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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).

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

My father has beenin the hospital for 4 weeks becasue of ADEM. He was a healthy active 72 year old. Feb. 15th he went to bed with a headache, fever and vomitting. He was admitted to the hospital on Feb21 and diagnosed with ADEM on Feb 29th. He is lethargic. no appetite, no strength. He is not...

by User avatar lcarter

Need more clarification about my dad Memory Loss

Hi All, My self Ram, My dad ,met an accident on  Aug 2012, We admitted to the Hospital, Doctor  decide to make head surgery to romove the blood from the brain, After Head Surgery , we found  dad is facing issue with memory loss,   Bzos , he is Keep on murmering the Past things, he is not able to...

by User avatar Memory Loss After Head Surgery

Tired, sore ankle, knee and wrist joints,feel low and depressed but not all time.

For few years now ive been feeling low ..some would say depressed, get very anxious every so often and had a sore knee for years. Recently my joints ache after small amounts of work and tired at silly times of the day. I have always got tired when driving for more than 30 mins and some days less. I...

by User avatar Live1

Do I have a brain tumor?

I've been having brain tumor symptoms for 3 years now. Im 18 years old. Do you think it would've been diagnosed already? I am the biggest hypochondriac but I have some weird symptoms. In 2009 I found out I had a lazy eye (doesn't move or anything) but I can only see 24% it was only diagnosed as I...

by User avatar Guest

average life expectancy for huntington's disease

I know that huntington's disease is an adult onset condition, and that most huntington's disease patients only know they have the condition when they are already in their late thirties, or even in their forties. I still wonder if huntington's disease affects a person's life expectancy? What can you...

by User avatar lorrie_154998154998

lost job 'cos of seizures

Hi. I am 28 years old. I have recently lost my job `cos of seizures. I have already applied for another job and I have an interview tomorrow. Should I declare my epilepsy?

by User avatar rebeka814

demyelinating polyneuropathy something

I would like you to explain me something. I have just returned with my grandmother from the hospital. She went there after several months of problems she has been experiencing. She is 74 years old and she started feeling some movement misbalance, as if she cannot control her limbs 100 percent. She...

by User avatar laughton32071

Dizziness ...feeling foggy...heavy headed

Answered by a doctor

I'm a 63 year old male...three months have passed since I had an attack of vertigo...since then have had two MRI and have seen three docs and been in the ER twice ... My dizziness and heavy headed feelings come and go but the foggy feeling and fatigue is nearly constant. Very frustrating!

by User avatar John

I've noticed recent intellectual changes in me

I am 34 years old and recently I have noticed intellectual changes in me. Some of those changes include lack of concentration and short-term memory. My uncle has Huntington's disease but my father does not. Is it possible that I can get that defected gene? Is this an early stage of Huntington's?

by User avatar cleve36580

hit my head

? now the dizzy is still there, seems like its worst ,on back of the head. before i was dizzy all over. now its only mainly when i look up and to my left, to wear im worried usally have to grab something its scary cause i bont know when its going to happen.DRIVING :-|

by User avatar crazeanimal@comcast.net