my fingers, but from the wrist to the end of my thumb there in numbness. Absolutely no pain, no tingling. I can move...

by Guest over a year ago

Focus issues on things

im having trouble focusing on obvious things like a conversation.sometimes i begin the convo then after a while i forget what i was talking about or have no idea where the convo is going to go.even when im writing.i space out to much.i have to reread everything until i know what its about(book)....

by hood131926 over a year ago

Not sure whats wrong

Soo this morning I started getting stomach pains when i applied pressure to my stomach, but i figured this was nothing so i took a nap then woke up later and decided to take a shower So i get out of bed and my body was pretty achy, then i get into the shower and then all of a sudden I start feelin...

by Guest over a year ago