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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).

Inflammation in my spine

Hi there not sure it this is the place to add the topic but as it's giving me havoc with my nerves it might as well be a good place to start.    I would love to see if any one out there has an opinion and that it’s worth it getting worried about it or not.   To start I work in a...

by User avatar Darellevj187953

Nerve pain after THR

2003 I had a total hip replacement,I've had a gradual loss of feeling starting from my left foot,THR-to now it's in my good leg ,starting in the foot..numbness-tingling-shooting pain-etc./lower back pain and unable to curl my toes,I trip alot so I am probaly experiencing drop foot..it's never got...

by User avatar Foggy37308

Approval of new sleeping pill delayed

Answered by a doctor

Federal health officials held off Tuesday approving a new sleeping pill, telling Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. they need more time to review its application. The FDA said it could not yet approve a 15 milligram, extended-release tablet version of the drug known formally as indiplon, Neurocrine...

by User avatar Mayo

Diagnosis Of perineuralcyst

To whom it may concern,I have been diagnosed with a Perineural cyst on my T1 could you please tell a bit more about the cyst im a bit concernd for i have had breast cancer in 2003. What i would like to no will the cyst grow ,i have constant pain in my hands that is what promted the doctor to do a...

by User avatar shinybeads105755

New mechanism to slow aging discovered

A biopharmaceutical company Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat diseases of aging. They realized that activating certain members of the sirtuin family of enzymes, SIRT3 and SIRT4, may protect against cell damage. Researchers have...

by User avatar lucky29

Headaches and Dizziness after eating

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I find that I often get quite severe headaches after eating. It's a heavy headache, across my forehead and eyes, and I often get dizzy and drowsy with it as well. I've tried keeping a food diary, but I've been unable to see any patterns in the foods I eat. I find that I can sometimes reduce the...

by User avatar Ruthus52735

Fainting now headache

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About two weeks ago I fainted ...I felt really dizzy and light headed ...everything was going blurry and I could hardly speak then I don't remember anything ....and now for about five days I have a constant headache kind of like cramps they come and go every couple minutes , everytime I move and...

by User avatar Dancer at heart

What a great site

I can't believe this site exists. I read many of the posts relating to nail pickers and am 'happy' to have found people with the same difficulty as I have. I think I may be the oldest one here though. I'm in my 60s. I have always bitten my nails but have also stopped in the past. About 15 years...

by User avatar Thumbed125650

Could I have Tourettes?

Sorry, I'm kind of new at this, but I was wondering if I have Tourettes Syndrome. When I was younger (about ten), I used to have this action where I would bend my arms quickly, and quickly lay them back down. Now I'm beginning to notice that I'll begin to bend my shoulderblades back, squeeze my...

by User avatar ImJustAsImportant12712

Radial Nerve Injury

Hi, I had a radial nerve injury, and I have loss of extension of my fingers. I don’t know what to expect. Did you have this injury?

by User avatar Guest