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).

slight twinge in arm socket with numbness in arm and hand,wi

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I have a slight twinge in my arm socket, not a sharp pain just anoying, accompanied with numbness in the arm, elbow, and hand areas and my hand will get extremly cold feeling. Thanks Sherrie forester _[removed]_

by soforester12666 over a year ago

Calorie Restriction May Prevent Alzheimer’s Neuropathology

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Around 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease (AD). For the time being there are no preventing measures or cure for the disease. Genetic factors play a role in an early-onset AD but not in the most common late-onset-sporadic form of the disease. A new study gives some evidence that...

by helene3479 over a year ago

Post migraine dizziness

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Hello I experienced an acute migraine about 5 days ago - it only lasted about 4 hours, but ever since I have had a very strange dizzy sensation in my head. It feels almost numb - like 'pins and needles' in my head. It isnt painful, and my balance is not affected, but it is really distracting and I...

by narofo9966 over a year ago

burning sensations in foot & thigh

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for 2-3 mos. I have burning on right side -right foot-relieved w/Aspercreme--also burning both legs where legs join the buttocks--only occurs after sitting for a prolonged period -relieved by laying down on side , taking Tylenol & anelgesic rub applied to the area. I have been diagnosed with...

by parkway over a year ago

numb but usable left arm

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I had a bilateral endartectomy, the sendcond surgery a year ago in May. After the first surgery, I suffred a couple of small strokes before the second surgery. A week after the stroke, I noticed a numb left arm. I can use this arm and my hand, but not as efficiently as I did. No one seems to...

by pappawlorna over a year ago

Need help on my intense headache...

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I am 23 male. Around a year ago, I have first started have headaches. They come and go usually by mid-day and by afternoon. Usually, I used to have them twice a day. For about last 6 months they went away. A week ago they came back. They drive me crazy. Usually the headaches will be followed by a...

by Guest over a year ago

RSD

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I have been diagnosed with rsd........ now my fingers and hands are getting blisters for lack of better words...they come and go..they are not exactly like blisters...it started on one hand now it is on the other hand is this normal as it is painfull.

by mysticka7798 over a year ago

Magnetic pulse takes away migraine pain

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Before a migraine would strike, many suffers report seeing flashing lights, shooting stars or lines and may experience weakness, tingling, loss of vision, before the actual migraine pain, nausea and vomiting would start. Scientists have developed a hand machine with electric impulses which would...

by Laylah over a year ago

Restless Legs Syndrome

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I've had restless legs for about five years, with some relapses. At the begining was mild, then I had a sleep study, then I had some medications (Mirapex, Requip, Sinemet ) I had neck surgery last March and the Dr. gave me vicodin for pain, which helped my restless legs, but he said I should not...

by Doris611 over a year ago

Nighttime dying linked to sleep apnea from brain cell loss

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A new UCLA study suggests that some people die in their sleep because they stop breathing due to a cumulative loss of cells in the brain's breathing command-post. The scientists wanted to reveal what leads to central sleep apnea. They studied a role of the preBötC neurons in generating breathing...

by Mick over a year ago