Headaches

Migraine it is the most commonest type among the primary headache. It is one form of vascular headache. Vascular headache are throbbing and pulsating pain caused by the activation of nerve fibres that lies within the brain blood vessel walls which passes within the meninges. Which result in decrease in blood flow and oxygen to the brain and increase blood flow of other blood vessels. Migraine headaches are the repeated attacks of moderate to severe pain that is throbbing or pulsating pain…

In Dr. Perz’s lecture she gave us an example of how taking aspirin for a headache does not mean that a headache is caused by an aspirin deficiency. I believe this to be an excellent example of what Dr. Szasz and Dr. Frances are trying to communicate. Both Dr.’s Szasz and Frances voice concerns about our society blaming our biology for what could simply be a result of free will. A person choosing not to utilize self-control doesn’t mean that person is mentally unstable. Children who are out of…

An 18-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after suffering from yet another headache. The headaches are abrupt in onset, last for about an hour or so, and then subside for some time before the next episode occurs. The patient has had about three to five episodes per day for the past week and describes the pain as a 10/10 that localizes to either side of his head during an episode but never is felt on both sides at the same time. Associated symptoms during these episodes include a…

Strengths Migraine headache diagnosis was made according to strict ICHD-III criteria and, to the best of our knowledge, this is one of the few studies to compare sleep quality between migraineurs and healthy adolescents and, the first using Portuguese adolescent population. A further strength of our study is that sleep quality was assessed using three different tools, thus evaluating its difference domains: PSQI (sleep difficulties), CASQ (daytime sleepiness) and ASQ (sleep self-perception,…

Headache disorders have affected approximately half of the adults population worldwide1. In particular, headache disorders can be classified as various categories, and two major categories are primary and secondary headache disorders2. While some primary headache disorders such as migraine and tension-type headaches have drawn a lot of attentions from the the public, secondary headaches such as cervicogenic headache (CGH) has drawn less attentions since it is less prevalent than those primary…

of migraine headache • The prodrome phase may be experienced several hours or days in advance and a warning sign can be represented by the migaineur’s “yellow light” (Health Central, 2016). • The aura phase appears about an hour before the headache occurs and is associated with changes in vision, difficulty focusing, numbness in extremities, difficulties speaking, complications interpreting words and muscle weakness (Health Monitor, 2014). • The attack phase develops when the headache strikes…

Costs for cervicogenic headache - Direct costs and indirect costs Overview of Cervicogenic Headache (CGH) Gerard Malanga “Cervicogenic Headaches Start in the Neck .” Spine Universe. Last modified October 25, 2016 Accessed December 19, 2016. https://www.spineuniverse.com/conditions/neck-pain/cervicogenic-headaches-start-neck In this overview, Malanga (2016) briefly summarizes potential causes and symptoms of CGH, and he provides his readers a better sense of how CGH being diagnosed and what…

Autobiographical Narrative Headaches are normal pains in the forehead that many people get. They are usually caused by lack of food, dehydration, lack of sleep, or stress. Migraines, on the other hand, are intense feelings of pain that you feel throughout your whole forehead. They make the person dizzy and nauseas and just have an overall sensation that oneself is dying. It was 2006 and a school night at my house. “Mommy, my head hurts!” I complained. My mom, being the worrier she is, exclaims…

symptoms associated with headaches, there are many commonalities. Headaches can cause minor or severe pain and are identified as several different types. Headaches are generally a pain in the head, between the eyes and often across the forehead and behind the eyes. A dull, aching pain is associated with headaches along with weariness, slight to severe fatigue and difficulty concentrating. The most common headache is the tension headache. Symptoms of a tension headache vary among people, but…

Cluster Headaches: Medicine’s Mystery Malady In The Beginning Humankind has always suffered from headaches. The first written records discussing cluster headaches were in the mid-1600s. At that time the headaches were described by the intensity of the pain or given the name of the author describing them. Wilfred Harris, a British neurologist, was among the first to accurately describe the episodic nature of the headaches. Later, in 1939, Dr. Bayard Taylor Horton, a US neurologist, further…