Is A Headache A Symptom Of A Minor Stroke
Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Medications
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- Cluster Headaches
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Preventive Medications
Calcium-Channel Blockers
Calcium-channel blockers, commonly used to treat heart disease, are important drugs for preventing cluster headaches. Verapamil (Calan) is the standard calcium-channel blocker used for headache prevention. Constipation is a common side effect. No one taking any calcium-channel blocker should withdraw the drug abruptly, because this can dangerously increase blood pressure. Overdose can cause dangerously low blood pressure and slow heart beats. Drinkin...
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Expert & Community Posts
Pregnancy And Stroke
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...condition called eclampsia. Visual disturbances, severe headaches and abdominal pain usually... Read more »
Know How to Recognize the Signs of Stroke
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert... Loss of consciousness right after "the worst headache of my life" Strokes... Read more »
04/30/07 #8 - Hemiplegic Migraine and stroke?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...Dr.Krusz is a recognized expert in the fields of headache and migrainetreatment and pain... Read more »
2/18/08 #3 - Increasingly frequent "complex" migraines; help in Denver?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...what I'm talking about, what I suffer from is not a headache. I am 47 and my migraines started... Read more »
You Have MS, now what are you going to do about it?
By Mandy Crest , Health Expert...Many patients, especially those who have relatively minor symptoms, opt NOT to take any of the... Read more »
Health Guide
Hemiplegic Migraine: Genetic Testing may be Helpful
...symptoms." Study methods:Thirty-nine patients with SHM as defined by the criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS), without associated neurologic features, were scanned for... Read more »Mitral Valve Proplase Patient Guide
...exertion (including minor housework); sometimes misdiagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome. Migraine headaches, resulting from abnormal nervous system control of blood flow. As noted... Read more »Managing a Stroke
...strokes. Early symptoms of increased brain pressure are drowsiness, confusion, lethargy, weakness, and headache. Medications such as mannitol may be given during a stroke to reduce pressure or the... Read more »Stroke Risk Factors: Heart Disease and Stroke
...higher than average.Migraine and Associated Risk FactorsStudies have found that migraine or severe headache may be a risk factor for stroke in both men and women, especially before age 50.... Read more »Complications
...moderate form of hyperthermia, is characterized by the following symptoms:Lightheadedness, nausea, headache, hyperventilation, fatigue, and loss of concentration.A high temperature (above 103 F),... Read more »Images
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