Headaches

Sinus Headache Sinus headaches that are painful can result in sinus blockages. Symptoms of sinus headache include pain in the cheeks, at the bridge of nose and at the front of head. Bending down or moving the head quickly can lead to worsening the pain caused due to sinus headache. Inflammation of sinus can cause building up of mucus, pressure and sensitivity to scents and light. Sinus headache can occur as soon as one gets up in the morning or by the afternoon. Symptoms of sinus headache are…

Introduction Headaches are pain that is found any region of the head. Nerves, blood vessels and muscles found in the head and neck area are all involved in the causes of headaches; usually over activity of these structures and chemical actions can all be sources of why the condition exists. Primary headaches are symptoms that are not caused by another ailment. They can be categorized into migraines, tension headaches, and cluster headaches. A very common type of head ache is tension…

is the second most effected country in the world. Migraine is formally a headache at either side of the head that might be severe or mild. The effect of this headache intensifies with burden, stress or hypertension. The agonizing pain can be triggered from any of the factors like smell, sound, light and might last for hours or even days. “The reason why migraines are such a big deal is because they are debilitating headaches.” says Dr. Douglas Kaplan, a neurologist. Doctors have quoted that…

include; recurrent headaches, issues with vision, seizures, changes in personality, short-term memory loss, and difficulty speaking or comprehending. Recurrent headaches are you usually associated with metastatic brain tumors. Now these are not normal headaches that a typical person has in the morning but as the day progresses the headache seems to vanish. Nonetheless, a brain tumor headache is no ordinary everyday headache but one that can hurt and feel like the “worst headache of your life”.…

This week I would like to share some information about how oxygen can be used to treat cluster headaches. But first, here is a short summary of why I am familiar with this treatment. In early 2016, I went to a neurologist and finally received a more accurate diagnosis that I suffer from both migraine and cluster headaches. Previously, I was told by numerous doctors that I only suffered from migraines, despite the fact that some of my symptoms tended to be cyclical and did not feel like migraines…

SUBJECTIVE CC: “I’ve had a headache for 3 weeks, and it’s still there.” HPI: 40 year old single college Professor with complaints of daily headache for 3 weeks. She describes the headache as dull to pounding at times, from 3 to 8 on scale of 1-10 (10 being worst pain). The pain has not gotten worse, but has not gotten better either. She has no previous medical history or history of headaches or migraine headaches. Her head hurts “in the back of head and goes to the top”, and is occasionally…

Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is one of the most common complications after spinal anesthesia. Postdural puncture headache is defined as a headache that begins 24–28 hours after spinal anesthesia with frontal or neck pain and grows over approximately 15 minutes after the patient sits up. Often, it is observed in combination with nausea and neck rigidity, and sometimes with photophobia, or defective hearing. Rates of PDPH varies by diameter and architecture of the needles used [1-3]. In…

experience headaches. According to research, “There are approximately 45 million Americans complaining of headaches each year. That works out to about one in every six people or 16.54% of the population. More than eight million Americans visit their doctor for complaints of headache each year” (Halim, Haq, &Khalid, 2017). That was the case with J.W. which caused the patient to seek medical attention. J.W. went to the emergency department of Community Hospital due to a severe headache that had…

Tension headaches and migraines have been a major part of my life since I was fourteen years old. I had no idea why the headaches were a weekly reoccurrence; however I knew I wanted them to stop. Doctors seemed to always push towards treating the symptoms instead of figuring out the cause of the problem. The unknown was not something I took lightly, as I got older; I decided to do some research. As time progressed, I became more aware of what triggered my headaches. Some days, the headaches…

There are various theories exist regarding the mechanisms of origin of migraine headache. One of such theories is the vascular theory which proposes that the intracranial vasoconstriction causes ischemia, which results in the aura preceding the migraine. The subsequent rebound vasodilation causes the migraine headache. The theory was based on the observation that during a migraine attack the extracranial vessels become pulsatile and distended. However, this theory was disputed as it couldn’t…