Numbness or tingling occurs just after a head, neck, or back injury. You cannot control the movement of an arm or a leg, or you have lost bladder or bowel control. You are confused or have lost consciousness, even briefly. You have slurred speech, a change in vision, difficulty walking...
When I am restricted to a hospital bed, I am highly dependent. It means that I need to be fed (through a tube or orally) and use nappies. Once I have the strength to transfer to my wheelchair, things get easier. I can feed myself and go to the toilet with assistance. In my own...
During REM or dream sleep, humans experience increased brain activity and muscle paralysis. Because of the latter, you may feel like you can’t move when you wake up. Your brain and muscles need time to unwind before they go back to the lighter stages of sleep. 3 am is often considered ...
Why am I so cold while pregnant? You’re more likely to feel warm during pregnancy, especially in the early stages. If you feel cold, it could be that you’re not getting enough calories your body needs. When you’re pregnant, your body needs an extra 340 calories in the second trimes...
When I speak, is that my voice I hear or is it just an articulate death rattle? When you move about your day, sometimes you should ask yourself: Am I a human “being” or just a human “doing”? When I’m spending time with particular people, do I feel more alive in ...
Heat and/or Ice.Depending on the cause of the neck pain, ice or heat may be beneficial. If you are having muscle spasms, moist heat can be very helpful. Put a small damp towel in the microwave for 30 seconds. When it is still very hot, but will not burn you, place it on the ...
That’s me in the air at the back. Check out that vertical! It was that kind of jump that triggered a massive wave of spasms … I jackknifed back and forth so violently that the other players wondered if I was having a seizure, but I was simply on my impossible mission to stretch ...
aren’t working anymore and I am having violent outbursts towards my wife for no reason and this shaking has started to periodically occur in only mainly my left hand but sometimes seldom in my right hand then there’s the feeling of emptiness that never goes away please someone talk to ...
muscle twitches from time to time which are perfectly natural and generally go away on their pretty quickly but this was very different from anything I’d ever had. The twitches would go away for a day or two but would always come back. They were particula...
So I did, and it was great, and I woke up experiencing seizure-like spasms in my arms and legs and was extremely dizzy. I got some water and went back to bed, amused. I nearly immediately fell asleep again, and was in the back of a large van jouncing over crappy roads as I at...