Headaches: A Short Story

It’s 5a.m and I can barely move; everything is blurry, my right hand is numb, and the right side of my head is pounding. A couple hours later everything transferred from my right side of my body to the left side of my body. It is a migraine that I am having, and this has been my life since 6th grade.

Patient is a 19-year-old right-handed white female who is a fair historian. She states that she started having headaches as a child. Her father told her that he also had headaches and that they would eventually go away. She describes having a severe headache, which she calls her first migraine, after softball practice at age 12. Menarche was at age 13 with no change in her headaches. Her headaches have not been menstrually related. There was no clear change in her headaches during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. She states that she gets a dull headache two to three days out of a week. This is in variable locations on her head, but can also be a nuchal. The pain is of variable quality, but it does worsen with exertion. She also gets more

had some very troublesome headaches so at first, I was compassionate to her issue. The problem with her complaint of being ill was not present when she would go on vacations. While on vacation, she was able to play volleyball, run on the beach, and resume her normal life abilities. Unfortunately, her illness would be right back when it was time to return back to work. While serving as the Admin Sergeant I was tasked with working a special event detail and this officer was assigned to me. The morning of the detail she did not show up for work. I tried calling her several times and she finally answered, giving me the excuse that she was sick and had told her supervisor. I immediately called her supervisor and he said that she did call

I chose to write about migraine headaches. I have been diagnosed with migraines since the young age of 5. They have been a constant struggle. I tend to not respond to typical medications used to treat migraine pain and we have found zero correlations between diet and my headaches. I typically end up in the ER a few times a year for help dealing with the pain.

The most common type of concussion in my grade 5/6 class was hitting the head on something and that can cause your brain to rock back and forth causing headaches and can knock you out! People have a higher chance of getting concussions if they play physical contact sports like football. If you notice you have memory loss, nausea etc. Most likely it means you got a concussion, but you didn’t notice! During the process of having a concussion it can be hard to concentrate and you might have a short temper! Some people say *“If someone had a big brain injury they should stay up 24 hours.” It isn’t such a great idea because if you get some rest you will recover better, and faster in your mind! To recover fast you must rest lots. Headaches can cause

Chronic headaches can make your life miserable. However, you should consider that your headaches may not actually be in your head at all. Some are actually referred pain from problems in your neck, spine, or shoulders. If that's the case with you, a chiropractor may be able to help. Here's how.

Throughout the entirety of my life, I have suffered from migraines. I have gone days, even weeks at a time in constant excruciating pain. My migraines have not only affected my social life but my academics as well. Even as I write this now my head is in searing pain.

Peter woke up with a start he had a binding headache, his hand were cuffed to a large metal pipe. The last thing he remembered that he and Neal were on their way to drink coffee at the local barista. Where was Neal anyway?

Migraine: A severe recurring headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, that is characterized by sharp, throbbing pain and is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, and visual disturbances (dictionary.com).

A migraine is the most common, recurrent, severe primary headache that affects at least 12% of the adult population in the United States or more than 28 million people. Migraine is now recognized as a neurologic process. It is characterized by an intense, throbbing, unilateral headache associated with anorexia, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia, and/or diarrhea and may last 4-72 hours. There are three types of migraines: common migraine, classic migraine, and basilar migraine. A common migraine is a benign headache lasting several hours and is the most frequent type of migraine. It has no focal symptoms that precede the headache. The classic migraine denotes the syndrome of headache associated with characteristic premonitory sensory,

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Migraine is a complex neurological disease with an undetermined cause. The prevalence of this disease has been reported as 24.4% among the women aged between 30 to 40 years. The prevalence declines by 5% with women aged 60 years and older. Low-tension glaucoma is a type of condition that is observed mainly in those 60 years and older. A higher prevalence of migraine was reported in the 1980s in patients with low-tension glaucoma, and since then, migraine has been considered a potential vascular risk factor for patients with low-tension. This research was performed to see whether patients with migraine show an early sign of cupping, an indication of glaucoma, at an age when the migraine attacks are most frequent. More specifically, the optic

Migraine headaches are not normal headaches. They are often a chronic, on-and-off condition, causing sufferers various issues in all aspects of life. School and work become more difficult, and lives are disrupted. In order to reduce the effect of migraine headaches on Americans, it is important to understand the condition and its effects.

It had been 3,000 miles since her last oil change, so she scheduled an appointment with the repair shop.

Migraine headaches are the result of a disturbance in the neurochemistry of the central nervous system. They are relatively common, affecting three times as many women as men. Migraine sufferers typically report a definite pattern to their headaches, and they can report what stimuli bring them on. Most migraine sufferers experience their first attack before the age of 20. There is no single cause of migraines, but the tendency to get migraines does tend to run in families. When a migraine occurs, it means that something has altered several of the neurotransmitter-sensitive receptors located on the outside surface of the nerve cells (neurons) so that the nervous system is no longer able to constantly maintain the natural balance that the