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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).

heavy head??

i have this heavy head feeling which ends up in a really bad headache in the middle of my head.

by User avatar maria

Peripheral Neuropathy Surgery

I must admit that I am a little scared. I am experiencing troubles with my peripheral nerves. I have peripheral neuropathy. The doctors say that I will have to face the surgery. So, I would like to know something more about the peripheral neuropathy surgery. Please, I would be grateful for any...

by User avatar rockey40960

Seemingly permanent effects of Bell's Palsy?

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I had Bell's Palsy in May of 2008, but the major effects were gone within about two weeks. From then, I got almost back to normal (never completely) little by little. But then a couple of months later, my eye started getting worse again. It has now been over a year and the right side of my mouth...

by User avatar Guest

Constant Headache

Answered by a doctor

I have been having constant headaches for a while now. I have been to see a neurologist who did some tests and an MR scan. The scan showed a pineal cyst at 8-9mm. the doctor says that this is not the cause of my headaches. She seems to think it is migrane and perscribed anti depressants and beta...

by User avatar angiesco52332

Complex Partial Lobe Seizures

My husband has been having spells that begin with a warning. He usually sits down. Sometimes during this time he is looking at me but when I call his name he doesn’t answer, he just stares and makes odd mouth movements. And when it is all over, he asks a lot of questions and he is tired and goes...

by User avatar mcnaught1488

Progressive supernuclear palisy?

Hi, has anyone heard of supernuclear palisy before. What is this condition like? How is it expressed and treated?

by User avatar joella958

Feel really dizzy like i'm going to pass out.

Answered by a doctor

Hi I'm a 15 year old girl and i started to feel really dizzy and sick. I start to wobble and I feel like i'm going to faint. I have started my period and i on 2 a month, so it could be connected to that. I also get really tired and have really bad mood swings. Please help me, i'm starting to panic a...

by User avatar Guest

Pituitary Tumor and ALLI

So I was diagnosed with a Pituitary Macroadenoma in July of 2007 and have been taking Bromocriptine ever since. I take it once a day at bedtime like prescribed. However, I am overweight and I am thinking about taking ALLI, the new FDA approved weight loss pill. I was wondering if it would be okay...

by User avatar Kathleen137161260

are there other huntington's risk factors besides genetics?

I would like to know - are there other huntington’s risk factors besides genetics? My sister’s friend has been diagnosed with this illness (32 years old), but, apparently, no one in her family had this condition. So, how did she get it? Maybe some other, underlying condition that caused...

by User avatar heriberto35522

on a scale 1-10, my headaches are 10s.

I am 17 years old and i have been getting HORRIBLE headaches everyday for about 2 years now. There's no knowing at what time they will come or where on my head they will be either. The spots where I get my headaches can be anywhere; my forehead, my temples, the bottom of the back of my head into my...

by User avatar CLeitem149565