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).

life expectancy for cerebral palsy

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Hi, my close friend’s son is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. I am not sure that I know anything about this condition, but I would like to find out more. Can anyone tell me something more about the life expectancy of the patients with this diagnosis? Your opinions will mean a lot to me.

by ferris1617154775 over a year ago

headache on waking up

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For the past couple of months, I have had problems with headaches that I have when I wake up. I know that this could possibly have something to do with not getting enough sleep, or something similar, but even when I do have a full eight hours of sleep, I still have the same headache on waking up....

by nicola_154579154579 over a year ago

headache on temple

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Regular headaches on my temple have caused me to take tylenol and ibuprofen on a regular basis, which I know is unhealthy and probably right in their with the causes of the headaches themselves. I do know you are not supposed to take pain killers on a daily basis, but I really don't know what else I...

by hal_154173154173 over a year ago

herbs for nerve damage

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I was just thinking about this show I saw on TV a few days back, in which some cancer patients decided to opt for herbal medication and lifestyle adjustments, rather than accepting conventional treatment, or after conventional treatment had failed. That made me think. Are there herbs for nerve...

by zachary_154170154170 over a year ago

headache on waking

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I saw there are a few people with information about headaches on this forum, so I thought I would try my luck as well and see if there is anyone with information about my type of headache. I have a headache on top of my head a lot of the time on waking. Is this a tension headache or could it be...

by roberto_154012154012 over a year ago

headache on front right side of head

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Any thoughts on what could be causing this? I am sure that there must be others who have had this experience before, so I am hoping for some help. I keep having these headaches, mainly when I go back to work after my lunch break, on the front side of my head. What could be causing this, and do you...

by abner154177343 over a year ago

Comments and reviews on article "Hemiplegic Migraine Treatment: Familial Hemiplegic Migraine"

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Users comments and reviews on article Hemiplegic Migraine Treatment: Familial Hemiplegic Migraine by Debbie Strange

by Guest over a year ago

natural cure carpal tunnel

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Hi, guys. In last few weeks I felt a severe pain and numbness in my right wrist. It is a pain that usually comes at night and wakens me up. I have found out that I probably suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. The only proper treatment here is surgical decompression of the nerve which causes all this...

by bobine1182152803 over a year ago

15 year old with bad headache

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hi, im 15 years old and the other day i went to bed and fell asleep and woke up about an hour later because i had a horrible headache, it felt like someone stuck metal rods into both my temples and was sending electric shocks into my brain. i just want to know what kind of headache it was. thanks

by julez90210152218 over a year ago

natural cure vertigo

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Like with many people, vertigo has been a real problem for me and conventional medicine has not cured me. Perhaps there are herbs that I could consider taking for vertigo? Are there any natural cures? Do I need to keep looking or can I abandon the search and just accept the fact that I have vertigo...

by shalom94152112 over a year ago