The number of migraine medications available on the market today is much larger and more varied than it was just 10 years ago. With the amount of research and advanced imaging technology available, physicians are now able to observe the brain during a migraine attack giving them better information about how to treat the migraine […]
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Migraine headaches are a neurological symptom often characterized by an altered perception of the body accompanied by nausea and headaches. Sometimes these headaches happen only on one side of the head and often they are preceded by a visual disturbance or aura. A cluster headache is one of the most painful types of migraine headaches.
There are an estimated 10 million Americans who suffer from fibromyalgia and in the range of up to 20% of those who seek the advice of a rheumatologist suffer from fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a condition that involves painful muscles, ligaments and tendons. While it isn\’t disfiguring or life-threatening, it does create life altering pain and
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A migraine headache is a severe recurring vascular headache that occurs more frequently in women than in men. Before experiencing the actual pain many people will have an \”aura\” or visual disturbance that signals the start of a migraine. An ocular migraine is a temporary loss of vision or distortion of vision in one eye,
Abdominal migraines are mostly seen in children ages five to nine years old, but can be seen in adults as well. Interestingly, they present much like other gastrointestinal infections or disturbances primarily with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. This form of migraine disease was originally recognized because it was linked to other family members and
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Basilar migraines are also known as Bickerstaff syndrome, brain stem migraine and vertebrobasilar migraine. The term basilar type migraine is actually a bit misleading since it implies that the attack is vascular in origin. It was first termed basilar because it was believed to be a results of the spasm of the basilar artery but
While headaches during pregnancy are not commonly dangerous they do require special treatment because of the unborn child which the pregnant woman is carrying. Women can experience both tension headaches and migraine headaches when they are pregnant, especially during the first and third trimester. A tension headache often feels like a squeezing pain or a
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Migraines are incredibly painful headaches that fall under a specific category of headache. People who suffer from migraines often describe them as pulsing or throbbing on one side of the head while they also suffer from light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, nausea and vomiting. Interestingly, migraines are three times more likely in women than in men.
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If you are currently using preventative medication to decrease the number of migraines you may experience, or are using abortive medications which will stop a migraine before it progresses too far, or are taking pain relief whether over-the-counter or prescription, you must first speak to your primary care physician and pharmacists prior to introducing any
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A headache, often called sinus headaches, can result from an infection in the paranasal sinuses. Sinus headaches can also be a result of sinusitis which is an inflammation of the nasal sinuses that may or may not be a result of an infection from bacteria, fungus, virus or an allergic response. The pressure within the
