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Introduction Approximately 2% of children are thought to suffer from cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), with an increasing number of cases in adults as well. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2013) It is a chronic disease; the individual will suffer bouts of severe nausea and vomiting, and then go into remission for a period of time. Some of the patients have noticed episodes occurring more frequently at certain times of the year, while others experience it during certain times of the day; especially in the morning

Non odontogenic toothache, as its name suggests, is a painful condition that occurs in the absence of any clinically evident cause in the teeth or periodontal tissues. In approximately 3.4% of the teeth that receive endodontic treatment, the pain is either initially caused by a nonodontogenic etiology, or the posttreatment pain is due to a nonodontogenic phenomenon, and 9% have a mixed condition of odontogenic and nonodontogenic toothache If the reason for the pain cannot be identified at the exact

vertex and radiate to the nuchal area and retrobulbar area. They are throbbing, worsen with exertion. She has nausea, photophobia, and phonophobia with these. Precipitants include stress. She has never been on any prophylactic medications or triptans. She had a severe migraine a few months ago, resulting in a dull, daily headache for one month. She had another severe migraine two weeks ago, which was present for a whole week. She had a spinal tap done. She previously had negative serum Lyme

Desvenlafaxine succinate (DVS) Controlled-Release Tablets Educating elderly patients new to DVS: safety guide for Australian Nurses Class: Serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressant Brand name: Pristiq® Indications Symptomatic treatment of major depressive disorder.1 Pharmacology Pharmacodynamics (PD): DVS prolongs the action of serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NA) in the central-nervous-system (CNS) by selectively binding to synaptic reuptake transporters.2-4

IT IS NOT JUST A HEADACHE. 3 It Is Not Just a Headache. An Informative Essay As stated by Dr. Dawn Marcus (2013),” If you have migraines, you know migraines can touch many areas of your life. A Migraine is more than “just a headache” or a pain disorder―migraine can change how your go about your day, how you feel about yourself, and how you interact with important people in your life” (p. 1). According to Ellen Welch (20103), a migraine is a disorder thought to affect 2-15 percent of the world's

Migraine Migraine is extreme head pain whereby one also experiences other phenomena such as intolerance to light, one may be disturbed by sound and also distressed by smell. Migraine is debilitating to many, with sufferers experiencing some or all of the following: nausea, vomiting, eye pain, blurred vision, intensely intolerable throbbing pain (usually on one side of the head which may come and go in waves), sensitivity to light and sounds, smell and touch, and migraine may last up to three days1

A headache is a throbbing pain in the head which tends to be unilateral, spreading across the forehead and eyes. Headache is an agonising ache which could simply be a typical pain or it could be constant discomfort around the head which could be severe. (Wedro, 2015) Headaches are very common with around 10 million people frequently complaining of headaches in outpatient practice (Kaderebek, 2015). The nature of headaches varies from typical headaches to migraines which need to be given more attention

as reducing stress, improving sleep habits, and regular exercise can be made. Patients with migraine should be encouraged not to miss meals[5]. Vasoconstroictive medications such as pseudoephhedrine should be avoided and patients advised to use triptans as minimum as possible in order to prevent the rebound symptoms. Though there has been advances in the treatment options for both acute and chronic migrane, patients are still suffering unnecessarily because of underuse of these medications[15,16]

Literature Review Source A 7 Antidepressant Side Effects by Chris IIialades Everyday Health, Chris IIiades, Farrokh Sohrabi, Dr Tarvedi. 2015. 7 Antidepressant Side Effects to Know About. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/drug-side-effects.aspx. [Accessed 5 May 2016]. Summary This source gives us an in depth explanation of the 7 most common side effects of antidepressants. It states that antidepressants are the most common medication prescribed and it is effective

Chief Complaint Vertebral dissection and stroke. History Patient is a 26-year-old right-handed white female who presents with her husband for followup after a vertebral dissection and stroke. This is an individual who has a long history of migraines. They went away during her pregnancy. Her child is six months old. After pregnancy, they started to recur again. She had a migraine on August 1, 2015 that was very severe and included intractable nausea and vomiting. For this she went to Wentworth