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 have CIDP and Charcot-Marie-Tooth at the same time

Good morning everyone, my name is Carolina Jimenez and I’m from Colombia, I’m 20 years old and I’ve been living with this disease since 2007. At the beginning, the doctors thought I was lying and clamming attention from my family. So here is my story. -CIDP PROCESS: I had a really bad...

by Guest over a year ago

Why did I pass out? my head started pounding and my vision started to get black

I was in the bathroom and my sister was doing my hair this morning and my head started pounding and my vision started to get black and my stomach was hurting so bad. I started to get sweaty and I couldn't hear or see anything and all of a sudden I passed out and my sister shook me and asked if I had...

by Guest over a year ago

Pressure in temples, I feel dull pain, my headaches are very bad

Hi, I know what a headache feels like... i dont get them often, but when i do i cant function. I dont even know if i can say the pain im having..... this morning all of a sudden it felt like pressure, the type of pressure when you try swimming down to the floor of a 5m meter pool ..... its...

by Guest over a year ago

Having eye twitching or spasms, my entire eyebrow goes up

Answered by a doctor

Im 13 years old I have been having "eye twitching or spasms" it has not gone away it started about months ago. It makes me look like a crazy person. My entire eyebrow goes up and its like me looking up blinking from one eye . it happens from both sides but not at the same time it can be my left eye...

by Lightning123353688 over a year ago

recently had stroke and found out that i'm pregnant. Am i at risk from another stroke

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i have recently had a stroke in the left side of my brain 9weeks ago which i was hospitalised for,had many tests but doctors cant find reason for it,i have to take medication to help prevent me from another stroke now,longterm.I have just found out im 2 months pregnant,i would like to continue my...

by clairus1979353898 over a year ago

Dizziness and black spotted vision

Answered by a doctor

Hi, i am a 22 year old female and for the past few weeks I've had very dizzy spells, blurred and darkened vision with black spots, tingling and numbness in both arms, my face and my tongue as well as slight loss of feeling in my hands when sitting, standing and lying down. I've also had clammy...

by Guest over a year ago

I have a strange case of pins and needles that spreads across my body before slowly disappearing?

I've had this a few times now and it's a little worrying. First I feel a steadily building pins and needles sensation, usually always turning my left hand numb. First it starts as a weird sensation, before steadily numbing my hand, to the point only the barest sensation exists, where I can't even...

by NervousSensation over a year ago

Shaky, dizzy, cold, lightheaded, anxious, I am vegan and have been taking vitamin b12 and iron

Answered by a doctor

Hello I am 17 years old I always get feelings of dizziness, anxiety, fatigue, lightheadedness, shakiness and numbness and nose/head pressure. I do not know what is wrong with me but I really want my life back I have been feeling like this off an on but it is mostly occuring. I am vegan and have...

by Sarahb1237 over a year ago

head vibrations and headaches, mainly in the left side of head

I'm looking for some help please. I've been having headaches for a few days now,mainly in the left side of my head. Since yesterday I've been feeling a Vibration in the right side of my head. If I put my hand on it when its doing it I can clearly feel it. Its getting worse. It sort of feels like its...

by becca over a year ago

fuzziness in her head, pains in her face and jaw, and she is finding it hard to sleep at night

my sister aged 80 has a lot of fuzziness in her head, pains in her face and jaw, is finding it hard to sleep at night, now she has a strange feeling in her legs like they don't belong to her, until now she has been very active.

by Guest over a year ago