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).

subarachnoid cyst causing headaches?

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My daughter has suffered years with a cyst larger then a golf ball, that displaces her left hesphere and is groving her skull. The nurologist says her sever headaches cant be caused by cyst. Her nurosurgeon told me that Im just looking to have my daughters brain hacked on. I beleive fully that this...

by SusBra321287 over a year ago

I am obsessed with the ALS possibility and cannot think of anything else

Hello everyone. First I want to thank all of you for being here. I have been extremely concerned (more like scared out of my mind!) for the past few weeks. I had my surgery 3 weeks ago (1 adenoma removed, benign, no surgery complications, done in less then 1 hour). My calcium prior to sx was...

by caramia328 over a year ago

My husband Chris had GBS/ Memory loss

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Good evening, I a hoping someone can or knows anything about GBS and memory loss. Here is my husband's story. Chris is 33 yrs old who was working full time as a corrections officer for the state of Florida. On July 30th, 2012 my husband woke up with memory loss and slurring words. I rushed him to...

by kpowell39320819 over a year ago

Meningioma surgery - sharing experience

Hello everyone, I want to just say thank you for submitting your questions and your road through brain surgery. I have surgery coming up next week for 2.5? ish meningioma/convexity frontal left. I was very freaked out at first but listening to all the stories, reading up and having my faith in God...

by Guest over a year ago

My daughter is diagnosed with infantile spasms, most seem to happen at night

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Hello, My little girl Mia is now 3 and a half year old, but when she was only 3 months old when she started having seizures and was diagnosed first as having infantile spasms, then later with epilepsy, as well. When she was first diagnosed with infantile spasms she was put on Sabril to help control...

by Guest over a year ago

My head spins every time i shift it from standing position to laying down

Hi all, Lately I have noticed a dizzyness/drug type (best I can describe it) head spin whenever I shift my head position say from normal standing position to laying down and looking towards the rear and vice versa. It sometimes occurrs when rising from seated but is far more prominent in the...

by Guest over a year ago

Suffering from restless leg syndrome (RLS) and now having restless back too?

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Hello, I was first diagnosed with restless legs syndrome around the same time my menopause started and even though I’ve been given Requip to help control the symptoms, in the last month or two it seems as if it has stopped working. Now I’m not only experiencing constant unpleasant feeling in my...

by Guest over a year ago

What medicine is good for the chronic migraine headache?

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Hi, I’ve been suffering from constant daily headaches for years now and when I finally seen a neurologist he first told me that the painkillers I’ve been taking for the headaches are contributing to having them constantly, so what he first did is to slowly take me off most painkillers. I also...

by Guest over a year ago

my hands shaking badly and I also start feeling like my legs are tired

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Hello, today i had a presentation to do at school it was to repeat science experiment, and mine was that one to lift an ice cube with string and I prepared for it so much at home it was normal. but when it was time for me to do it at school I failed because I couldn't even place the string on the...

by dalaachi over a year ago

Suffering from migraine headaches, doctor wants me to start taking Plavix

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I'm suffering from migraine headaches since my late teen years and despite all the medications i tried before, my migraines are still pretty bad. The two days I have the attack I pretty much can’t do anything because I’m nauseous and vomit, I can't walk because I get too dizzy and my head is...

by Guest over a year ago