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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).

life expectancy for someone with huntington's disease

Hi, guys. My brother started experiencing some movement problems. It is a neurological disorder and a doctor called it huntington’s disease. I must admit that I have never heard about this disorder before. I would appreciate if someone could give me more info. What is the life expectancy for...

by User avatar shannon_154777154777

My little brother

My little brother is about 11 and was just diagnosed with Tourettes. He is starting to take some meds to help him control his ticks and tempers, but my older sister doesn't know and she yells at him all the time. When she does this i see that he starts to tic his head really bad and can't really...

by User avatar Jemi

differernt tipes of skin and allodynia

Hi, I would like some answers regarding allodynia and its effect on the different types of skin. I have a friend who suffers from this condition and he claims that he feels it differently on the different parts of the skin. I have to admit that I had a problem comprehending the condition itself,...

by User avatar bartel177076534

Head aches. Throbbing and stabbing pain in the sides of my head.

Answered by a doctor

I'm 15 years old and I've been experiencing head aches for nearly a year now, I haven't told anyone about it as they were ignorable at the start, they only used to happen at least 1-2 times a week but I knew they were regular, I've found as the days pass by they seem to be getting progressively...

by User avatar Guest

I am scare one day while I am driving feel dizy and causes big acident

I have been feeling dizyness all most a month. Sometimes my bed it looks it moving around so badly. Other time I can't walk untill it is gone. I don't know what it is cousing me to feel that way. I am scare one day while I am driving feel dizy and causes big acident. What can I do? Need advice.

by User avatar Hello,

surgery recovery times for brain surgey

I had meningioma at c2-c3 level which got operated 4 months back. During post operative period I was on ventilator for 39 days. I had problem like extreme pain in shoulder and hands, hallucination, couldn't sleep in flat position, sleeping disorder, breathing pattern change, no bowel and bladder...

by User avatar sachinjraj289740

The costs of good night sleep

It should come naturally but the modern living forces us to pay billions of dollars to get a good night sleep. Sleep today is being compared to sex, something that we all need and want, have to have but have trouble getting it. What is worse, more and more are paying to get it. The “sleeping”...

by User avatar Lori2592

Nagleria fowleri

I have read that Naegleria fowleri is a ubiquitous free-living ameba. I found out that is the etiologic agent of primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Although I know Naegleria fowleri rarely causes disease, I would like to hear more about this creature. Can you tell me all you think I might find...

by User avatar Guest

Blood in my Head flowing when I stand up

Answered by a doctor

Hello, I'm 13 turning 14 the next four days. The Problem is everytime I stand up I feel blood flowing through my head not sure if going up or going down (I sit very straight). Sometimes there are kinda mild but sometimes kinda severe like when I stand up, my eyes nearly blank out like I can only see...

by User avatar Guest

Peripheral Neuropathy progression

I am so afraid for my husband. He is 61 years old and it seems that he is suffering from peripheral neuropathy. First he just said that he has this weird feeling in his legs, especially feet. That was almost a month ago. Ten days later he started complaining of burning sensation in the same place so...

by User avatar augustina36885