Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

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This can't be neuralgia? excruciating pain down the left side of my head onto my face

About a year ago I started getting excruciating pain down the left side of my head onto my face with high heart when the attacks happen. Also I have a lazy eye which comes and goes and a bit of tinnitus. My doctor diagnosed me with trigeminal neuralgia but no description seems to show all these...

by Amjad Muawad353648 over a year ago

sensation/ crawling of ants at the extreme left side of body

I have suffered with sciatica at Right side last year and cured successfully with homeopathic. After couple of month started sensation/ crawling of ants at the extreme left side of left body( from head to Arm and shoulder to foot thumb). which is since March 2016 to now. And now last...

by zchaudhry353611 over a year ago

dizzy spells followed by fainting

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hello, for about 6 months now I've been having some dizzy spells. it happens when I get up too fast or sometimes I just happens randomly (like sitting in class to just laying down) while It's happening my vision goes white and I cant see anything but that. my bod goes limp and...

by Guest over a year ago

Lumbar punction done yesterday and now can't walk on my left leg without pain

I had a lp done yesterday for ms. I had chronic right leg numbness, pain and tingling. After the lp procedure I can not walk on my left leg, my good leg, without unbearable pain. My neurologist told me to go to er to rule out a hematoma. I have none. Er released me, but I literally can not put...

by REBECCA over a year ago

Pressure above left ear and it spreads out through the left side of my head

For the past 3 weeks I've been having this feeling of pressure above my left ear. It's heavier right on the spot but it spreads out through the left side of my head. I want to see a doctor but I don't have a doctor or insurance , does anyone know if I can just show up to any doctor or go through...

by Joelg1993 over a year ago

Sudden pain in the back of my head.

Sometimes (just about once every two months) when i turn my head i get a sudden pain in the lower right side of the back of my head. Its not as superficial as the skin but not very deep, the depth of it is best compared to the depth of a muscle i think. It is very hard to describe what it...

by Guest over a year ago

right part of my whole body is growing but another part is not, can it be Hemihypertrophy?

right part of my whole body is growing but another part is not. what is happening to me? Will it become worse? I heard about hemihypertrophy is it the same disease? How can i fix this please help me.

by kabira353438 over a year ago

Cough / Sneeze - knocked me out

I have had two episodes that knocked the wind out of me and can't quite figure out how to approach this -- let alone address it. 1st - (5 years or so ago)I have a habit of sneezing loudly and explosively. I can feel my whole body engage and release. This time, I had multiple sneezes...

by Sefo over a year ago

I have facial twitching in one or sometimes both cheeks but only when I'm asleep

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I have facial twitching in one or sometimes both cheeks but only when I'm asleep at night and they wake me up. Its been going on for months but can miss a week then start again. Sometimes my lips or chin tremble! Been to Drs few times who referred me o TMJ clinic but it's not that. Worried I have...

by Jewelstorm353390 over a year ago

sudden feeling as if Id been shot in the head, no pain, loss of hearing

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Whilst driving I suddenly had this strange sensation as if Id been shot in the head. My car felt like it was driving up a sudden hill, I loss my sight and hearing momentarily and when it came back I realized Id pulled over having indicated first but had no recollection of doing so. There...

by Guest over a year ago