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).

Refsum\'s disease information.

Refsum's disease is named after Norwegian neurologist Sigvald Bernhard Refsum (1907-1991); and it is a neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells. It is one of a family of disorders called leukodystrophies.Refsum's disease is caused by faulty enzymes...

by Guest over a year ago

Very anxious about scelosis

Hi, I am a woman of 38. Since nearly one month now I have been suffering from tingling on my lps, tongue arms and legs. It would dissapear for some days and would start again at any time of the day or night. I have not consulted a doctor yet due to fear of hearing a bad news. I am very...

by Guest over a year ago

Lightheaded.... All Of A Sudden

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Hi, I Am 16 Years Old.... Thinking I May Be You Know Pregnant But I Have Had Some Light Pink Spotting Sometimes Red.... Idk.... All Of A Sudden Today I Start To Feel Lightheaded..... HELP!!! So, Anyway I Have Felt Flutters Or Movements In My Stomach That May Have Felt Like A Baby Kick.... Idk......

by WorriedDreamer43 over a year ago

fainting, sweating, blurred white vision, roaring sound in ears, nausea weakness

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from time to time i have these episodes of fainting sweating blurred vision everything besomes very white and bright, i swear i can hear the ocean in my ears. sometimes i feel very nauseated. my body just feels very weak and my arms and legs feel very heavy. and this lasts anywhere from one minute...

by nicole82 over a year ago

mild evening fever

i get mild fever every evening for last 2 months.Temp is around 99.i had broncitis for which i was given medication and it finally got cured but this mild evening fever is not going.i also have pain in my legs if i walk for sm time.pls help

by atul khanduri over a year ago

just wanna know

Hello, My younger sister is in a prb of severe headache,, Dr. said its may b cause of nerve prb and may it cotains some blodd vein blockage,, he gave medicines and said to observe, she's taking & took for a long time BUT that's not effective as such, ynforunately. Can any1 suggest wuts...

by Dara11243 over a year ago

headache dizzness felling like im going to pass out for the last two and a half years.

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for the last two and a half years i've been suffering with headaches dizzness and feeling like im going to pass out. ive had all the blood tests done you can think of and apart from low vitamin d and b12 which im taking meds for everything else came back clear.also i was sent to see a nurologist and...

by elle30237940 over a year ago

weird burning and tingling sensation on the left side of my ribcage

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I'm 20 years old and i have this weird burning and tingling sensation on the left side of my ribcage. It burns in the front and tingles in the back. For about 2 weeks now i have had tinging in my left arm as well. The other stuff has been going on for about a year in a half and i have asked doctors...

by Rob over a year ago

Tingling on feet and electric shock on toes

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I first felt this when I was walking in the grass with my open toes sandals & I though an insect bite me, but upon checking, no sign of bites. From time to time I've been experiencing this? Is this serious? Thanks & best regards

by Guest over a year ago

i feel terrible but why

i was perfrect when school started but by 3pm i started getting cold shivers, a headache on the top on my head and i had no force in my legs and arms i have a slight temperature...what can be wrong and what can i take? :-(

by Guest over a year ago