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).

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Sudden dizziness, weakness and cold sweat

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Last night I was sitting at a friends house while she did my hair and as her and I were talking I began to feel queasy and then I felt the urge to throw up and suddenly I was burning up, breaking out in a cold sweat. I began pulling off my jacket b/c I was getting so hot and the nauseous feeling...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Sick Random Dream-like Feeling

My boss actually told me to go home and research what I've been feeling. I have no idea what this is. I am 24 years old and it started about three years ago. I'll describe it the best I can: I don't have to think about it for it to happen, but sometimes me thinking about it will cause it to happen....

by Becca over a year ago

over a year ago by Becca

right thumb numbness

i have had this numbness in my right thumb for three days now what could cause this ?

by june over a year ago

over a year ago by Nikols169605

Dizziness and Lightheadedness

Answered by a doctor

Hello. I'm a 20 year old girl. I've been having dizzy spells for a while now. They started last year, around September. I haven't been to the doctor because the spells come and go but there's no specific situation where I start feeling dizzy or lightheaded. I don't have eye sight issues because I...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Huntingtons Deasese? Any infomation please

Hey, My Mum has a mental, ummm Deasese/Disorder called Huntingtons Deasese. I already know about how i have the chance of getting it or becoming a carrier (i pray they will be a cure by time it's time to find if i have it), But, Could anybody explain to me actully what it does, Ive looked on stuff...

by CSlipJ9698 over a year ago

over a year ago by CSlipJ9698

About my Epilepsy

I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was probably around 6 or 7. I didnt really know what it was untill I was around 10 maybe. Usually as a child (from what my mother told me) I would get queasy and zone out for a bit, but not much more. I have absence seizures... I think. Apparently I could be...

by chibi118320 over a year ago

over a year ago by chibi118320

I just started to get a stomach ache, then I got dizzy, felt like I was going to throw up

Answered by a doctor

I'm only 12 years old and when I was in school I had to sing not by myself, but in a big group I wasn't nervous, I just started to get a stomach ache, then I got dizzy, felt like I was going to throw up, then I started sweating and shaking.

by AutumnJavoroski over a year ago

over a year ago by Nikols169605

Does my partner have an undeveloped prefrontal cortex ?

My partner has difficulty controlling her anger. She just reacts without thinking. Instantly looks for someone or something to blame and yell at when things go wrong. I mean it can take the most smallest of things to set her off. Everything little situation or comments people might make is always...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by sally

how to keep excesively dry eyes moist in bells palsy?

My husband has been diagnosed with bell's palsy a week ago. It took only 2 days to develop fully and now we are waiting for his physical therapy to start. I have a question regarding his condition – how to keep excesively dry eyes moist in bells palsy? Will that have any effect later, when the...

by pearle38506 over a year ago

over a year ago by stanr888