Migraine Headaches Essay

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    Chief Complaint Headache and abnormal MRI. History Patient is a 46-year-old left-handed white female who does have a past history of very mild headaches. They are at the vertex or biparietal. These are sometimes throbbing. They are very mild and she is unable to give any further details regarding the quality, such as nausea, photophobia, and so on. She does have daily mild photophobia. She does have a past history of carsickness and somnambulism. Her mother had carsickness. Her brother has

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    Observations • Migraine is the chronic disorder of the brain and it’s more prevalent than epilepsy and diabetes. There is no cure for it. Some call it genetic disorder and some call it a stress. Questions • Is migraine genetic? What can be done to prevent migraine from passing on to the future generation? Hypothesis • A migraine is genetic. I’m a migraine sufferer and so is my dad. I have a feeling that I got this gene from my dad. Predictions • If it is genetic then there is no prevention of migraine. It

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    Migraine Research Paper

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    I have always suffered from migraines since I was little I have never seemed to outgrow them I have always felt because my mom suffered from them too she gave them to me as well. Furthermore, doing some research on this subject I came a across an article by the Mayo Clinic (mayo.clinic.com) who described the definition of migraines and the symptoms. Migraines can be described as an, intense throbbing or a pulsing sensation in one area of the head and is commonly accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and

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    Objective Chronic migraine is a debilitating condition with over $1 billion in medical cost and $16 billion in lost productivity per year in the United States. (25) Here we examine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of onabotulinumtoxinA [botox] injections versus topiramate as prophylactic therapy for chronic migraine (CM) in adults. Methods A limited literature search was conducted on July 15, 2015 using PubMed, TripDatabase as well as a focused Internet search. The retrieval was limited to human

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    • Population- Adults who suffer from chronic migraine. • Intervention- Onabotulinum toxin A [botox]. • Comparison- Botox injections versus topiramate as prophylactic therapy for chronic migraine. • Outcome- Efficacy of botox as a prophylactic therapy for chronic migraine patients. Methods A limited literature search was conducted on July 15, 2015 using PubMed, TripDatabase as well as a focused Internet search. The retrieval was limited to human populations and documents published within the past

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    Migraine: A Case Study

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    A 37-year-old patient presenting with her 6th migraine in a 2-week period indicates that additional information regarding the patient’s chief complaint is needed. I would start my exam by sitting down with the patient to discuss the patient’s present illness in further detail. I would focus on subjective questions that allow for specific details related to the migraine while also observing the patient’s response. These questions would include: location, onset, frequency, and duration, setting, quality

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    Menarche Case Study

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    Indication Migraine. History Patient is a 33-year-old Latin American female who states that she started having milder "normal" headaches at age six or seven years old. Menarche was at age 13, but that did not change the quality or frequency of her headaches. She was pregnant twice without any change in the headaches during pregnancy and in the postpartum periods. She has never been on birth control pills. Her headaches started to become menstrual related three to four months ago. Prior to that

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    10 Ways to treat Sinus headaches I have suffered from sinus and allergy problems throughout my entire life. Even if I currently live in a drier climate, I still have sinus headache. Although, a sinus headache can be confused as a migraine (just as a sinus infection feels like a cold), which is how bad a sinus headache can be. Misery becomes company and it causes your full day to become unproductive from drowsiness regardless if the medication suggests that it is a “non-drowsy” formula. From

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    Essay On Sinus Headache

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    What Is An Inwood Sinus Headache? Your sinuses are small, air-filled cavities that are located behind the bridge of the nose, cheekbones and forehead. A sinus headache is a type of headache that is caused by pressure within the sinus cavities. Sinus headaches are typically caused by migraines or other types of headaches. However, they can be caused by a sinus infection. What Are Some Of The Symptoms Of An Inwood Sinus Headache? Fatigue, stuffy nose, worsening pain and an achy feeling in the upper

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    Migraines often continue despite undergoing neuroplasty of the occipital nerves. In addition, there are procedural-related side effects with this procedure such as numbness and hypersensitivity. Occipital nerve blocks have the potential to yield positive results for both occipital neuralgia and migraine headache, thus creating a diagnostic overlap between pure migraine headache and occipital neuralgia induced headache. Thus, it should also be pointed out that

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