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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).

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Hi. Recently I have started to take care of my relative. He`s an epileptic. It was all fine until I saw him having a seizure. I have never seen that before. It was awful. I felt so helpless and it looked like he is going to die. I was instructed what to do in such cases, to put something soft under...

by User avatar Guest

pulsating pain in rear of head, not sure if its nerve? or an

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this pain does not happen alot, being that i am a weightlifter and my blood pressure can be high during workouts, i do not experience this pain. which leads me to believe it s a nerve. but when it feels like the blood rushes to my head sometimes, the right rear of my skull ,(inside it) seems to have...

by User avatar jcr86479

Migrains

Hi, I have been diagnosed with migrains recently, my doctor prescribed me Midrin to help my headaches. I'm happy to say that it did the trick, headaches aren’t as strong as they used to be and generally speaking I'm feeling better. I was wondering what’s the difference between a “normal”...

by User avatar Guest

Turrets? OCD?

I'm 18 right now and for about 3 years I've almost felt the need to twitch. Forearm, shoulders, back of legs (and 90% of the time it's just the right side of my body) or facial twitches and I have no idea why. At first I thought it was turrets but it would come and go and I could almost control it...

by User avatar Rman31224

Temporary sudden central visual field loss

Last month I lost my central visual field for about 5 minutes.  Nothing at all in the middle (completely white) and though there was text round the outside I can't remember if this was clear or not.  Waiting for results of brain scan.  What could this be? Thanks

by User avatar patricksmate190093

TINGLY TOES, HANDS, LIGHT-HEADEDNESS...

i AM WONDERING ABOUT MY 45 YOMOM AND SHE HAS HAD A PREVIOUS HEART ATTACK AND SEEMS TO HAVE A TINGLY FEELING IN FINGERS/TOES? sHE WENT TO A HEART DOC AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG THERE. sOMEONE MENTIONED BACK ON THESE FORUMS POTASSIUM, BUTWE ARE TAKING A TRIP TOMORROR AND NEED...

by User avatar amen

could seizures be linked to SLE?

I have been experiencing these tiredness attacks for several months now. It is followed with muscle pains and some strange rash on face. It happened twice now but it subdued fast, so I did not go a doctor. Perhaps I should? I wonder, could seizures be linked to SLE? I heard of this illness from my...

by User avatar garik36234

dizziness fainting numbness tingling in feet hard to raise arms

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I tried posting this once before on the neurological board but it posted in cardio instead?  Is there an automated thing here that moves posts to where it thinks it should be?  I'll delete the cardio one if this one sticks.  Because I'm 99% sure it's a neurological problem. Symptoms: Numbness,...

by User avatar KatieB123295325

Waking up at the same time

Hi! Ive recently been having problems with waking up in the mid morning. It started this summer after school let out. I began to wake up at some time between 2-5am. At one point i slept through 2 nights, but then it continued. Now I wake up around three every morning. I turn my tv on and fall back...

by User avatar Guest

I got hurt when my boyfriend seized

2 weeks ago my boyfriend had a really violent grand mal seizure. We were hugging at the time his body started to convulse. I ended up pinned underneath him on the floor. I got hurt. My son witnessed it. I went to the hospital the next day to find out I had a broken cheekbone. The hospital called the...

by User avatar Guest