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).

Weird pulsing in my head

for months now i have been feeling random pulsings in my head as if something s wedged in there pushing to get out it can extend all the way down to my neck and sometimes it feels bigger than others it usually lasts for a few seconds but it often shows up in about 3 different spots before it...

by Z over a year ago

bend leg fingers after 8 months of leg operation

after 8 months of the operation now i some how manage to walk without any help, but some parts of my foot around fingers are numb, i can't put on my slippers without the help of my hand and two of my finger big toe and second toe are now in curved shape. A Doctor told me that you might have...

by Tushar Gupta over a year ago

pins and bugs on my skin feeling

Answered by a doctor

qim 15 and i feel like im getting poked with pins and soometime i feel like bugs are crawling on my skin what should i do it been happening like for a whole year but i havent ask my family yet help someone?

by Guest over a year ago

Twitching & Tingling in Left Breast/Shoulder Area

Answered by a doctor

I'm a guy and I've quite heavy. (290 lbs) But for the past little while I have had kinda uncontrollable twitches with the left side of my shoulder/breast area. (Uncontrollably being that I do this without any effort and I can stop it. But if I do stop it and tingling sensation builds up...

by Elias_rosine157530 over a year ago

rt foot numbness (up big toe to side of ankle) numbness with a knot on right lower side of leg with

I hurt my back 2 months ago. The next morning i had rt foot and ankle numbness. In the past week had a knot come up on side of right leg. my doctor ordered an ultrasound to check for blood clot and it was negative.(the blood work was also negative)Back really dosen't bother me anymore. Just...

by agilson over a year ago

i am neurocysticercosis patient

Actually i have partial seizure. once it was a very heavy twisting of my mouth to the rightside and after having that incidence i had developed as if there is hair inside my mouth. it is almost 1 and half year past. there is no improvement till now. moreover i am taking the carbamazepine as per the...

by Guest over a year ago

i was told i had a brain tumor

I am 20 years old and was told i have a beligna brain tumor on the left side of my head. The reason for finding this was due to headachs and being sick. I quit smoking about 3 weeks before i found out and now ive been sick with multiply symptoms rranging from asthma, uti, stomach virus, cold , sinus...

by Guest over a year ago

Imitrex vs. natural remedies

I have just been diagnosed with vestibular headaches after several years of suffering with HA/dizziness. He has given me Imitrex but I am afraid of the side affects. I have a prolapse mitral valve and GERD. I would like to take "natural" herbs etc. Do you have any advise?

by motheroffive82483 over a year ago

epilepsy pregnancy

i have had epilepsy since i was seven and am now 18. no one else in my family has epilepsy and i was wondering: if i had children would they have epilepsy? many thanx will someone please answer this as its a question ive been dying to know for ages </a>

by itsasecret31362 over a year ago

What is the success rate of schwannoma surgery?

I am beginning research into surgery for a swannoma tumor located at my C7. Please advise re. Is this surgery normally done from the back, side, or the front? Or does this depend on the exact location on the spinal cord? What is the normal recovery time? What is the success rate?

by AnnaLucia178350 over a year ago