Headache / Migraine
Headache is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain because it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain. Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by moderate to severe headaches, and nausea.
Headache / Migraine Stories
Research suggests that hangovers can be brought on not just by alcohol, but by certain foods.
Women who have migraines have small lesions in the brain. However, these lesions do not have any negative effects on the brain.
Migraines currently affect about one in five women and while these headaches are common, there are still many unanswered questions surrounding this complex condition.- Research provides compelling evidence for a new migraine susceptibility gene involved in migraine.
- Botulinum toxin A is only modestly effective in relieving headaches says a new study.
Migraines can be prevented by using certain medications, but very few actually use them, say the guidelines published by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society.
A group of researchers have recently suggested that the “ice cream headache” may be caused by a sudden local change in blood flow to the brain.- Migraine is a neurovascular disease that affects about 15% of the western population. Compounds in foods and beverages (chocolate, wine, citrus, etc) considered as migraine triggers include tyramine, phenylethylamine and possibly histamine and phenolic compounds. Avoiding those triggers may significantly reduce the frequency of migraines in some patients.
- Headache is a very common complaint, with over 90% of all persons experiencing a headache at some time in their lives. Headaches commonly are tension-type (TTH) or migraine.
- A Mayo Clinic case study finds Botox may offer new hope to patients suffering disabling low cerebrospinal fluid headaches. The successful treatment also offers new insight into Botox and headache treatment generally. The case study was presented March 13th, 2011 at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Hawaii.
Roughly 15% of children suffer from migraines, and approximately one-third of these affected children have migraines with aura, a collection of symptoms that can include weakness, blind spots, and even hallucinations.
Recent work, in particular the CAMERA study, has used MRI to study the brains of migraine sufferers and has shown that a higher proportion of these patients exhibit lesions of the brain microvessels than the rest of the population.