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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).

Muscle Twitching, Buzzing, Aching and Jerking – Can this ALL be Anxiety?

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Hi! I'm a 26-year-old, active female with a low/moderate stress career. For the past 2-3 months, I've been experiencing some extremely noticeable and frightening symptoms. I have been to my general doctor more times than I'd like to admit, as well as a neurologist, who both think these issues...

by User avatar atx26w355774

looses balance and fainting.

My Dad is 70 years old, has early stages of Parkinson and is on medication for high blood pressure. Recently there have been 2 occasions when we have been out at a restaurant and when he has got up to leave the table he has started to loose balance and has fainted. After resting for 10 minutes he is...

by User avatar CarBra340234

How to act in company of someone with Alzheimers

Hello, I am having some problems here. Actually, I have to meet my girlfriend’s parents for the first time and she told me that her grandfather is living with them and that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. How am I supposed to act in the company of someone with that condition?...

by User avatar emelen47496

is parkinson's disease fatal

I need to know – is parkinson's disease fatal?? We just returned from a hospital where my father went for a neurological evaluation. Doctors said it is Parkinson. My father is 49 years old and a very energetic and active person. I just cannot imagine what will this condition do to his spirit....

by User avatar elyn38143

parkinson's disease causes

Hi, there is something that interests me a lot. My uncle has Parkinson's disease. He takes some medicine, but his condition is not improving. I think that the doctors should concentrate on the treatment of Parkinson's disease causes and not the symptoms. But I have never heard them talking about...

by User avatar sigismund43315

tension headaches with no solution

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I wonder could you please give me some advice. I have a constant tension headache. I go to bed with it at night and wake up with it just as bad in the mornings and sometimes wake during the night. I have had all the scans and there is nothing more serious. I sometimes get migraines so I know the...

by User avatar sorehead

pressure on temples

Everything started about 3 weeks ago when I left work because of pain in my eyes and temples. I felt such a pressure like someone pressing in on them. I went to the ER and was told to see an eye doctor. Then had a cat scan of my orbits and sinuses and everything came back normal. I wonder if anyone...

by User avatar Guest

Weird burning feeling, nausea, lack of appetite and chills. Please help!

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Hi. I'm worried about my mum. For nearly a month, now, she's had a strange combination of symptoms. She gets a burning feeling in her head and down her arms, has a lack of appetite, feels nauseus and gets night chills. At first, she was told it was just anxiety because I, too, was...

by User avatar lennyray

Male and Female Voices Affect Brain Differently

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Scientists at the University of Sheffield studied brains of 12 men while they were listening to male and female voices. They found a difference in the way brain interprets these two sounds. Female voices cause activity in the auditory section and male voices in the so called “mind’s eye” at...

by User avatar Mick

Tingling and itching aroun left ear, neck, and shoulder

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I experience tingling followed by itching around left ear, left side of neck, and left shoulder. Symptoms are most pronounced after standing up. When it started about 9 months ago it felt like ants running across my skin.

by User avatar Donny