Headache

decrease in the amount of success that drug has to treat the pain. Placebos offer a medicine-free treatment to help patients deal with pain. Many studies have been done to examine the difference between medicine and placebos pills to treat migraine headaches. Placebos have been found to have similar pain-relieving effects to medicine, without the harmful risks the medication has (Seymour, 2011).   Title Placebos were first introduced into the medical world in the late 18th century (Seymour, 2011). Placebos

Nearly 45 million Americans suffer from chronic headaches, and 17 million of those Americans suffer from migraine headaches. Migraines have many triggers and can be extremely debilitating, therefore knowing what triggers yours and what helps can be life changing. Talking to a specialist and allowing them to run tests may show to be helpful as well. Understanding treatment opportunities and starting preventative measures shows to play a vital role in maintaining quality of life as well. Although there

Background and Objective: Neurologic literatrure about therapeutic effect of subcutaneous corticosteroids in patients with migrainous chronic daily headache is scare. Aim of this research is assessment of therapeutic effects of this management in the patients. Methods: Consecutive patients with migrainous chronic daily headache in our headache clinic enrolled a prospective before and after therapeutic study during 2010-2013. Fourty mg Metylprednisolone was divided in four subcutaneous injection

CHIEF COMPLAINT Right upper quadrant pain and headache. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS This is a 65-year-old caucasian female complaining of 3 days of right upper quadrant pain which is sharp, and constant, without radiation. The pain is localized. There is no change with position or eating. Pain is accompanied by intermittent nausea. [Name] has a history of many endoscopies. Remote EGD showed antral gastritis, but more recent EGDs were negative for remarkable findings. Colonoscopy showed diverticulosis

in size. Some doctors say that this cannot cause headaches or any other problems, but others would disagree. These cysts are not cancerous and are found mainly in women that range in the ages of twenty to thirty years of age (Meyer e51). This can also cause a disturbance in the female’s production of melatonin and affect her metabolism (Meyers e51). There are many different types of categories that classify headaches. There are tension headaches where most of the pressure is located at the temples

resulting in problems like FM.(f3) The parenting responsibilities for parents of children with disabilities often need a significant amount of time to complete, can be physically demanding, can interrupt family and social relationships, and can adversely affect caregiver employment (Brannen & Heflinger, 2006; Seltzer & Heller, 1997). Perhaps as a consequence of these additional influences, family caregivers of children with disabilities can be at increased risk to experience depression, physical health

attention with the onset of a scale of 8/10 Migraine headache of 2 days. After careful examining her and taking a complete history, Miss A is diagnosed with Migraine headache without aura. The NP is able to establish a treatment plan with Miss A’s involvement. The treatment plan includes: acute Migraine management and prophylaxis management. The acute Migraine management is proven to be effective for her as the evidence of pain relief: her headache was a scale of 2/10 after taking Sumatriptan combined

Migraines rank as the number 7th leading cause of disability worldwide and affects an approximated 14% of the general population. In other words, a migraine is a headache on steroids. It is a primary headache disorder characterized by recurrent headaches that range anywhere between moderate to extremely severe. Typically, the symptoms associated with migraines include a pounding sensation in one half of the head, nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light, smell, and sound. Before a migraine comes

Application of Concept Analysis to Clinical Practice The concept is a general idea that is derived from human perception of events in the environment. This is based on the belief that occurrences in a given context are necessary to a wholesome interpretation of a phenomenon ( McEwen, Willis, 2011, pg,.25).Applications of concept analysis to clinical practice has become accepted among practitioners as paradigms of practice. Paradigms are an intellectual or theoretical view of a discipline based

The movie that was given was called “Three Faces of Eve.” This movie was based on the true story of a woman who had dissociative identity disorder, named Chris Sizemore. Dissociative identity disorder is “characterized by an involuntary escape from reality characterized by a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory.”(NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness) In this movie, there are three identities present. The first identity is Eve White, the second is Eve Black, and