THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 — The color of your skin may very well determine how your headache gets treated, a new study warns. The same percentage of white, Black and Hispanic Americans — about 15% — suffer from severe headaches and/or migraines, the investigators noted. But the current analysis, conducted by 16 headache disorder experts,… Read More »
Hypnic headaches are generally easier to manage than migraines. A little bit of caffeine before bed—about 40 to 60 mg in a tablet, or about half a cup of brewed coffee—usually prevents them without keeping people up at night, Preston says. But don’t try this without talking to your doctor first. Just be sure to… Read More »
If you do get them, high blood pressure headaches tend to come during a hypertensive crisis. Symptoms of headaches fall along a continuum ordered by their characteristics: the occasional tension headache is at one end and the migraine headache is at the other. Whether you have headaches, other hypertension symptoms, or no symptoms at all,… Read More »
After she tried pain medication, physical therapy and massage to the area, muscle relaxants, anti-seizure medications, and chiropractic treatments, her doctor performed various diagnostic tests. An MRI of the brain and sinuses, and a full eye exam all came back normal. This was good news, as it ruled out some more serious causes of headaches… Read More »
“Headaches aren’t welcome here” — that’s the sign you have hanging on your brain’s front door, but the pain is barging right in. You can chalk it up to stress from world events or something you ate or drank, and you might be right. But there are a number of common triggers for migraines, tension… Read More »
It’s important to know how to tell them apart from the signs of a stroke, or jaw pain from grinding teeth. If your PCP is unable to manage your migraine, it most often starts at puberty and is worst during middle age. Can be in the front of the head; behavioral management of migraine headache… Read More »
Cluster Headache (Photo Credits: Pixabay) If there is one thing that brings all the discomfort in our lives, it is a headache. While there are different types of headache, cluster headache is the one that makes you suffer from unbearable pain. The level of discomfort is so high that you may find it challenging to… Read More »