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).

Bells Palsy Shingles

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Last night I was diagnosed with bells palsy. My mother came for an over night visit about 2 weeks ago and she has shingles. At the time she did not have any blisters when she stayed at my house. Is it possible that I somehow caught the Bells Palsy from her since she has shingles? It just seems...

by Guest over a year ago

Do By Pass patients get Vertigo?

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I have gone thru By pass surgery in April 2006 and suddenly yesterday i have started feeling dizzy. I consulted my doctor and he said that i have vertigo..i dont know anyone having it... Can any one pls explain me what is this as i go blank whenever i blink my eyes or move my head in any...

by nimitpanpalia90684 over a year ago

Stroke Severity Can Be Reduced With Regular Exercise

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What is stroke? A stroke, differently known as "brain attack" happens when a blood vessel that brings oxygen and nutrients to the brain either bursts (hemorrhagic stroke) or is clogged by a blood clot or some other mass (ischemic stroke). These two occurrences interrupt blood oxygen flow...

by Bobby over a year ago

Feeling sick,dizzy,and a cold sensation on head.

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I've been home for about 6 weeks, I haven't been feeling like myself lately... I get lightheaded easily, I feel mentally out of it,headaches(which can at times be really strong), I cant concentrate easily, and my neck feels stiff. I have also been feeling a cold tingly sensation on the top of my...

by ymr70789665 over a year ago

numb arm, leg, feet, back, head, face ...but all at differen

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i get this numb feelings in my arm, leg, feet, back, head, face hands shaky, weak bady feeling but all at different time. it all started a couple years ago. im barely 19 and i dont think this is normal. like right now im feeling my right cheek nimb! i cant control them and they are making my life...

by piggly_7_wiggly89302 over a year ago

Ginkgo Biloba Protects Brain from Stroke

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Many people, especially students, have been using Ginkgo biloba as a natural brain booster. Researchers have now found that Ginko could additionally protect against brain damage following a stroke. In one of the recent studies, rodents have received a100 milligrams per kilogram oral dose of the...

by Natalia3856 over a year ago

multiple sclerosis, brain atrophy and shogrens syndrome

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I was diagnosed with Multiple Schlerosis 13 years ago, but looking back, had it for 27 years. Although still mobile with weakness on left side, damage to one eye and other typical ms problems, I started forgetting more things. Cant find 'time' and dates, days of the week, months etc., and huge...

by poon88907 over a year ago

constant headache and now numbness

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for the past 2 years i have had a headache not bad all the time but it never seems to go away. sometimes it gets really bad and puts me on my tush. here lately i have also experienced numbness in my left leg after i exercise and the headache always gets worse with serious dizzyness where i cant...

by Guest over a year ago

Sarcoidosis, stomach periphal neuropathy

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I have had sarcoidosis for the past 13 years and now the skin on my abdomen,upper intestine, feels raw, like there is no skin on it....if I touch it it is very sensitive. Does anyone know anything that might help me. I suffer from intense peripheral neuropathy. thank you.

by curves714 over a year ago

PML and HIV encephalopathy

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My son was recently diagnosed having HIV encephalopathy and PML. He was placed in a hospice program, with the outcome of being terminal. He has been in there care, my wife and I are taking care of him, in our home. We have seen him progress both up and down, daily, but he still does not have the...

by kentdpeters over a year ago