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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).

Waking Up in the middle of the night

I have problem waking up in the middle of the night. Sometime sit happen for 3-4 times. I usually stay in bedcount sheep, or toss and turn until I eventually fall back asleep. Why it is happening to me? I am 23 years old, female.

by User avatar Guest

When does Tourette syndrome appears?

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Hello, guys. I have been going out with a girl for several months. She is great, but I have noticed from time to time that she touches her nose or smells objects. I think I have heard her once barking. She told me later she had Tourette syndrome. She explained me what it was. I would like to know...

by User avatar kellby157261410

constant weird feelings in head

hello, for the past month i have been having these weird feeling in the top of my head, almost like a pressure or dizziness, and occasionally my forehead feels really strange almost like a tingling sensation. Also i feel unbalanced and it feels extremely weird to walk. I am feeling more tired than...

by User avatar xxCOUNTRYBOY1xx137844

Large waists pose not only heart disease risk but also Alzheimer's

Although the brain is still unexplored human organ, there are indications that what may be good for the heart may also be good for the brain. It’s been long known that large waists carry a risk of heart disease. New research done by some US researchers show that a big waistline in those over 40...

by User avatar Markos

Weird Head Pains

Hello! I’m 29 and lately I’ve been having some really weird head pains. It’s like my head is pulsating and I have those weird spots and fleshing light in front of my eyes and it happened few times that I had a short vision loss alike. It happened also that I have trouble speaking and all of...

by User avatar bobette693

nausea, fainting symptoms, tiredness, blurred sight

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I am a 14 year old female that always lightheaded, tired and has headaches. I have been known to black out many times and was wandering what anyone thought it might be. ~Ava-Chandler ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed ** Please read our Terms of Use

by User avatar Guest

Could tourette syndrome be prevented?

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Could tourette syndrome be prevented

by User avatar 1268

nerve injury and pain

Hi, two months ago I had my wisdom tooth removed. After the surgery, I felt very strange. The doctor said that the numbness of the lips was due to anesthesia and that the sensation would come back very soon. However, this didn't happen and when I got home I also started to feel sharp pain on my left...

by User avatar blayne19435

Is acalvaria following brain damage?

Can people here tell me how a person develops acalvaria? Is this something that happens following brain damage, as a direct result of this brain damage? At what age is it usually manifested? I vaguely read something about babies with acalvaria, which is what makes me unsure about the brain damage...

by User avatar abie1024179565

why twice it happend in 1973 now again

Doctor in live in South Africa my dad got sick 1973d left paralysed for 3 months. 10 Specialists could not find the problem. He was left with only his facial muscles on his chin not "working" properly. Yesterday he started with pins and needles in his feet and hands. Today a...

by User avatar amanda