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).

Really bad headache keeps coming , feel big presure in my he

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I have been feeling ill for a while but recently it has gotten really bad. I keep having really bad headaches and can feel a big pressure in my head , like someone is pressing on it - quite hard. I have also got a massive lump in my throat which has been thier since last july. This males my throat...

by Guest over a year ago

dizzyness, nausia, and stomach pains

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I have had problems with dizziness my whole life and have been told that it is from low blood pressure. lately i have been getting sick and VERY hot until i pass out, especially in the mornings (its like 70 degrees in my room and 10 degrees outside). My doctor told me it is from the low blood...

by Guest over a year ago

Is twitching, jerking of muscles a new symptom of my small f

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Been dx with the above, am being tx with Lyrica 200 mg twice a day an Elavil 25 mg two at night. The burning is still severe and the weakness in my legs is becoming debilitating. Now I've begun to have frequent twitching/jerking in muscle groups all over my body. The bottoms of my hands and feet are...

by Muzz over a year ago

burning feeling at the back of my head

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Can anyone help me? I have a burning feeling at the back of my head, (The back of my head get's so hot, if someone is sitting next too me they can feel it heat coming from my head) It happens about 6-7 times a day. when it happens the rest of my head feels normal. my GP has said is is Neuralgia but...

by cardiackate over a year ago

Headache, Muscle Spasms, Sore Neck

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Hey, I'm 20 years old and for the past few months I have been experiencing some weird symptoms. First, I have been having some headaches, usually dull pain that varies. It mainly feels like my head is under pressure, being squeezed in a vice. Other times it's a tingling feeling on my forehead. The...

by hypocondriac21 over a year ago

Headaches on the left side, heavy arms and legs, feeling tired

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I have very bad headaches mostly on the left side. my arms and legs feel very heavy. iI 'm very tired even if i take a cat nap. woke up a couple of day had a lump under my chin the size of a pea.

by loumike106950 over a year ago

Icy face and pain under chin

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Face from cheek bones to chin feels cold to the touch and the soft spot under my chin is very sore. The skin on my chin feels almost numb. The pain is beginning to radiate out to jaw bone area. My teeth and gums are fine as far as I can tell. What could this be?

by Manda over a year ago

a cold flow in my head

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Hi there, I am a kind of person who thinks much. The thoughts spread from one point to another. It's not so important if my brain started to its journey of thinking in one direction but when my brain tries to think on more than 2-3 (or more) things all the thinking spreads makes my brain or head to...

by demyr over a year ago

tremors-standing or walking causes discomfort

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I had a stoke in 2001, broken left hip in 2004 and a bunion removed from my right foot in 2005. Today I have tremors in my right leg, and wearing a sock or shoe on my right foot in a cause of discomfort. I have also had three injections of a steroids in my back to the right L 5 nerve. Standing...

by Guest over a year ago

nerve damage caused by removal of dermoid cyst

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i am a 33 year female that has 2 dermoid cysts on my spinal cord. i had one partially removed, (only 1/3- 1/2 was removed). the tumor is at T12 and L1 ............. during the surgery the doc cut one of the nerves in my back.... i now have super extra sensory nerve pain in my left leg starting in...

by brenda33106354 over a year ago