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).

is early meningitis a cause of epilepsy in adulthood?

I had meningitis when I was 18yrs old and now I'm 48yrs.i collapsed on the street recently without any warning and I ended up in the hospital for 7 days. The doctors have diagnosed me as epileptic linking the meningitis with epilepsy.i'm on a medication now. what should I do?,should I seek for a...

by Guest over a year ago

Weird warm feeling in the base of my neck every now and then. It usually happens when I'm excited

I was wondering I get a really weird warm feeling every now and then. It’s usually when I’m listening to something that’s strong and has a lot of meaning or when something special happens. It feels like really warm soothing bubbles are coming out of the base of my neck to my head and it make...

by Guest over a year ago

I lost all of my will, I have decreased appetite, always tired and losing weight

reduced eating, tired feeling, don't feel like doing anything, just want to stay in bed, weight loss, can't sleep at night, head hurts all the time, feels like my thoughts won't turn off, feelings all over place. Please HELP!!

by Guest over a year ago

strokes and pregnancy.

Answered by a doctor

hi im 29 and have 3 children oldest 10 youngest 5 i was thinking of having another baby as i am not getting any younge. i had a mini stroke when i was pregnant with my son at 37 weeks 8 years ago and another with my youngest at 20 weeks and that was 5 years ago. i am worried it will happen again and...

by poppy over a year ago

Cervical Cat Scan/

Answered by a doctor

I have had 2 cervical fusions done, last one was almost 2 years ago. Just had a CAt Scan done last week to see what's going on....anyone know what this means..... The patient is status post anterior cervical fusion extending from C4-C7 with a plate and screws into these respective vertebral...

by Guest over a year ago

My daughter will faint when exposed to sunlight.

My daughter faints every time she stresses herself too much in studying and even in too much exposure to sunlight. It will take her hours before she wakes up. I was thinking she has a bad heart condition or something so I have her checked by a physician one time. However, the doctor told us that...

by subscribed context over a year ago

my daughter is dead because of an agent orange. she got it from my wife. I transferred it to her

my daughter is dead because ofagentorange killed her white blood cells could not produce any an she was born spinel biffia hole in spine so she got it from her mom from me because of sex any other vets wifes pass on defects of agent orange from sex an know have cancer to battle please respond email...

by Guest over a year ago

Getting a tattoo and started feeling light headed and my vision got blurred

I was getting a tattoo and I remember asking the guy doing my tattoo “is it normal for me to feel light headed” I don’t remember if he answered, but then the music of the store was becoming more and more quiet and my vision as well was almost like curtains were covering my eyes and boom...

by Guest over a year ago

Has Anyone Else Had These Symptoms?

For the last few weeks, I've been feeling these really strange sensations in my head. It feels like my head is full of haze and /or fluid, that moves around inside my head , but is always there. It feels like this constant heaviness and tightness in my head. It's an absolutely horrible feeling, and...

by shocking match over a year ago

Fatigue and breathlessness are killing me. I need to take naps during the day or falling asleep

Hi my name is Suzanna and I am 21 years oldold. For the past 3 months I've been feeling extremely tired and drowsy every day despite sleeping for up to 8 hours a night or more. During the last few weeks I've been having to take naps during the day or find myself falling asleep which is starting to...

by Guest over a year ago