Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

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Pain and weakness in LEFT and Neck ONLY when I'm sitting at work.

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I'M 27 A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT, NOT BY MUCH, A FEW WEEKS AGO I BEGAN HAVING THESE SYMPTOMS THAT SCARED ME I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK, I HAVE WEAKNESS IN MY LEFT ARM AND NECK AREA BUT REALIZE IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IM SITTING AT MY DESK AT WORK. I WAS AT HOSPITAL FOR ILLNESS AND THEY DID AN EKG...

by Guest over a year ago

Twitching. Not nervous tick

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I've been twitching for a little bit now. Maybe a few years. I'm 13 almost 14. Sometimes I bob my head forward. This has been on and off and my family and kids at school has asked me about it. I've been told to stop but its hard to. I can stop myself if I want but it is hard to refrain. Should I be...

by Guest over a year ago

my head feels like its spinning and my left ear goes deaf

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as im doing my normal things throughout the day i been feeling extremely light headed but lately its been worse my left ear goes numb and my head just feels as if had smoke in there i get dizzy and can stand up

by Guest over a year ago

nerve pain in shoulder after spinal for hysterectomy

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I had a spinal for a hystorectomy a week ago and just started having pain in my shoulder when ever i lie down of even lean on my back in a chair. The pain goes up the side of my neck, and down to my rib cage. Hurts when I breath deep, but is the worst if I lie down. If I sit up 90% of the pain goes...

by Guest over a year ago

My hands are shaking everytime i hold a cup or even holding a pen

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hey..good day..IM kinda worried of my hand situation..my classmates 1st noticed this and when alone i figure it out and they are right.my hands are shaking everytime i hold a cup or even holding a pen..i cant make a straight line..i want a remedy to stop this shaking..thank you if you got something...

by Guest over a year ago

PRESSURE ON MY FACE AND DEPRESSION ON MY VOICE

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Dear All, l was fortunate to have stumbled on this sight as l was also looking for how to solve my ailment problem and pressure on my face. l was diagnosed by my ENT and eventually advised l do the anthrax sinus face wash surgery or sinus surgery to take care of my sinus. This whole process took...

by Anthony over a year ago

ASMR - the whispering generation

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ASMR has been around for ages. I'm from Ireland and being 40 something Ive listened my whole life to softly spoken words of various sorts. The spoken topic doesn't matter really...its the feeling you get from the tone of the words that creates the good feeling as such. That defines ASMR I think....

by Guest over a year ago

pain in head an chest simutainously

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hi,i am 44yrs.old and for about 4 month's or so i have been having these randomly bad pain's in my right side of my head/jaw area an in the center of my chest at the same time..these attack's or ??? are random and usually happen when i am sitting down doing nothing.they hurt so bad i almost break...

by Guest over a year ago

nerve damage to back old injury

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hi everyone just doing some research ..back in 1996 i was a banger car racer and had a bad crash one day and had extensive physio on my back and xrays ..i had punched out my third disk in my lover back ..however i just dealt with the pain and got on with life ..however im now 43 and having serious...

by Guest over a year ago

headache accompanied with a self closing eyelid

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hi im a 37 yr old female one morning i woke and realised id lost some hearing in my left ear now my left shoulder my arm and hand go numb start to tingle and my hand turns pure white and cold that stops then my head hurts and my left eye closes this is on a daily basis probably 4 times a day and i...

by Guest over a year ago