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).

Why my hand has been so shaky lately ever since i've done the fitness test

I'm wondering why my hand has been so shaky lately ever since i've done the fitness test. I was doing the wall sit and after class my right hard started to shake. It gets worst when i add pressure to it. help me in only 16 ):

by celiachen10266678 over a year ago

Pain 12 months ! Could I get relief ?;

I have pain in neck, radiating to my right arm, causing some burn and some times unable to bare. This pain is since 1 year. Taking some pain killers to get relief, after some time again causing pain. Undergone x-ray and MRI, results told that Small Central and Rt Paracentral protrusion of C5-6...

by ravigv_2k4@yahoo.com over a year ago

head acquired injury

i have been a member of headway for many long years, they have brilliant towards me and my wife lynn.going every week to help raise funds,seeing,meeting and talking too others that were in the same boat as you were.a very nice friendly sort of people that helped if they could.2008 is a very...

by Guest over a year ago

Irregular heart beats and ADD

Ever since I was little, I've has issues off and on with my heart. I've had to wear a heart monitor about three times and probably about two EKGs. When I was little they told my parents that I had a heart murmur and a whole in my heart when I was little. About two years they told me I have irregular...

by wesley199 over a year ago

Is this migraine

Answered by a doctor

Hi, I have been on medication for migraine for last 7 days. I had occassional headaches mainly on the forehead and areas near eyes. the headache is throbbing. I also have a feeling like, i have a heavy head. Occassionally i have nausea. same with tingling in my legs. I feel week and at time i feel...

by swar over a year ago

Head swimming and legs weak.

When i stand for more than a minute i feel like my head is swimming and my leggs get so weak i feel like i going to pass out. This goes on everyday. I just sit down til i feel better.

by morrisdonnell34 over a year ago

Too much testosterone could kill brain cells

Scientists have found that although testosterone is in charge of the development, differentiation and growth of cells too much of it could be lethal. It has been found that too much testosterone could cause brain cells to self-destruct and lead to dementia similar to the Alzheimer's disease. This...

by Lori2592 over a year ago

Losing writing ability because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

My sister was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a few years back. he has always been a very creative person, often drawing and writing. She can still type - with an enormous amount of effort - but she seems to have totally lost her ability to write anything by hand. Is this common in...

by betta2001181083 over a year ago

In the mean time, do these sound like migraines!?

Answered by a doctor

I should start off by saying i'm only 19 and have had perfect health before this (never getting sick as all).Okay so on my birthday in late March (lucky me!) I had this attack that made my left hand and foot tingly but I could still move it. I had gone to the ER and by then it had subsided. The ER...

by ahollow55244096 over a year ago

Epilepsy condition, lump on the head.

My friend, is male, 35 years old. single, well read up to masters level. but is epileptic, a condition which runs in the family. He has a lump at the back of the head the size of a small apple which has been there for about 5 years. when he consulted the doctors, they said they feared to risk...

by lucypearl over a year ago