...Headache and Migraine Effects on Brain People have always wondered why they have headaches and migraines. With all the different causes of headaches, will a headache enable your brain functions? However there are many different reasons you can have headaches and migraines. Researchers say migraines and headaches start in brain stem. Female having headaches can come from there hormones, and estrogen. There is a type of headache called clusters headaches which make your eyes hurt. The hippocampus controls this type of headache. Also smoking and drinking can trigger this headache. Most people take over the counter drugs to treat a headache. If you use this method you have to take drug when first signal the brain sends. You can also take a nap to let your brain cure the headache inflammation. Another way is to put warm towel on your head so it cools brain nerves. This helps relieves muscles in your head which helps the headache. Migraines have effects on the brain stem. If migraines are painful enough it can cause brain stem infractions. Although migraines cannot cause permanent damage to the brain. Exercise that causes adrenaline can help make migraines go away. Headaches and migraines can be caused by cerebrovascular accidents. People don’t know what yet exactly causes headaches. It may be caused by nerve cells on the brain. It also can be over stimulated blood vessels, which leads to inflammation. Estrogen and progesterone can cause migraine and headache in women. Migraines...
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...form of headaches and about twelve percent of the population suffers from them. People who experience migraines usually feel moderate to severe, pulsing or throbbing pain. Many individuals may also experience sensitivity to sound and light as well as nausea and vomiting. The two most common types of migraines include classical and common. Classical migraines are those that begin with an aura where people may see zig zag lines, flashing lights, or even temporarily lose their vision. Common migraines are without the warning sign of an aura. The pain that comes from migraines can last for hours and possibly even a few days. Depending on the person and severity of the migraine people may also experience sweating, stomach ache, confusing thoughts, difficulty speaking, stiffness in the limbs, as well as unpleasant smells. Migraine headaches can be triggered by many different factors but the exact cause is unknown. But they are thought to be caused by abnormal brain activity causing a difference in nerve signals and blood flow to the brain, and it seems to be genetic. Many individuals can acknowledge certain triggers that...
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...Chronic headache patients are often referred by general medical practitioners to a specialized headache clinic for treatment. The Calgary Headache Assessment and Management Program (CHAMP) under Alberta Health Services is one such specialized clinic that offers workshops, lectures and education geared towards the headache patients [11]. CHAMP teaches headache patients all the necessary skills to manage their own headaches. In an introductory and mandatory headache education session by CHAMP, headache patients are introduced and encouraged to track headache data using a headache diary to understand patterns of their headaches [12]. Collecting and analyzing headache data is particularly useful for people with chronic headaches, whose headache attacks usually occur in response to unidentified triggers [30]. Usually, headache...
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...Nasal and allergic symptoms in migraine Some of the symptoms of migraine that are also shared with sinus headache but are not stated in the International Head Society diagnostic criteria include nasal and allergic symptoms. (Cady et al., 2005). In an early study of migraine patients, Wilson et al have revealed 4 out of 20 the sample experienced rhinitis (sinus headache) in association with their migraine attacks. In another complementary study, 67% of 148 migraineurs consulting a headache clinic experienced nasal symptoms during their migraines (Wilson et al., 1980; Barbanti et al., 2001). In an attempt to distinguish between the two features that separates sinus headaches from migraines is the intensity of nasal symptoms (Couch, 1988), his work revealed that nasal drainage associated with migraines is minimal in comparison to nasal drainage associated with sinus headaches which is often heavy and laiden with...
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...death of a man in his early 40’s from a subarachnoid haemorrhage. In the HC the learned trial judge found there to be no action in negligence. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The deceased first fell ill on the 20th February 1991 while at work on a building site. He visited the second named defendant in his surgery later that day, after his wife had made an appointment over the phone. She told Dr. O’Connor: “Jim has a very bad headache. He does not usually go to doctors. He must be very bad.” Dr. O’Connor diagnosed the deceased with an upper respiratory tract infection or, in other words, a head cold. On Saturday the 23rd Feb the pf rang Dr. O’Connor to confirm his diagnosis. She told him that she was concerned about her husband who would usually never stay in bed. She asked him to prescribe something for her husband. Dr. O’Connor said the viral flu would just have to take its course. On the 25th February the pf rang the def at 8 am saying ‘Jim is very bad’. The def came around almost immediately and took the view that his headaches were due to sinus congestion. On 5th March, during a conversation regarding another matter, the def was informed the deceased was no better. On 17th March the deceased, still no better, went to see Dr. O’Brien because Dr. O’Connor was not working. Dr O’Brien immediately made an arrangement with the hospital to admit the deceased for a CT scan on the 20th March. The senior house officer, Dr. Nur, examined Mr Collins. Dr Nur sent him home...
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... LUPUS AWARENESS ESSAY Throughout the world today there is an estimated amount of 5 million people who has a disease called lupus erythematosus. Lupus erythematosus can be a fatal disease to those who have it. As defined on several sites lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the human body. Saying chronic simply means the symptoms may last longer than six weeks and often many times for years. Lupus is normally found in women of childbearing ages 15-44. There is not yet a cure for the disease. In this essay I will further discuss the diagnosis of lupus and its four branches. I will also be discussing the many symptoms of lupus and the treatments that are used to contain the disease. Now let’s look into how the disease is diagnosed. To start of with, lupus erythematosus is once again defined as a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of your body. What this means is your body immune system cannot tell the difference between your bodies healthy tissues and the foreign invaders. So your body will then create autoantibodies that will attack and destroy your bodies healthy tissues. The autoaintibodies that is created will then cause inflammation, and pain. There are four branches of lupus erythematosus. (1) The first branch is systemic lupus erythematosus which is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that attacks nearly every organ in your body (skin, joints, brain, lungs, kidneys, blood, and central nervous system)...
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...article that describes an epidemiological study conducted in Brazil. The study sought to find if there is a relation between headaches and temporomandibular disorders in persons of various ages. The research article entails the data collected and the reasoning of the study as a thorough review of the process. This analysis assesses if the research was thorough and if the data justifies the conclusions made by the researchers. The researchers are from the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. The article of discussion is called, Headache and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorder: An Epidemiological. Analysis of Research Article Headaches are a problem that people contend with on a regular basis. They are something that everyone has experienced throughout their life and can be a hindrance whether they are chronic daily headaches, migraines, or tension headaches. The reasoning of their presence is sought out by medical professions for various reasons. The relationships of headaches to other symptoms of the body are often examined, as headaches are a sign of a different complication within the body, such as tumors or infections. To understand the connections of a headache or even a migraine headache to other ailments in the body, are useful information as many things can be misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. The persons experiencing the headaches seek answers. Sometimes they are led down the wrong path as being diagnosed with temporomandibular disorders. “Temporomandibular...
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...Americans suffer from chronic migraines. Migraine headaches are much greater in severity and length then 'normal' headaches. The last decade has begun shed light on the debilitating effect that this disability has on its victims. Migraine sufferers now have hundreds of medications to try and get their pain under control (Sammons, 2005). Fortunately, most of the preventative migraine medication is relatively cheap (e.g., beta-blockers, SSRIs). Unfortunately, however, an estimated 20% of chronic migraine individuals are on an effective treatment plan. Many people have learned to live with their disability and do not seek relief after a single unsuccessful attempt...
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...skull and had to be released, if headache relief was to result. In the seventeenth century, it was suggested by Willis that the head pain of 'megrim' or migraine resulted from the swelling of blood vessels within the head. Interestingly, this explanation of blood vessel swelling is close to the belief today that such swelling is involved in migraine headaches (Edmeads, 1997). At the turn of the twentieth century, Sir William Osler proposed that headaches were due to 'muscular rheumatism' of the head. This was probably the first suggestion that muscle abnormalities might be involved. During the 1940s, Wolff carried out a series of experiments that showed that involuntary contraction of scalp and neck muscles could result in headache development. Other causes have been suggested; these were more serious than muscle dysfunction and would evidently require other medical interventions (Solomon, 1993). In the worldwide view, headache can be such a big health problem as evidenced by the establishment of the World Headache Alliance in 1997. The organization exists to alleviate the burden of headache worldwide, in particular, by sharing information among headache organizations and by increasing the awareness and understanding of headache as a public health concern with profound social and economic impact. Worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), migraine alone is 19th among all causes of years lived with disability (YLDs). Headache disorders impose recognizable burden...
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...Headaches are a nuisance and one that people always try to get rid of the moment it happens. Most resort to the normal relief options of ibuprofen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, to neurologists and prescribed medication to help alleviate the pain presented from such headache. Sometimes though, people prefer not to take medication or the medication just doesn’t seem to work for them. For reasons as such, people turn to complementary and alternative medicine to ease the pain, specifically acupuncture therapy. For reasons not quite fully understood, this therapy helps to treat headaches in positive outcomes for the majority of people. Acupuncture therapy is an alternative to the normal standard form of treatment that can virtually have no side effects, is much less invasive, and has no need drugs that need to be metabolized by the body. Acupuncture: What You Need To Know. (2014, November 1). https://nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction#hed3 According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, acupuncture is defined as a “technique in which practitioners stimulate specific points on the body—most often by inserting thin needles through the skin.” This Internet source article reviews what acupuncture is and what it can be used for in alternative medicine. For headache treatments, acupuncture may help relieve the pain from headaches and the amount of headaches one gets. In 2009, some studies were reviewed showing that...
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...Cureheadaches.org funds hope. Hope for the millions of people who face life-altering symptoms associated with severe headaches. People like Rebekah who had her first hemiplegic migraine experience at the tender age of nine. Now a young adult, Rebekah still has so solution for the intense headaches that trigger temporary stroke-like events with vision disturbances, speech problems and partial paralysis. Like many people who struggle to maintain independence, Rebekah feels consumed by managing her chronic migraine condition. She lacks confidence, and often feels isolated because she is constantly worrying about when the next attack will occur. Without warning, and with no relief in sight, she tends to skip social events which could trigger an...
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...Headaches, specifically migraines, are extremely common neurological conditions that affect complex processes within the nervous system, resulting in a number of symptoms that ultimately cause irritation and discomfort to an individual. Due to the complexity of the specific neurophysiological and neuroanatomical mechanisms involved in a migraine, the exact pathophysiology of the disorder is yet to be confirmed. However, scientific and technological advancements over the past decade, specifically in neuronal brain imaging, have enabled experts to research further into the underlying biological mechanisms involved. Theories behind the disordered physiological processes associated with migraines will be examined, exploring various hypotheses regarding...
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... Migraine Stopper-Band 3 4. Clincal and Economic benefits 3 5. Pricing Model 4 6. Market Access and Expansion Strategies 4 7. References 5 Migraine and other benign recurrent headache disorders are a major public health problem.They are associated with substantial personal suffering, disabil- ity, and societal expense. 1 In the United States, a number of public health surveillance systems and pri- vately funded studies have collected information on the prevalence, impact, and treatment of headache and migraine. Disease Description and Unmet needs Migraine and other benign recurrent headaches are a major public health problem. They are associated with substantial personal suffering, disability and societal expense. Migraine is considered a chronic disorder with episodic attacks [1], with two major subtypes differentiated based on attack frequency. Episodic migraine is characterized by attacks that occur fewer than 15 days per month. Chronic migraine is broadly defined by the presence of migraine in a person with headaches on at least 15 days per month. Diagnosis of primary headache disorders is primarily based on the presence, frequency, and severity of clinical features used to create diagnostic boundaries. Diagnostic tests serve to exclude secondary causes of headache, and biological markers mainly serve to gain insight into mechanisms. Migraine affects roughly 12% of the adults in occidental countries.1,2 In US population studies, the prevalence of migraine...
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...Informative Speech Tanja Leonard Speech Title: “Just A Headache?” General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about the cerebral aneurysm Thesis: Cerebral Aneurysms start with just a headache. Organization: Topical Pattern I. Introduction A. Has anyone ever had such a pounding headache that they felt that they were going to die or know anyone that has? Headaches are not something that should be taken lightly if they are not suppressed with over the counter medication. According to Dictionary.com an aneurysm is a permanent cardiac or arterial dilation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall. (attention-getter & common ground) B. According to doctor James Taren, cerebral aneurysms are responsible for 1. “death...
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...When I was 10 years old, I was treated many times for severe headaches. I was examined by various doctors and was prescribed different medicine every time because none worked. Being prescribed many different medications and never getting a true answer to my chronic headaches, I was always in pain. It was roughly 5 years later during my freshman year in High School when I learned the reason for my headaches. The experience of having a brain tumor completely changed the way I saw life and taught me to not take my life for granted.. It all started when I was 10 years old going from doctor to doctor for my headaches, being told the same thing over and over, that I should take a certain medication for my migraines. However, every time I saw a different doctor I was prescribed a new medication, which had no effect on me and didn’t stop my headache problem. This went on for a few years, going back and forth getting no true answer for my headaches. I would tell my mom that I did not want to go to school because I could not focus at all and she would usually respond, “stop crying it is just a little headache. Take some Tylenol like the doctor said.” She was as clueless about my situation as the doctors were, so I had to suffer the unbearable pain in and out of school. It was not until 5 years later, when I started my freshman year in High School that I realized my motor skills were different and I was failing many classes from not being able to focus in class. One Monday morning when...
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