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Monday, October, 19, 2009

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05/21/07 #3 - Is Migraine a catch all term for severe headaches?

By Ask the Clinician Health Expert

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I have been dealing with rather bizarre and intense headaches for the last 8 years.  So that you know what I am dealing with, my headaches include:  A slow developing pain over the right side of my head, particularly above and behind the right eye.  This pain intensifies.  There is a great deal of pressure, as if bricks are weighing down the eye. The eye turns  blood shot, the pupil is affected.  There is tearing and the lid droops. My face becomes flush and my right sin...

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