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).

Black outs, tongue tied?

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I have always had temporary loss of viaion when standing up quickly or stretching. Back pain has also been common for me since I starred riding horses a few years ago. My sister pops it a couple times a week and it helps, but last time I lost control of my bosy and just fell to the floor. At first...

by Guest over a year ago

Fatigue ear ringing scared of fainting!

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So I am 16 yesterday I did not wake up till 4:30 in the after noon after that I took a nap I woke up for about an hour then went to bed so I could wake up for school, well this morning I woke up and got dizzy just sitting up I think it may be a nerve in my neck that's causing this because it hurts...

by Guest over a year ago

NUMBNESS AND PAIN

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I have been experiencing numbness on the left side of my body off and on. I have graves disease and was wandering if this could be causing that.. I also have hypothyroidism but my doctor has assured me that wasn't a symptom of that.

by Guest over a year ago

Should I stay up or sleep?

So here's my problem, It's 2 AM and I gotta get up at 6 AM. I have some homework that needs to get done so by the time I'm done it'll be 3. If I stay up should I just watch some Naruto and have coffee and caffeine? If I sleep I'm a heavy sleeper and I might not wake up and I can't be absent or late...

by Guest over a year ago

Insufferable dizzyness!

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i am 24 years old and getting light headed, i have never had this before, i have had it now for a few days constantly, non stop i am getting really worried, as it just happened out of the blue when i woke up one morning a few days a go. When it started it was only when i was moving around and active...

by magentah287430 over a year ago

Twitching, bruising, and pain on one side of face

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I've always had a bit of a problem with twitching and shaking, but what kind of things could cause: twitching/spasms, a nasty blue bruise that travels from the outer left side of the eye socket down to the jaw and back towards the ear, and severe pain and swelling on just one side of a face? Is it...

by Guest over a year ago

have nasal polyps. 3 days ago my ENT doc gave me steroids and a steroid spray

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I have nasal polyps. 3 days ago my ENT doc gave me steroids and a steroid spray for my nose to use daily called Zetonna . The 2nd day I used it I got an awful tingeling pain in the back if my jaw , my righteye started flickering and watering. The whole rights idle if my face was in pain. I laid in a...

by Guest over a year ago

Burning facial pain drs have no clue

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this has been going on for a yr now and my dr still has no idea what is causing this pain. it feels like carpel tunnel burning in the hands but in my face! It happens when im bent over on my laptop or working on something where my head is down and im bent over standing or sitting, sometimes its...

by jae over a year ago

Cyst on right side of brain, MIGRAINES

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Im 19. In 2003 I was. it by a car and the right side of my head hit the curb. Everything was fine. After going to the doctors complaining about headaches/migraines that put me in the Hospital for years. Last year my doctor found a pea sized cyst on the ride side of my brain. he said it was nothing...

by aubrianneahodge284201 over a year ago

pain on left side abdominal bloody stools

OK so I have been having this seriously bad pain in my stomach for almost two week now and when I go to the bathroom it's like I have diarrhea, but the only thing that comes out is blood and blood clots. I have had bleeding similar to this before but my doctor says I have hemorrhoids... this is more...

by kc_luv281639 over a year ago