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neurological symptoms

  1. Thebirdman333

    Why you should be scared of Enteroviruses... (Full list of all diseases associated with EV)

    Over the past few months I have compiled a list of all Enterovirus associated diseases. Some of these are broad (as in other diseases / viruses can cause them), some are speculation, but a majority are confirmed to be associated or semi-associated (i.e. multiple possible pathologies). I also...
  2. Don Quixote

    Long-Covid and neurological problems, Need Help

    Hi all, I have had covid twice. The first time was last year and I did nothing to treat it, so suffered for months with bad chest pain and heart palpitations/tachycardia, blood pressure issues, fatigue and weakness, tinnitus, on and on. I just got covid again almost three weeks ago, but this...
  3. leokitten

    A systematic review of neurological impairments in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome using neuroimaging techniques

    This is a pretty well done and thorough review paper, makes for a good reference to find papers you might've read long ago on particular neuroimaging studies of ME. While most, if not all, the neuroimaging studies in ME had fairly small sample sizes (due to abysmal ME funding!) and most used...
  4. F

    A symptom I didn't tell my doctor but should have: phantom smells

    I always figured "smelling things that aren't there" would be something a doctor would have maybe not heard of and not know what to do with, but turns out it's a thing. Also, it's neurological. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/phantom-smells-may-be-sign-trouble-n890271 It's usually...