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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).

Pressure at back of head

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A few months ago, I started having pains at the lower back of my head, on the left and right side simultaneously, just before the skull meets the neck. It feels like something is pressing against my skull. It can last a whole day or a few seconds and generally happens 4 to 5 times a week. I actually...

by User avatar Tisha2232602

Post Traumatic Stress Vs Nervous Break Down

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I need to know something about Post Traumatic Stress Vs Nervous Break Down topic. Are these two the same thing or is there difference? I heard my mother talking of these two with her friends over the phone. My father left her almost a year ago and it seems that she cannot deal with it very well. She...

by User avatar gianna32866

ALS and erections

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I am a health care provider and have a pt who adores his wife. He is in late stages of ALS and it affected his arms and legs but he is still able to talk but speach is getting more difficult. Is it possible he is able to maintain an erection if his wife works with him or is it more likely that he no...

by User avatar Hilary

Cyst on my Cerebellum

Hi to all im new here (a noob i suppose lol) ill give the story as to how my diagnosis came about. Im discounting most peoples feelings in this as they are (like my engagement) not for hereWell for 3 days prior to (what ill call my 'incident') my gf says i was slurring my words and generally...

by User avatar Voodoomonkey187405

Why my head feels like its bruised?

Hi, I’m trying to figure out any useful answers to my somewhat strange problem – the top of my scalp and head hurt like they are bruised and my whole skin gets tight like it’s being pulled to hard. I have a short hair, there’s no reason to feel like this. What I’ve read online is that...

by User avatar Guest

Has anyone found a cure for pseudo seizures?

Hi, I’ve been trying to find any effective treatment for the seizures I’ve been experiencing for quite some time now. The first neurologist I’ve seen started me on anti-epileptic medication even before the EEG, which just came back normal, showing no signs of anything unusual, even though I...

by User avatar Guest

Hypoxia as the No. one problem in stroke

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My father is 65 years old and he suffers from a heart condition. Beside that, he has the problem of the increased possibility of thromb creating. I am trying to be informed as much as possible and I would like to know if it is true that hypoxia is the number one problem in stroke.

by User avatar lorianna187291969

do i have turrets?

I don't know if I have turrets but i have tics all the time especially in my legs. It all started 3 years ago when I tried marijuana and it is getting worse. It started in my legs and is now throughout my body. I don't yell out or anything like that. It drives me crazy that i can't control it....

by User avatar Guest

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE? IS THIS FROM POTASSIUM BEING LOW?

All of a Sudden, I have been having pin and needle feelings in my head and body, i feel cold inside, my musles tighten, which is uncontrolable, my chest sometimes is heavy feeling and i feel shortness of breathe or it could just be from the discomfort of everything else. When i first went to the...

by User avatar beautifulbabydoll82

Rifampycin for children as prevention for meningitis

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Hello, folks. I have a small kid who has been diagnosed with Haemophilus pneumonia. I know that this bacterium can cause meningitis as well. I would like to know id rifampycin can be used as prevention for meningitis for kids. What can you tell me about this? I will appreciate all your replies.

by User avatar russell83895438