Muscle contraction headache; Headache - benign; Headache - tension; Chronic headaches - tension; Rebound headaches - tension
Understanding your headache triggers can help you avoid situations that cause your headaches. A headache diary can help you identify your headache triggers. When you get a headache, write down the day and time the pain began. The diary should include notes about what you ate and drank in the last 24 hours, how much you slept and...
Read moreFull Question: During the cold weather, I hardly ever have a headache. But when the weather starts warming up in the spring &... Read more »
Although NDPH shares some symptoms with tension-type headache, it is unique in that many patients can pinpoint the date their headache... Read more »
Full Question: migraine with aurasHi, I've had migraines w/auras since childhood. I only get them once or twice a year but only get the... Read more »
Full Question: Dear Teri Robert,In your article Migraine Can Have Many Variations it says "In some cases, especially with Hemiplegic... Read more »
In my most recent blog, I reported that we are still in the era of “dumb meds,” and how this is due in large part to the fact that... Read more »
These startling, sometimes frightening head pains have been described in various ways: In the beginning, when I began having migraines, I suffered... Read more »
In the last few years, New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH) has been recognized as a distinct primary headache syndrome. Primary headache disorders... Read more »
Strokes kill 45 percent more Canadian women than men, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Among women ages 20 to 44, those who have... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Diagnosing the cause of persistent daily headache can be difficult. People who visit the emergency room with disabling headache may be misdiagnosed... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Many patients report a delay of 1 - 6 years in the diagnosis of their cluster headaches. Migraine-like symptoms (light and sound sensitivity, aura,... Read more »