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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).

Shooting pains through the head

In 2007 I fell , in the pass year started to get shooting pains through my head starting at the base of my neck..I am left with a headache and feeling very weak.. this would happen maybe 2 times in a day Yesterday evening I got one , only this time they have continued without let up.. I am afraid...

by User avatar Darlyn_Dancer

Questions but no money to get an answer

I have partial temporal lobe epilespy. It has been controlloed on and off over the past seven years with several different medicines. I have tried working during this time and do have an AAS degree in earlychild education and a full time job. My doctor says that these medicines are only masking my...

by User avatar Cynthia

Can brain radiation affect growth and normal brain development?

Hello, people. My brother’s kid has a brain tumor. I think the doctors recommended brain radiation treatment. I would like to find out whether this kind of treatment affects growth and normal brain development. This would be very important info for me. I would really appreciate your advices....

by User avatar kendricks33489

why does this happen?

I am 15 years old, i always get sore heads. I am always tried and i just want to sleep. I will wake up in the morining with a sore head it may go away but then comes back twice as bad and then there is days when they dont go away. I take headach tablets but they never seem to work i have been to my...

by User avatar shannon

Researchers Believe That Stem Cells May Cause Brain Tumors

Researchers found that stem cells can be related to growth and spread of some tumors in people. New study is trying to find correlation between these stem cells and possible cure for malignant cancers in the brain. Researchers believe that stem cells can be reason why some patients respond good to...

by User avatar Laylah

tingling in feet to thighs in both legs on my right side of

Answered by a doctor

Im 21y/o, Im not heavy, my EMG was negative. Ive had this for over 9 months now and it went away for a short period of time once and then it came back and stayed. I didnt know if maybe it could be from being pregnant 3 yrs ago or my tendenitis and stretches do not help. Lately, if I just jog a few...

by User avatar Guest

strange symptom of anxiety or depression!!!

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hello ppl im 28 m from malta and i need some help and advise Ive got this strange symptom which is terryfing me sometimes not everytime when i go to bed and I will start going to sleep My heart starts beating faster i feel it pumping inside my chest I will become anxious and the strange thing...

by User avatar getfunky7973418

Pain in the crack of my buttocks

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I have been experiencing a sharp pain right in the top of my buttocks. Its a pain I have felt before but it is usually gone after a few days. I think I know what its from but Im not sure. When I was younger, I had a problem with wiping my ass after going to the bathroom. It slowly caused a couple...

by User avatar SumGuy

Repeated Chest Pain

Answered by a doctor

I have been having a serious of repeated chest pain for a little over a year now. The pain feels like 300 pounds just resting on my chest. I can't move, change positions, sleep or anything. Usually the pain would go away within a few minutes or so and they wasn't that severe. Now lately they are...

by User avatar Muffincake26960

Is it possible to have a swollen brain from birth?

I had a shunt installed in August 2010, I have since had 2 MRI scans which shows that I have a swollen brain. Because I am so well (go the gym 3 days aweek) the surgical team want to monitor me with an MRI scan every 3 months,they think that I may have always had a swollen brain and that I probably...

by User avatar sullivan99176802