Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

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sudden headache lasting about 10 minutes

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About 5 years ago I have had sudden "major" headaches a few times. A few times after intercourse and once at my gym simply doing a "wall-sit". The gym headache was so severe it affected my eyes and I had to close them immediately. The throbbing was unbelievable and I had to sit down at the...

by JJM over a year ago

Encephalitis - how the child disease affects the adult survivor?

I'm a 54 year old female. At age 5 I was hospitalized n treated and survived encephalitus.. I had been bitten by misquotesatan.but in new Mexico...I lived then lost my resume eye a year later due to tumor...I seemed to the naked eye ok.yet I have not headaches but pain continually mood swings lack...

by Guest over a year ago

Brain Noise (fluid like sound), it happens only when I move my hands or legs

Hi, I have started to notice a noise in my brain. It doesn't happen all the time. It happens only when I move my hands or legs. It's like a fluid is stuck and it is just moving, at least that's what I thought initially. Then I started to shake my head or move my head around; and there was...

by Jacckson over a year ago

What could be the possible causes of near fainting?

What could be the possible causes of near fainting? So I should probably see a doctor.....but here goes..... When you are fine, then start to feel hot and ill, 50 minutes later spin and lose vision, and have a low heart rate and can notice heartbeats in the chest? Then it goes away after 5-6...

by tommo12341354852 over a year ago

Eye blurriness, light headed, brain fog, nauseous

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Since October been about 5 months I have been seeing so many doctors. Been very nauseous, neck pain, my eyes are terrible, see lots of blur everyday, and I've had 20/20 vision all my life. Blood tests, MRI on my neck, CAT scan on brain has been good. ...

by Jordan Gallegos over a year ago

Head pressure and pain, it started on rear lower right side and now has moved to top center

For about 75yrs now I've been having this unexplainable pain in my head that started rear lower right side and now has moved to top center n sometime right side also eye pain has begun. It feels like pressure building up and yet there's a slight pain with it. When I stand up my head begins to feel...

by Guest over a year ago

fatigue and buzzing in my ears and through my body.

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I have been sick. My systems include buzzing or a feeling like a electric buzz in my ears, seems to flow through my body to my feet. Fatigue and can't seem to move like absolutely no energy at all. All my house work is pilling up. My stomach is nausea like its in my throat about to puke but don't....

by Guest over a year ago

Uncontrollable shaking and short temporary blackouts after standing up from sitting

I filled my bath with hot water and relaxed for a good thirty minutes, I then stood up and stepped out of the bath, my sight went spotty green then black still aware of my surrounding I felt my body shake intensely but I could not do anything els for a whole minute, why is this? It also happens when...

by Jason Tucker over a year ago

Hot, pressure feeling on the left side of my head, it makes me dizzy, confused and hard to focus

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Hello, I have no clue if this is where I am supposed to right this but I NEED help. I am a 14 year old girl, I have been having some really weird head/neck issues. In the back on my head on my left side is where it all started, it is a really hot/pressure feeling, it feels like it's on the inside of...

by Guest over a year ago

My child was diagnosed with hydrocephalus when I was pregnant but he succeeded in his life

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to all who have unanswered questions about hydrocephalus ? At the age of 16 , I had delivered my first son was a normal pregnancy, till the 8th. Month.. That's when I was told, my child was hydrocephalic an would need surgery ASAP after birth.. He was born via c-section unplanned on 7/4/1988 my...

by Guest over a year ago