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).

Lonely people more likely to develop Alzheimer's

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After performing a study of the elderly people, scientists found that the elderly who are lonely in their old age have higher chances of developing Alzheimer's disease than those who lead more active social lives. It is still impossible to say whether loneliness contributes to the earlier onset of...

by Miia2818 over a year ago

If you have autism can you have touretts

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I have a young man in my class, at around 16 years he started to tic and pull faces and more recently he been grunting and vocalising. This usually happens in public places. His mother thinks it is touretts and separate from his autism, could this be the case?

by Bernie over a year ago

burning & numbness in both outer thighs

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Hi, I had Gastric Bypass on 1/12/07. Since then my outer thighs have had sharp pains or spasms and the burning is so intense that I was actually screaming "make it stop" in ICU when they moved my legs. :$ The 24th when I went shopping in the grocery store the pain became intense within...

by Hurtin unit over a year ago

Sleep apnea...not better with CPAP machine

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I have sleep apnea. I suffer from hypopneas, where my breathing slows down until I stop breathing. I was given the CPAP machine to use while sleeping and was promised restful sleep. But I wake up every day feeling sleepy still. My neurologist says I can stop using it, but it scares me to think...

by Guest over a year ago

facial pain only when i go to sleep

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i am 46 yrs female, when i go to sleep i have a pacial pain located on my upper right jaw. checked dentist, no problem with teeth. the pain gets so severe until i have to get up, last year the pain was so excuriating felt as though my jaw was going to expode. pain lasted for an hour, subsided some,...

by poochiegirl over a year ago

Sore spine and numbness in arms and hands

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I am a 55 year old over weight male. The majority of my extra 50 lbs. is in my stomach area. For the last month or so my my joints have been hurting and my spine is sore between my shoulder blades. My arms and hands also go numb if not in use or I put pressure on them. I smoked 2 packs a day for...

by greggio1951 over a year ago

pain in upper/lower arms and numbness in hands

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I have started to have alot of problems in my arms weakness pain in the arms. Pain under my arms. Nothing seems to help. i tried to speak with doc and all it get from him is rotator cuff is torn but that shouldnt affect my other arms. Help please

by christina35 over a year ago

Pain,tingling & numbness in right hand,fingers and toes along with DDD. what is that from?

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I am 36 with ddd and i have compressed nerve roots in my L4 and L5. mild disiccation at L4-5. also a large posterior left paracentral disc extrusion which has migrated behind the L5 that is severly compressing the thecal sac and virtually obliterating its left side and impinging both the exiting...

by effed_up14464 over a year ago

dizzy on period

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Hi, I started feeling dizzy and lightheaded a couple of days before my period and the feeling has persisted. Right now I'm on the 4th day of my period. I was on depo provera for 3 months and this is my first real period (I've had some spotting) since I got off of it, 2 months ago. I'm wondering if...

by AmandaTaylor14278 over a year ago

My wifes hands shake. Is it essential tremors?

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I believe my wife has essential tremors in her hands, no doctor has actually diagnosed her with this however one hinted at it and through research I have done on it that is what I am coming up with. I want to know a little info before we go in to see a doctor such as what are some potential...

by Jazz over a year ago