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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).

psychogenic seisures

Hello, doctors have discovered that my sister doesn’t suffer from epilepsy anymore but from psychogenic seizures or nonepileptic as they referred to them. Is there anybody who can explain the difference to me?

by User avatar siefert2493

grey matter desease brain

Few days ago I saw something about schizophrenia on TV. They were talking about gray matter of the brain. I realize that there is white and gray matter in the brain. Since I don’t know a lot about this, I would appreciate any information. Is gray matter somehow connected with schizophrenia?

by User avatar Guest

Is Lorenzo?s oil effective for adenoleucodystrophy?

I just read on someone's blog that Lorenzo's oil could do a great deal for adenoleucodystrophy patients, helping their health to improve. Sadly, I couldn't find any reliable research on the subject and I was wondering whether anyone here has any views on this. If you have a personal success story, I...

by User avatar matthiew856200802

Pituitary Adenoma

Hi, I would like to learn more about pituitary adenoma, because my grandmother was diagnosed with this uncommon disease. What is actually the role of pituitary gland?

by User avatar hayman140

swelling hands and arm falling asleep

My hands are constantly swollen but my feet are not, and sometimes at night I will wake up with my right arm having that fallen asleep feeling. The temp. here right now is about 105 but we have air conditioning and I am drinking plenty of fluids. the arm thing happens often no matter what the temp....

by User avatar Guest

CTA vs MRA help please

Hi, my mother is 67 years old and he experienced strong headaches several days ago. Also she felt dizziness and vertigo and I decided to take her to the hospital. After few exams doctor told her that it would be the best to make CTA and visit her regular doctor with that results. When she visited...

by User avatar alta47976

Head Feeling Extremely Weird

Hi, I am very concerned because I often have a weird feeling in my head. It is not a migraine because the headache is not that strong, but it hurts a little bit anyway. I feel like I’m going to pass out, and it’s getting dark in front of my eyes. Sometimes I even see many red spots in my head....

by User avatar Guest

brain tumor?

i got severe vertigo, echo in ears or ringing, nervousness, heaviness in the head, fatigue, and  the vertigo is like my head goes back n forth n room spinning.. all this in evening hours but these days im havin them in the day too... im afraid i got a tumor :(

by User avatar katie

Foggy and light headed, random aches and paines, headaches and migranes, helpless and scared

For the past three months I have not been feeling well, my head goes foggy and heavy, I get random dumbness in my arms and legs, I have been getting migranes with which I have never had before. I stress myself out about it to the point that I start getting panic attacks. Everyone tells me its...

by User avatar Anxiety

Elevated Dilantin Levels

I’ve been experiencing elevated dilantin level without known cause. There had been no changes in my lifestyle and no apparent reason for the increase. My dilantin elevated to 50 which led to seizure activity. Only think I can remember that may be possible trigger are antibiotics that I’ve...

by User avatar patenaude1794