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).

for some years now i have had numbness on top of left knee 9 inch long 6 inch wide

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i have had numbness on top of my left knee on and off for 20 years, been absent for about 5 years but now its back sometimes accompanied with pain, i have been diagnosed coelac this year after loosing alot of weight,a condition i'm told had been present for years,i reported diarohea for 3 weeks...

by ian humphries over a year ago

hepatic adenomatosis - how and where to get the best treatment?

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how and where to get the best treatment?

by Guest over a year ago

painful random pressure points all over the body

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i have bin havng these random pressure pnts n my body wch used to have them n my breast lke someone useng the tip of the fnger and pushng down on t reaptivly and then t would go away but know i feel it in my arms legs and sometmes anus m really scared dont know wat it is and need some answers...

by to freaked out to tell en over a year ago

Numbness on left side of my body

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I've ignored this but I think it's more serious then I think. For several weeks now the left side of my body has been going completely numb and then subsiding. I saw my neurologist yesterday and told him of it and also told him that i've fainted several times as well while getting up from my...

by Guest over a year ago

Irritating numbness on my left arm/hand. What is it?

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About 6 months ago, I had started having slight pain, tightness feeling and numbness on my left side, arm-to-hand. It comes and goes every now and then, but here lately it hits me during the early-to-mid morning. It may begin while I am driving along the highway, talking with phone to ear, typing on...

by Oklahomawoman over a year ago

improving cerebellar ataxia

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Hello, I'v had cerebellar ataxia since I was three years old, I've always had balance,cordination and walking problems. Well, a couple of weeks before my 23rd b-day I had a terrible ataxie that scared me so bad, because i've never had anything like that. I started noticing it when I kept falling...

by Guest over a year ago

Treadmill Better Than Stretching At Rewiring Brain After Stroke

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Researchers at the University of Maryland and Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center found that treadmill exercises improved the walking ability of stroke survivors by rewiring parts of the brains. In their study, they showed that treadmill exercises had more benefits on after-stroke walking and...

by Kruko over a year ago

thunderclap headache question

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I was told by a neurologist that the headaches that i have been having weree thunderclap headaches. i was sent for an MRI a week ago. i have not heard anything about test results since. although i am still unable to do alot. my cheeks feel very warm although i do not have a temp. I just have a lot...

by Guest over a year ago

headache and burning sensation in back of head, surgery 5yrs ago to fix problems w/ chiari I malform

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hello, i'm a 22 yr old female. i'm having headaches on avg of around once a week, but they're not at regular intervals; sometimes i'll get a couple one week and not have one for two weeks or so. i'll have sharp, stabbing pains in the back of my head, but it's not all over the back of my head, it...

by JessicaJuice60885 over a year ago

Tremors around the mouth when speaking - mental or physical?

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Hello all, I've had a certain problem all my life, and I think it's about time I did something about it. Every time I use the muscles around my mouth, for instance when speaking or smiling, they start to vibrate. It happens mostly with the muscles in my upper lip and those next to my nose that are...

by fvantstrandt over a year ago