Cluster Headaches/Migraines
By Migraine Sufferer | April 9, 2007
The third type of headache is the cluster headache. The term ‘cluster’ headache comes from the fact that these types of headaches occur in bunches. They keep coming back during periods of time that are called episodes or cluster periods.
I have heard that these types of headaches/migraines are more painful than a typical migraine. The symptom is a sharp stabbing pain around the eye or the temple. This pain usually lasts for 15 minutes to three hours. Sometimes the pain spreads to the face and upper neck.
Since these types of headaches occur in ‘clusters’, a person will probably have more headaches during the ‘cluster’ period. Typically the attacks happen around the same time each day.
It isn’t unusual to have a period of relief and then have them returns months or years later.
It is interesting that cluster headaches are more common in men than in [...] Continue Reading…
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Do You Suffer From One of These Three Common Types of Migraines – Headaches?
By Migraine Sufferer | April 4, 2007
What are the three most common types of head pain?
Tension
Migraine
Cluster
1. What is tension-type headache/migraine?
Every year, more than 90% of people in the United States experience some type of headache. The most common type of headache is a tension-type headache. Almost 70% of the population have them at least once in their life.
Tension-type headaches are typically caused by tense muscles, but this is not true in all cases.
A person who suffers from tension-type headaches describes the pain as being felt on both sides of the head. It is a pressing, aching, squeezing, or a tight feeling. Although it can occur anywhere in the head, it’s usually experienced in the forehead, in the temples, the top of the head, the back of the head, or as a band around the head.
Typically a tension-type headache does not throb or pound. The ache or pain is usually mild or moderate [...] Continue Reading…
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Migraine Headache Relief from Research
By Migraine Sufferer | January 17, 2007
Are you a migraine sufferer? You are not alone! I know that the pain can be debilitating to those who suffer from migraines. To find relief, extensive research has been conducted. As you know, you can feel the first signs and are aware that you will feel terrible for the next several hours and it could last for days. It has been a helpless feeling to know that there is no relief. (If you have never suffered from a migraine, it is hard to understand the frustration of no cure.) You would just have to suffer until the pain went away. Those close to the sufferer of a migraine headache would try to understand and hoped they could provide migraine headache relief, but there was not much anyone could do.
Those who have never suffered a migraine do not know how they [...] Continue Reading…
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Migraine Headaches: Causes
By Migraine Sufferer | January 17, 2007
Do you realize that there are hundreds of people who suffer from migraine headaches?
Do you realize that thousands of workdays are lost each year due to migraine headaches?
What is a migraine? It is a pain that many times begins in a particular area of the head and gradually grows across the entire head. The headaches are so strong that many people have ruined days a result. In addition to severe pain, migraine sufferers may also deal with nausea, sound sensitivity, light sensitivity, vomiting and intolerance to smells. So what are the causes of migraine headaches? Read below on some of the causes of migraine headaches as well as treatments available.
Are There Really Causes Of Migraine Headaches?
Doctors think that the condition may stem from reactions by the nervous system to bodily or environmental changes. In addition, family histories seem to play a big part in a person’s predisposition [...] Continue Reading…
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Basilar Migraine: What is It?
By Migraine Sufferer | January 15, 2007
Basilar migraine is a rarer form of migraine headaches. When it was first diagnosed, medical researchers hypothesized that the cause of the migraine was a blood vessel. The belief was that the vessels would enlarge and constrict which cause an unnatural regulation of the flow of blood. This fluctuation in turn caused migraines to occur.
Subsequently, following additional research, it was determined that the onset of migraines in individuals was based on other factors. Some of those various factors included the eating of certain types of food, certain odors, the weather, behavioral changes (sleep patterns, stress, etc.) and stress.
In addition to many causes which brought on episodes of migraines, there are a variety of types of migraines that an individual can experience. One of the rarest types of migraines that can be experienced is the basilar migraine. A brief study of a basilar migraine [...] Continue Reading…
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Migraine Headache Stages
By Migraine Sufferer | January 13, 2007
There appear to be four stages of a migraine headache. Although the stages may vary for each migraine sufferer, they are fairly methodical.
Stage 1: Prodome
Stage 2: Aura
Stage 3: Migraine Headache
Stage 4: Postdrome
Read below for more essential pieces of migraine information including more migraine information on the four phases and treatment options.
Phase One: Prodrome
When investigating migraine information, it’s best to start at the very beginning. The first phase of a migraine is something that around 60% of migraine sufferers experience before a migraine occurs. This phase may start hours or days before an episode. The prodrome phase has many different symptoms that may make a person aware that a headache is about to come. These include sleepiness, irregularity, bloating, cravings, thirst, and light and sound sensitivity.
Phase Two: Aura
Perhaps the most interesting phase and piece of migraine information is the aura phase. Not as many migraines are accompanied by the [...] Continue Reading…
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