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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).

Cluster Migraines

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I am a 52 year old female who has had migraines my whole life, even as a child. As I have gotten older they appear in batches. During this episode, I have had about 8 or 9 migraines in the last couple of weeks. My doctor tells me that they have become "cluster migraines", but she...

by User avatar vlgemini

Am I A Insomniac?

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Hi! Everyone has some problem. I have problem in initiating a sleep. This bothers me a lot. I tried everything. I don’t take any drug. I heard something about insomnia. Please, tell me what insomnia is. Am I insomniac?

by User avatar Guest

bells palsy massage

Hi, I have problems and I need to consult with someone. I have Bell's palsy syndrome. My friend who is practicing massage has heard about that and offered me treatments. Trouble is he lives in another town. So, I want to know does massage really helps and should I bother him to come.

by User avatar aksel40940

prognosis for Alexander disease?

A friend's little girl (she is only four weeks old at the moment) has been diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder Alexander disease. I really feel bad for the couple, and I am wondering what the prognosis is for people suffering from Alexander disease? How old is the little girl going to be? I did...

by User avatar simone292143911

My thumb has been numb for too long

So my thumb has been numb now for two weeks and it all started after I had a pic-line in my arm and I'm pretty sure that us the cause. The doctor told me that the lining of the pic-line might have been leaning on a nerve. So I believed him at the time but then when they took it out of my arm it...

by User avatar matthew

Is this Anxiety? Or something else?

I am fourteen years old, and I think I am suffering from Anxiety. My symptoms: -I worry a lot. -I worry about what people think ALL THE TIME -I dont like socializing much because im scared of being shut down.. idk -I cant get to sleep as I worry heaps. -I get nervous a lot -I have little mini...

by User avatar Guest

problem with constant headake

I have a sister and we are both 18 years old. I have heard about so many cases where your people got some serious disease. That is why I became worried, about symptom that she keeps telling me. Lately, she complains all the time about constant headache. Can anyone tell me what could be the reason...

by User avatar Guest

Interaction between tourettes and spinal cord stimulator

I have been living with chronic pain for 6 years from discs which have now been fused. In additon, I had an accident that dislocated my shoulder and other pain from constant twitching most especially in my neck, shoulder, and wrists most predominantly. I actually twitch all over. My doctors have...

by User avatar Sabe

Headaches and Dizziness

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Im 14 years old. Im healthy and I'm very athletic. But recently I've had alot of headaches. A bruise showed up and I have hit anything at all. I sometimes get dizzy, and I'm also more tired than I have ever been. But its off season for all of my sports. Please tell me whats wrong. Im scared to tell...

by User avatar Guest

I've been having these neck ticks..does that mean I have Tou

For the past month and a half I've been having tics in my neck. Its been causing me great pain in my neck and shoulder blades.I stood in front of the mirror for ten minutes and watched myself do it.Everytime I go to bed, it happens uncontrollably and it has been keeping me up through the night for...

by User avatar Guest