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).

Cure for anxiety - 14 Years old

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I think I could have anxiety.. I have listed my symptoms in another topic. I was just wondering, if this is anxiety, how should I treat it? I am fourteen.. turning 15 this year .. is that too young for pills? I talk about it a lot, so I dont think councilling or seeing a professional would really...

by Guest over a year ago

The Déjà Vu Phenomenon Resolved

We have all experienced a sensation of having done, seen or gone through certain things before. Truly amazing feeling that many people, superstitious or not, linked to experiences from past lives. However, scientists have surprised us again by finding out that Déjà Vu Phenomenon is nothing more...

by Danny over a year ago

Dizziness/Nausea/ringing in the ears

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This might be helpful to some of you. For the last few months I have been suffering from dizziness, nausea, and ringing in my ears. I went to my primary doctor who found nothing and referred me to an Ear Nose and Throat specialist. He said it was not an inner ear problem and suggested I have an...

by Guest over a year ago

common tests for Adrenoleukodystrophy?

Can anyone tell me how Adrenoleukodystrophy is normally diagnosed? What tests are done to find out whether or not a person suffers from Adrenoleukodystrophy? In my understanding it affects only males, but apart from that, are there any conclusive tests? If not, how does the doctor diagnose...

by carney391133058 over a year ago

First Time Seizure

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My daughter had a seizure almost a year ago, it happened during her sleep and 1 hour before her usual awaking time. Took her to the hospital, did several studies, EEG, CAT SCAN, nothing came up wrong. Prior to the seizure that day around noon, she hit herself hard on the head while roller skating in...

by vanessa´s dad19940 over a year ago

fainting, and others

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Its happened to me twice now, in less then a month i was in the kitchen, then i started feeling really hot so i stood outside, however i got really cold so i went back inside, i started having trouble breathing, and i had a massive head ache, and i was really hot, so again i went out side, but i got...

by a202 over a year ago

102-year-old donates $1 million for the Alzheimer's disease research

A 102-year-old woman from who passed away recently left $1 million in a biggest-ever bequest to the Alzheimer Society of Canada. The woman who was in a facility during the last years of her life probably saw and was surrounded by various kinds of cognitive loss, including Alzheimer's and their...

by MarioB. over a year ago

Chest pains, sickness etc

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Im a 28 year old female 200lbs I suffer reoccurring chest pains sometimes it's under my left breast and others it's across the middle they range from sharp stabbing pains that last 2-3mins to tightness that lasts several hours! I used to be really outgoing but now I don't feel like doing anything...

by Charleigh over a year ago

weird feeling on the right side of my head

Hi, I have this weird feeling on the right side of my head by blood pressuse is 130/85 I am trying to loose weight and this is through my doctor but this morning I woke to what I can only call an explosion in my head the weird feeling went after a few minutes but its back again somethings it feels...

by Guest over a year ago

herbs for peripheral neuropathy

We are looking for reliable sources of information about herbal healing for peripheral neuropathy. If there are people present on this site who know about herbal healing for peripheral neuropathy from personal experience, from a professional point of view or in any other way, I would like to hear...

by gordon346172964 over a year ago