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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).

specifics of sleep?

Well I was hoping someone could give me a detailed description of the area of the brain that controls sleep, I have a great grasp on cause and effect so its more to hopfully answer a question I'd love nothing more then to know the answer to. I've been having problems sleeping for years, its totally...

by User avatar grench

Excruciating headaches for the past 7 months in the back of my head!!!

Im a 15 year old girl and in a wheelchair. Out of no where in late February of 2010 I started experiencing headaches in the back of my head. I ignored them at first but I realized they kept coming back for a couple weeks straight, and they would last for about 30 minutes to 3 hours. By April it was...

by User avatar Irishwheels13163493

astrocytomas glioma removal

My brother had an astrocytomas glioma removed from his right side of his brain. The doctors are suggesting radiation. The operation left him with no feeling in left arm and leg, also vision problems. The tumor was both matter and fluid and had many vessels attached to it. The doctor says some was...

by User avatar brengale

facial exercises for bell's palsy

My sister has been diagnosed with bell's palsy and she is so afraid now. She is 23 years old and she cannot bear the fat that half of her face is as dead. Even though doctor said that this should pass in time, she would like to speed up the process. Are there facial exercises for bell's palsy?

by User avatar Guest

Problem caused by Intercostal Injections

need help with overacting Nervous System. Problem caused by Intercostal Injections. I found out that I am not a candidate for a Spine Stimulator because of the overstimulation. I have lots of problems with feeling like my ribs are squeezing and then severe pain to the center of my chest. My heart...

by User avatar Sierragal182347

Tingling in my head and shooting pains in my right rib cage

Answered by a doctor

Hi can anyone help me im getting tingling in my right side of the head ( doc told me to keep an eye on it ) and i get shooting pain in my right side rib cage tht goes up to where my heart is and my right ribs digs in and it kinda looks like iv been doing sit ups on the one side i dont get the two...

by User avatar Ryan

This stuff does sick

I'm 20 year old male I've been having these thing seen i was about 13 years old the doctors told me I would grow out of it . 2 years went by and nothing so I thought I was good stopped using my meds and all of a sudden 26 days ago and 3 days ago from two I had one in my sleep . My tongue is so bit...

by User avatar Cammedwid

What is polyomyoclonus in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia?

I am sorry if I am a pain with all my questions, but my boyfriend and I have just been for genetic screening and it turns out he has a heightened chance for autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia - something that I never even heard of before. Now, all of sudden, we are confronted with...

by User avatar milka427202002

Neuro & muscle problems

I'm a 39 year old white male. I was having sensation on the left top of my head that worsened to sharp pains if I was stressed. I went to see a neurologist, and he ordered a brain MRI…I've had various other symptoms during this past 6 months like: facial numbness on left side that comes and goes,...

by User avatar Guest

daily headaches

Answered by a doctor

for about the past two years i have experienced pretty bad headaches. i get them nearly every day and always right behind my right eye. because of family history, my doctor sent me to have a ct scan done. it came back and there was something so i had to get an mri. the mri showed a "venous angioma"...

by User avatar Guest