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).

small episodes of tunnel vision, tingling in arms and legs, and feeling faint

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I often have small episodes, lasting 30-45 seconds, of tunnel vision, tingling in arms and legs, cold sensation sweeping my body, and feeling faint. I sit down and slowly lower my head between my legs for about 30 seconds then slowly sit back up and it's usually gone except the cold sensation sticks...

by PenelopePickle over a year ago

Dizziness/ pressure in the head and ears and feeling gassy

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I have been experiencing the above symptoms and near fainting for a week now, my ears feel like they need to pop, and for a time it feels like I'm under water and sound quality reduces. This occurs quite unexpectedly and has me worried, also have a feeling of vertigo. I am otherwise a healthy 39...

by Guest over a year ago

low grade fever and extremely high tiredness, all scans show no evidence of any disease

Like the others here, my wife have this mystery fever. It's been about 3 months since she is suffering from fever of 99.7 deg C which is lasting for 2 to 3 hrs in exactly 5 pm in the evening everyday, sometimes headache-twice . Not very much appetite or thirst , no loss of weight. Every day atwo...

by gtrglobal349594 over a year ago

Really bad headaches with a lot of pressure on my eyes, and my nose bleeds

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I'm 29 male and ive been getting really bad headaches with a lot of pressure and my eyes cant barley open from the pressure and if my nose bleeds it bleeds bad like it pures out from my nose for like15 mins and when it finishes the pressure in my head and eyes is all gone . and ive have my blood...

by Nad over a year ago

head pains which are not migraines, and I have been really dizzy lately

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so i been having these head pains for about a month now, it's almost like a migraine but it really is not. today i could not move my head down toward my chest, when i did so the front of my head hurt in a weird way, it was like a pulling sanction. it started at the top of my forehead and went down...

by Jumpyterror2349401 over a year ago

My head feels warm and hot, I can't stand the light, almost everything worsens my headaches

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I've had this for 2 years, my head feels warm or hot , everyday. There is pressure and heat over my heard top, the heart goes down to eyes, ears and stop at the nose. On the left my head is feeling more heart all over left side eye and ears. And my eyes just can't stand light ...What...

by Eric over a year ago

Bad headache and severe chills, doctor said it is just an anxiety, but I think it's some virus

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I came home 3 weeks ago with a bad headache and an hour later I had severe chills. No fever I believe. A week later I went to the doctor and for a blood test where everything came back normal, except for potassium a little . I have had diarrhea, shivers, peeing a lot, muscle twitches, I was up all...

by Wingnut349339 over a year ago

infrequent shooting pain down the right side of my head and right side of arm

For a few years, I have been experiencing very infrequent shooting pain down the right side of my head. and right side arm Sometimes it happens 2 or 3 times a week and then I might not feel it again for a few weeks or months. It can happen at any time of the day. The pain only lasts for a second or...

by karaibabu 349288 over a year ago

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, my organ systems react to low level exposures to toxic chemicals

I have had a very bad day with lower abdomen pain and gas so I googled these symptoms and read how so many believe this problem is attributed to simply going from warm to cold air. Not a single person mentioned MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity) which I have had for about 14 years. MCS means that...

by Guest over a year ago

Alot of numbness in my right arm from my shoulder to my finger tips.

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Hello besides the subject above, this numbness has been occurring for about an hour or so before bed and lasts for about two-three hours after I'm up and around working or just doing stuff aroun for about close to a year. What can I do about this I went to my Dr's about 10 months ago...

by Guest over a year ago