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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).

I'm getting dizzy and shaky when i stand up and walk

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When i stand up and walk a bit aways my vision gets dark and i have a small circle of what i can see and my body turns numb and shaky and i have to stop and wait for my head to stop physically spinning. This has been happening for 3 years now, im not really sure why this happens it worries me that...

by User avatar Curious

I have hypothyroidism, OCD and epilepsy, my hands shiver and I'm having headache

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I m 20 years old , and I have hypothyroidism, ocd and epilepsy medication ....my weight is 72 and height 5 2 ....lately one day suddenly my hands started shivering and my head is aching along with palpitations ....at this point of time didn't have any thought which lead to my obsessive thinking ...I...

by User avatar Sahana

experience with cidp

Hi, I am a guy who is 25 years old and I want to know more about condition called CIDP. My friend suffers from this condition and because of that I want to understand everything about CIDP. Does anyone have some experience about this? Frankly I have never heard about it till now.

by User avatar mendy25366

Arm, head, neck and torso jerks. Is it myoclonus or something mimmicking myoclonus, or onset of MS

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In June 2013, I started to develop right arm jerks in the morning in bed. I normally don’t experience hypnic jerks – the one where you wake up grabbing the bed with a sensation of falling (extremely rare, last time was many years ago, one isolated time in a year or two).  These jerks I have are...

by User avatar Guest

while driving I will get tremendous pressure against forehead when going up or down in elevation

while driving I will get tremendous pressure against forehead when going up or down in elevation, I understand why this would happen but to the extreme of pain is not understandable, a few times I would get nose bleeds, and the effects last almost a week. This has always been an issue while growing...

by User avatar cubs732

I got a head Injury and ever since I'm having head pressure and headaches

hi im 22 years old i hit my head last 2 weeks and i had head pressure and headaches ct scans were clear my doctor just gave me medication for migraines,medicines were not helping and i can feeling this weird feeling when i lay down i can feel that my brain is moving or touching or something is...

by User avatar marlon21

nerve damage after hip replacement revision surgery numbness

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Hi. I have some questions about my mother’s present health state. You see, she is middle aged woman and these last couple of years she had big problems with her left hip. Finally, two months ago she decided to talk with doctor about possible hip replacement surgery. Doctor told her that the...

by User avatar Guest

Diagnosed with a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst in my brain

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I have juste received the results of my CAT Scan without contrast and it states that I have a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst in my brain. Is this fatal? Can it lead to Cancer?Can this be the cause of my headaches, light headness, and dizziness? I do not have seizures. Also, 10 years ago I had a...

by User avatar Milva

Freezing and shivering All Of A Sudden. I've never had a cold

It’s around 12pm right now and I just started shivering and feeling cold for no reason at all. I’m a 13 year old girl and I’m basically never ever gold. Lately I’ve been going out without a coat which isn’t the best idea but this also happened to my friend when I was a dance tonight....

by User avatar Guest

Diagnosed with Intracranial Hypertension/Pseudo Tumor. Will the pressure headaches return?

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Intracranial Hypertension is what my son has . He was diagnosed with a pseudo tumor as well. Almost a year ago his shunt broke in 6 places in his spine. They successfully  removed all pieces and left the valve and catheters in. Since then he has had no pressure headaches.. Will these...

by User avatar Anne