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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).

4 yr old shaking episodes

Hi I have a 4 year old son, for the past year he has these shaking episodes. He can feel them start. He will scream and start crying, "Momma Momma I'm shaking I'm scared." I will pick him up and hold him tightly and tell him to take deep breaths, He is alert the whole time and has to lay down...

by User avatar Guest

Sharp Head Pain

Answered by a doctor

Ok, this all started the end of Sept. 2012. I started feeling pressure in my head and a headache that just would not stop. I had a panic attack and freaked out and went to the ER. I was given a CT scan, EKG and had blood work done and all came back fine! They sent me home and the symptoms persisted....

by User avatar MrsMeek

inflammatory polyneuropathy

Hello there, I am a guy who wants to know more about inflammatory polyneuropathy. Better yet, tell me everything you know of chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy. I just want to thank you for everything you share with me. Sorry to waste your valuable time. Everything you write will do the trick...

by User avatar Guest

Brain implant makes mute man speak

Researchers from the Boston University in Massachusetts worked with a patient who has locked-in syndrome, a condition in which patients are almost completely paralysed — often able to move only their eyelids — but still fully conscious. They enabled him to speak by using a speech synthesizer to...

by User avatar simone2593

grey matter desease

My husban was diagnosed with schizophrenia one year ago. Lately, I have been searching for information about this disease. I came across grey matter of the brain. I would like if someone could tell me more about it and what kind of connection does it have with schizophrenia?

by User avatar Guest

consulted an osteopathe....

I am consulting an osteopathe who is my God.  He has helped me with my shacking after 5 yrs of this constant disorder. After seeing him 8 times, I have stopped shacking.   Now, he is working on my neck because I have a very bad neck and the back of my head. I have...

by User avatar carol

What tests are used to diagnose parkinson's disease

Because of my finger tremor and changes in handwriting my general practitioner thought that I need further testing. She said that I might have Parkinson's disease. I am 72 years old. What tests are used to diagnose Parkinson's disease? Please, if you know, tell me because I am very afraid of the...

by User avatar millicent37557

Headaches everyday for two months

hello, i posted this in the ENT section as well, but thought since I have such constant headaches I would post here as well. any help is greatly appreciated.. so i first started noticing headaches around my eyes late last year. they came and went. it should also be noted that around november i...

by User avatar a1234567108626

Started w/sciatica, would only stay 1-3 days; one day it NEVER left, 3 yrs later I'm despondent.

I have had MRI's (2, last being 9/09), multitudinous lumbar/hip x-rays. Technical readers (doctors) found weaknesses in L4-L5, flue leakage from these compressed discs, a hermangioma at L2 (supposedly NOT serious), an uncovered spinal bifida defect at S1 (very clear to see), and a curved and fully...

by User avatar mkstern

What illness is causing these symptoms?

For a long while now, I have been having trouble with balance, difficulty swallowing, I lose track of conversations and can't remember what I started talking about in the first place. My leg muscles twitch but not every day. I have bipolar disorder with a history of self-harm. I won't go into...

by User avatar lonelyheroine123670