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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).

Neurontin Or Brain Surgery??

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Hello, I am epileptic (was since 14, now 32) and have constant headaches for about 2 years. Being on lots of meds. Last thing doc gave me is neurotin (which is supposed to help) I think it doesn’t in my case. Doc also told me I am a candidate for brain surgery?! I ma very scared ... surgery on...

by User avatar cyndi639

Finger Twitch + Noise In Ear

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Hello! I would appreciate some advice, if possible. About month ago I felt a twitch in my right index finger. Since then it happens almost every day, and makes me go crazy! Besides that I noticed some noises in ear! I have no idea, what this could be and whether this is connected. But, please, help...

by User avatar kollmeyer2045

Dizzy help dizzy

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Hey people, I am 22 female, I live a normal active life, but recently something strange is happening to me¡K I feel dizziness. Not for a long time- for a few seconds and feels like I am going to fade, but do not and my picture starts blurring.. This really feels strange- sometimes happens when I...

by User avatar entz1452

Nighttime dying linked to sleep apnea from brain cell loss

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A new UCLA study suggests that some people die in their sleep because they stop breathing due to a cumulative loss of cells in the brain's breathing command-post. The scientists wanted to reveal what leads to central sleep apnea. They studied a role of the preBötC neurons in generating breathing...

by User avatar Mick

Bipolarism

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Hello, my mum says our neighbor was diagnosed with bipolarism. I know this is some kind of nervous disorder, but I am not sure what this is. Is it contagious?

by User avatar Guest

Thorasic nerve damage or something else?

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Hi. I'm 45 year old male and recently I have experienced one serious injury! During reconstruction of my house roof I slipped on some wet brick and fell down to the ground. I was unconscious for about five hours and I woke up in a hospital. I had several injuries. I broke both my legs, my right...

by User avatar Guest

More intervention for Migraine Sufferers

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Hundred Millions of people world wide suffer from headaches and migraines daily. Alone in USA there’s more then 10 millions migraine sufferers. This study comes from team of headache specialists led by Stephen D. Silberstein, director of the headache center at Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson...

by User avatar Guest

Migraines- cause and possible cure!

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Hi. As long as I can remember I had problems with these real strong headaches. I could never tell what is causing them but I only know that they occurred at least, once in a month. I have never went to a doctor because I thought they will pas by them self but I was wrong. With time, these headaches...

by User avatar carie574

Strokes more common in women than in men

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Last national statistics tell that strokes affect more women then man. Strokes affect women in significant numbers and are gaining more attention from physicians and researchers, who are studying gender differences in symptoms that could improve treatment. Overall, stroke is the country's third...

by User avatar zarah1399

natural cure insomnia

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I have not had a good night's sleep in months now! I get up at 7 to go to work and go to bed at a reasonable time with my partner every night. However, after a few hours of tossing and turning, I normally decide that I failed again, and I get up to read a book or watch tv. It's not until 3am or even...

by User avatar harper1395198732