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).

I am having slight headaches and i keep wanting to lift my legs up in the air, possible brain eating amoeba?

I am so worried! I am having slight headaches and i keep wanting to lift my legs up in the air! I live in Prince edward island and have heard of this brain eating amoeba so when i read the symptoms i got so scared. I am ten years old too. I cleaned my nose out with a towel with some cold tap water...

by Guest06 over a year ago

pain in back of neck/head

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About a week ago I had an arm wrestle with my friend, and suddenly I felt a pop/weird sensation in the back of my neck/head, amd every time I masturbate I get an intense throbbing stabbing pain at the back of my head and goes around my head... I went to the docs and they tested me for brain bleeds...

by garlickson322315 over a year ago

Shivers, back pain, chills? pulsating stomach?

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Firstly, I am NOT preganant, that's IMPOSSIBLE. A week or two ago I started feeling cold even when I was wearing warm clothing and i usually leave the fan on when i sleep because i get hot but the fan became too cold for me. It's summer and sometimes I've felt cold outside these past couple days...

by VicNah322296 over a year ago

migraines with nausea, vomiting, loss of sleep

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I have been suffering for last 2 weeks the headaches get a bit better then gradually get bad again, im not sleeping well even with sleeping aids and I am taking meds for headaches ad nausia but nothing really helping, I would like to know what this is dr says im fine but I dont feel fine

by joan35322200 over a year ago

I get a touch of brain Freeze now and then

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What could possibly be my problem. I find myself completely blank and thought free at times. Usually when I'm in line at the store or waiting for something that is taking forever, I suddenly go blank, and it feels like my mind is on "Screen Saver" temporarily. What is causing this, I do this when I...

by Guest over a year ago

Feeling dizzy, Tired and Nausea

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Im and 16year old boy. This started earlier around 10am i started to feel sick so i got some water and sat down for a while doing nothing then when i got back up to get more water i started to feel dizzy and tired so i went to sleep waking up about every hour with a dry mouth and a weird feeling in...

by Guest over a year ago

Headache, nausea, vommitting for days

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Haven't been able to eat for the last 3 days straight and have had a pounding headache which gets 10x worse when I vomit. I lay on the couch all day and then go to bed and repeat because when I move it gets me very nauseous. It all started just under a week ago when I was lifting weights and a...

by Jp91 over a year ago

I would wake up fatigue and go to bed fatigue. My muscles feel tired all day and I feel weak.

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Two weeks ago I started feeling fatigue every single day I would wake up fatigue and go to bed fatigue. My muscles feel tired all day and I feel weak. Then later in the day my throat would begin to hurt and I have this weird feeling in my throat. My best way to describe the throat feeling is that...

by Imgoinginsane over a year ago

After sleep at night at least 8 hours I am still sleepy during the day

After sleep at night at least 8 hours I am still sleepy during the day and feel slight pressure on the temples of my head. The sleepiness lasts most of the morning and sometimes into the early afternoon before I start feeling awake?

by Rob over a year ago

Stomach Cramps, chest pains, nausia and dry cough, possible Dysautonomia?

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Im 16 years old and have been having horrible stomach cramps, chest pains, nausia and a dry caugh for the last 6 months straight. I cant sit still for more than 5 minutes because the pain gets extremely bad. I cant bend over to pick something up because my chest feels like its caving in. I get no...

by KahJayBry321483 over a year ago