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 numbness in arms and shoulders arms feel very heavy

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I get a very sudden numbness and heavyness in my arms and shoulders. stops me in my tracks. can not do any thing until it goes away. It last about a minuet happens about once a weeknd .

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

viral meningitis

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Hello! I need some urgent info regarding the viral meningitis. My kid felt pretty badly and I thought he has flu or something like that and it was only for high fever and serious headache that I decided to take him to see a doc but back there in the hospital he was diagnosed with viral meningitis. I...

by bird31779 over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Trying to sleep and hearing loud noises in my head

This is happening right now, I tried googling it but I couldn't find anything explaining it. Im laying in bed trying to sleep, I already have a hard time sleeping. When I open my eyes things slowly over 5-10 mins start to appear further away. I then start to hear loud noises in my head like...

by K00zyk 355540 over a year ago

over a year ago by elaine_iain@paradise.net.

numbness of the left arm with continuous burping

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Recently I noticed I am not feeling well. I feel numbness of my left arm and I burp constantly. I don’t know if those things are connected. I hope they aren’t. Sometimes I even feel pain in my arm. Do I have to exam myself? What is a treatment for numbness?

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by tritown17470

Trouble Sleeping and Numbness When I Wake Up!!!

I'm trying to find out about a condition that I have right now that is truly ruining my life. Every night when I go to sleep, I fell asleep but only lightly. Then, no long after I wake up, feeling strange and feeling my body being numb, specially the face and the feet...It started about 4 years ago...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by CasNel275180

How contagious is infectious encephalitis ?

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Please, can you help me. I need some information about encephalitis. Last week my son was playing with one boy who now has encephalitis. I know that it is a viral infection of brain but I don’t know how contagious is infectious encephalitis? Does anybody know something about this?

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by chandlerb

head pressure with ear ringing

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hi, one of the writers responded with a question about whether head pressure was accompanied by ear ringing. I have this circumstance for only a week but with sensitive hearing and being accustomed to quiet, my ability to stay asleep is impacted. The ringing seems to be between 12 and 13 Khz...

by DSW21766 over a year ago

over a year ago by Gabby

Comments and reviews on article "Leprosy: The nerve infection"

Users comments and reviews on article Leprosy: The nerve infection by SirGan

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Researchers Developed Vaccine Against Meningitis

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Meningococcal disease is greatest cause of meningitis and researchers are on their way of finding vaccine that can protect newborns form this disease. It was established that babies under 1 year are particularly at risk of developing meningococcal disease and they are not protected by vaccine that...

by Natalia3856 over a year ago

over a year ago by Natalia3856