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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).

Cant Sleep

Hi. I'm 18 year old female. I have really big problems with my sleep. I don’t know what could cause this. About a year ago I have lost my mother. She was diagnosed with cancer in his 39th year of life and this affected on my greatly. I had spent with her a month in hospital and I was sleeping...

by User avatar pifer1725

my son has septations in a brain cyst

My son has a ependymal cyst with septations and i was wondering if that could cause turets syndrome because he has started this weird blinking and he is scrunching up his face alot.also i do not know what it means to have septations in a brain cyst so if anyone could explain that to me that would be...

by User avatar Guest

hand cramps

Hi, I am 43 years old male and I am professional writer. I am spending most of my time with pencil in my hand or typing on my notebook. Few months ago I have started to experience cramps in my right hand. Sometimes it is just slight cramp but several times it was very strong cramp that I had to quit...

by User avatar Guest

Recovery time for a tumor removed from spinal cord

I had a tumor removed from my spinal cord in February 2013. It was about the size of a ping pong ball and located close to my brain stem. My surgery lasted about 2 hrs and I was in the hospital from Tuesday to Saturday. I had to go thru 6 weeks of physical therapy and returned to work in 8 weeks. My...

by User avatar Whitehouse87

Undiagnosed Health Problems

It all started in may 2009 when I had viral menegits. I was all downhill from there I had headches and widespread pain in arms and legs as well as lumps in neck and under collar bone my PCP sent me to ear,nose and throat who did a ct scan and determind the were enlarged lymph notes but nothing to...

by User avatar jennifnutta241813

twitching in my right thumb!

hi this is my first post and i am new to these boards. i am currwently experianceing tiwtching in my right thumb. i am very scared this could be parkisions. i am 12 years old and very conserned, also could this be distonia becasue it runs in my family. or maybe is this normal and im 2 young to get...

by User avatar roman95516806

side effects from having brain surgery

Answered by a doctor

my daughter was 10 when she was diagnossed with having a 2 cm penial cyst she had it removed. She is 14 years old now her attitude has changed shes been really rude to others not doin good in school very emotional all the time its like shes a diffrent kid she went from straight a 's to failing im...

by User avatar twallace

right hand cold- tingling / left leg tingling

Answered by a doctor

Hi..will try to make this simple. 1. felt a mass or lump in testicle along with enlarged "veins" or tube 2. have sporadic tingling/burning (mild but constant) in left leg 3. latest sympton sometimes "cold" right hand which seems to trmble slightly when i make a tight fist or...

by User avatar TWOIFBYSEA

Thoracic Nerve Pain Gone When Taking Amoxicillin

I have been suffering from thoracic pain for several years. Occasionally the pain gets so bad that I receive trigger point injections. There is something going on with nerves, which causes the pain to shoot around my right side rib cage. Now I have realised that when taking 500 mg of amoxicillin...

by User avatar Guest

PET scan shows brain stem/ spinal cord meningocele - treatment options?

Patient is a 26 year old white female. Up until April 2008, she was asymptomatic and in general good health. Symptoms include sudden, prolonged (since April 2008) muscle weakness and pain, headaches, low stamina. Walking short distance or sitting upright for short periods is exhausting....

by User avatar upstateNY85598