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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).

Ataxia that comes and go

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Ataxia that comes and go – this is the life we are living these days. I am talking about my husband, he was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy 2 months ago and we were still adjusting to that fact, when more bad news came. Ataxia occurred as the consequence of neuropathy. Doctors said that...

by User avatar vanya33244

effect of alcohol on the brain

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My son doesnt drink often. in the last 7 months he has had 4-5 beers on 4 occassions and after each occassion he has gone into what seems like a long hangover. he doesnt get nausea. He sleeps literally around the clock for the first 3 days and the next four days he gets gradually better. He cannot...

by User avatar aninrao6442436

Do tremors in parkinson's need to occur on both sides of the body?

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Hi, I am a fifty eight years old man. In my life I did not have to deal with any serious medical condition. Couple of days ago I have notice a change with my body. I was watching TV, just lying and my hand started to shake. Since then, whenever I get in that position, the hand starts to shake again....

by User avatar raynard37452

wierd neck pain

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hi there i been a bit ill lately. im having wierd sleeping problems. i try to sleep and lose my eyes but it seems as they are still open and when in the morning it seems like i have slept as im all awake and energised but in my mind i have had no sleep. i also am getting headaches near my eyes and...

by User avatar Guest

brain swelling, seizures, hallucinations, blurred vision, age 15

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My fiance's younger brother, age 15, is currently ill and no one knows why. A couple weeks ago his mother noticed him ticking every now and then. It wasn't prevalent enough to worry her. Saturday before the 4th of July they admitted him to a local hospital because he called the sheriffs office and...

by User avatar martingoon

high signal lessions brain and a perineural cyst on the s2 r

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hi can anyone tell me what could the lessions be i have been told tha ihave a small amount of hugh signal lession on the rite side of my head and that that i have a perineural cyst on the s2 root which my left ankle swell badly ive had lots of test just waiting for results

by User avatar Guest

Upper Left Arm Twitching over 16 hours

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Last night it started over dinner. It has lasted through today. It's not necessarily extremely painful, but it is slightly painful and very annoying. It's pretty intense, as I can feel it, so can others, and its visually apparent too. I can also tell it is the same muscle twitching. It's not...

by User avatar Rachel Perlstein39352

numbness in arm

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I had a supra cervical laproscopic hysterctectomy on Monday 03-12-07, I complained several times while in the hospital an no one thought it was a big deal. I have no sensitivity in the underside of my left arm. The iv was in this arm. It feels as if the underside of my arm is asleep and will not...

by User avatar koolaidnosuga

Paedatric GBS Infection

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? My child is 1 year & 9 months old. He was so well and active since birth, he was ever diagnosed with any chronic diseases or infections but he had had strong chough two weeks before the virus infected him. However, on the morning of 14th June, 2007, he just collapsed to the floor as his mother...

by User avatar Guest

Alcohol's effect on brain

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Hi! My husband drinks more then 5 drinks per day over many years. I noticed some change, he forgot some things. Do you know how alcohol affects on brain?

by User avatar lisha722