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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).

New Epilepsy Drug Helps Reduce Seizure Frequency

Retigabine is a new epilepsy drug that works by opening potassium channel, a new method of action that has been found to be safe and effective. It is developed for people with partial-onset seizures who did not manage to fully control their seizures with other drugs. The drug study involved 399...

by User avatar Markos

Random dizziness n black vision

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When I stand up My vision will go pitch black this morning it lasted longer then usual i've told my mother she says im just dizzy but i don't think so.Have very bad pain in my arms n back.I have also been feeling very sick lately and passed out in the car this after noon when my vision went...

by User avatar Cariea122196606

is bells palsy contagious?

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I need to know – is bells palsy contagious? I woke up seven days ago with inability to move muscles on left side of my face and I was terrified. I though that it was the end of everything for me, but doctor cleared up things a little. Now I know that this should pass in couple of weeks or so,...

by User avatar riki37531

Why the everyday headaches and body aches?

Everyday and every night I go to sleep and wake up with this same headache and body ache and before I got to the doctor I need answers.

by User avatar MaRanda

giallian berre remedies

what type of therapy should be used for giallian berre in order to recover. i was diagnosed with it june 2006. i was in a wheelchair for about one year. have started going to the gym to work on muscle strength . i am now able to use a walkerdue to my strength coming back. does take a long time to...

by User avatar bcasco128855

Baclofen Pump test - no benefit

I have a rare neurologic disorder in which spasticity is the major symptom. It has progressed to the point of requiring me to use a power chair. My neurologist strongly recommended having a Baclofen Pump implanted. But after all the hype and months of waiting, the lumbar puncture test to assess my...

by User avatar joelee64429

Heavy head feeling

The atmosphere is quite cold here, and for couple of days whenever I get up I get a heavy head feeling dont know why. I had a good sleep. I have no problem, but then why this feeling? Anyone who is suffering just like me.

by User avatar Guest

Seizures 3 seconds long, 20 times a day

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My mom has been very active until a month ago. She is 79, does not drink or smoke and has never complained about anything in her life. A month ago she started having seizures ( 3 seconds long ) and tingling in her hands as well as contraction of her fingers. It got worse, until she went into...

by User avatar lgrico

devics syndrome

Hi everybody. I’m a 34 year old female. Several months ago I started having some neuro problems and was sent to a neurologist. I had a MRI and now my neurologist is talking about Devics syndrome. Also, he was more than interested in hearing that I was in the ICU few years ago with Varicella...

by User avatar Guest

I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation

I am 27 and last year I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation. I have 7 mm herniation and a lot of symptoms. I am having a lot of problems lately. Stupidness, vision problems, ringing in my ear, weakness on the right side of my body. But the most distrubing thing is that atleast once a week I find...

by User avatar jessijune