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).

I was bitten by bedbugs and I started experiencing pain in my back

I'm not sure what to make out of this. I was bitten by bedbugs and I could see at least 25 incisions where they had cut and taking blood from me. About five days later, I started experiencing pain in my back and went area underneath left shoulder blade. The pain got worse and then...

by Bugged by Bed-bug bites over a year ago

Loss of hearing and sight, all of the sudden my vision started to get fuzzy

Answered by a doctor

So the same thing happened to me today, I'm 16 years old and have never experienced something like this I was so scared and I felt like I was going to die, this was the most scariest experience ever I was walking to the kitchen and I was talking to my mom when all of the sudden my vision start to...

by Guest over a year ago

I lost my vision for a couple of minutes

Earlier today/This morning I was in Mc'Donalds with two of my friends... I went and stood in the que and my friend joined me in the que seconds later. It was quite busy and there were people in front of us. Seconds later after my friend joined my eyes were gradually going black until eventually I...

by Guest over a year ago

Constant Headaches and tiredness, I tried almost every over the counter meds

Hi,im a forty year old lady and have bad constant headaches since my twenties,,i have tried almost every over the counter meds and have seen doctors to no help. I feel very tired and nauseous when the headache starts,my tummy gets very upset and i do vomit at tomes,,im always uncomfortable and...

by Carol over a year ago

Brain fog after decrease in hormone therapy on the way to getting off of it.??

Answered by a doctor

I have been on hormone replacement therapy for 25 years after a total hysterectormy. My doctor wants me to get off of them and I am now at a half dose of what I was on. I am experiencing some "brain fog" in the last month or so, it was been about 10 weeks since the strength reduction. I feel like I...

by Simone over a year ago

Could this be phrenic nerve damage??? Since stroke 3 years ago??? How do you test it?

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How do you test phrenic nerve? My husband is75...Had a stroke 3 yrs ago and was given TPA which was successful.Since stroke he has weakness on left side, breathing issues, no appetite and living on Boost.He gets hiccups that last for 7 days and sometimes has 4 or 5 in a row and loses his breath so I...

by BWells5535357518 over a year ago

Floating sensation and intracranial pressure, I cannot walk straight

I have been suffering from intracranial pressure for the last 8 years. 22 out of 30 days I suffer. But for the past 3 weeks I've been experiencing something new. I've had dizziness and a floating sensation. It started with the floating sensation. Even when my eyes are closed I feel as if I'm in a...

by Ray121357493 over a year ago

She is complaining that everything is moving in fast motion

I'm at the Dr's office now with one of my girls. She is 12 years old!! She has complained about everything going in fast motion before, but today it seemed to last longer!!! All I know is this one scared the heck out of her more because of the duration of it!! These episodes don't...

by Guest over a year ago

sensation which is making me light headed and faint, is that anemia, anxiety or something else?

Answered by a doctor

For over a couple of years now I get this sensation that makes me light headed and feel like I am about to pass out. Its like a whoosh of blood through my body. The first time I remember this happening and was rushed to the ER. It freaked me out. I had all the cardiologist...

by Guest over a year ago

intracranial pressure, floating sensation, head pressure builds when i walk

For the past 3 weeks I've been having severe intracranial pressure and a floating sensation. It started with the floating sensation. Even when my eyes are closed I feel as if I'm in a plane during turbulence. I have been falling all over and cannot walk straight. Then I started getting tired after...

by Ray121 over a year ago