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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).

Can people that suffer from Angelman syndrome use sign language?

I have heard that absence of speech is often something that happens in Angelman syndrome patients. So how do they deal with this issue? Is it possible for people that suffer from Angelman syndrome to use sign language, and is this something that commonly happens? Just something I have been thinking...

by User avatar drud502200698

Brain squeeze I really need some help

Hi Dear i just want to take some help from your great experience and knowledge. me has feeling different problems in my body. suddenly pain in brain, weekness in whole body, pain in whole body specially in knees joint when i stand up after sitting in a style in which whole body weight impact on...

by User avatar Tausif Haider

chronic encephalopathy

i born this disease, i am age 43 year old. my question is what is my sympton? my medical record does not say that much. i know that i have speech problem is part my brain damage. now i got thyroid problem, high cholestrol problem. i am try to find out more about my disease? if anything i should...

by User avatar Guest

spinal cord syndrome

I have a herniated disk at C4-5 with cord compression and one day was unable to move my lower legs; another day both arms were numbs. My MD says I do not have "long tract findins to warrant surgery," ie: fusion...anyone know what he is talking about...

by User avatar Guest

Constant headaches and sometimes dizziness! I am 29

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I have been having constant headaches for about two years now. It always seems to be one side of the head, either left or right, and it seems to constantly hurt and pulsate around the temple region, my vision is also effected by my symptoms. I sometimes vomit as well, however after the vomiting I...

by User avatar Dave from Scotland

werid feeling in the head.. more info inside

today i was siting in math class doing this test and all of a sudden i had this strange feeling in my head.. i never felt it before.. it was kinda like someone pushed me from behind.. or like i was just about to pass out or something..i even tilted my head to one side.. but after it i couldent...

by User avatar Guest

Talking in my sleep and calling out someone elses name

How can I stop talking in my sleep when I subconciously call out someone elses name unknowingly or unaware of doing so? I called out someone elses name when my husband was stroking my hair last night and I was unaware of it until this morning. I am open for suggestions it you or anyone else has any

by User avatar SCfan01

struggling with Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, need advice!!

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I have been having symptoms since I was 16 and am now 28, I have seen many different specialists and had many different tests, have never seen a neurologist though. I have what I call attacks every 2-6 months, currently for example I have a painful spasm in my right leg, and spontaneous tapping of...

by User avatar gemski3899162355

Sleep Therapy Helps Restore Brain Function in Insomniacs

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Insomnia, a term used to describe an inability to sleep or remain asleep throughout the night, was found to compromise those brain functions that are affecting verbal fluency but not speaking ability. By using the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning, researchers have seen that...

by User avatar helene3479

Can ataxia telangiectasia develop later in life, post-pubescent?

I know for a fact that ataxia telangiectasia normally develops in children, and that is why I have come here to ask whether it is at all possible for the condition to come along later in life, post puberty? I have a creeping suspicion about someone I know, and that is why I am asking this question...

by User avatar fletch1458181578