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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).

Something about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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I have noticed some strange sensations lately. They started gradually, with frequent burning, tingling, or itching numbness in the palm of my hand and the fingers. Especially I feel it at the thumb and the index and middle fingers. My doctor told me that could be carpal tunnel syndrome. Since I...

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I have vivid dreams and I can't sleep

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Hi, I’ve had vivid dreams for the last couple of years. It’s becoming worse over time, and sometimes I can’t make a difference between sleep and reality. I can’t sleep at night because of this problem, and I finally realized that I have to face it. How do you cope with vivid dreams?

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What are the emotional changes parkinsons can cause?

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Hi, my grandfather is in depression as he can’t stand not to be able to take care of himself. As his Parkinson’s disease progresses without chance for healing, he has become weak both physically and psychologically. How to help him?

by User avatar voltz2324

RLS and Sleep Apnea

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Hi, I am always so tired and fatigue, since I can’t get good night sleep. How shall I deal with RLS and sleep apnea which wake me up at night and cause my fatigue?

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My daughter Turretts?

Someone please reply. My daughter just turned five years old and has been twitching her eye for more than a year. It's like she's trying to cover her eye with her cheek. She only does it with her left eye but does it quite often. It seems like she does it mostly when she's concentrating on...

by User avatar daddy11011

Sciatic nerve damage

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I suffer sharp, very disturbing pain in my low back and it runs down through my left leg and sometimes through both of my legs. Sometimes it is less intensive and sometimes more, but I’m never free of it. I can always feel uncomfortableness in my low back area. Can it be that my sciatica nerve is...

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facial nerve pain

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Hi! What causes faciel nerve pain? I am 55 years old woman. About a month I feel pain which comes and goes, feels like bursts of sharp, stabbing, electric-shocks. This pain last a few seconds. Tell me something about treatment.

by User avatar current1472

Depression & Epilepsy

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It seems that one of my friends who suffer from epilepsy is severely depressed and because of that he has seizures more often and intensive. What is the link between epilepsy and depression?

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Nocturnal Seizures

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I’ve been experiencing nocturnal seizures, so since seizures during sleep do not endanger other persons is it correct to conclude that for a patient who has seizures only nocturnal seizures no medications are needed?

by User avatar Guest

What causes a headache other than infection?

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Hi, I suffer from headache whenever I get stressed. If I don’t do anything else and keep worrying, it becomes more severe. But, lately I have headache every day. What causes headache apart from infection?

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