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Hemicrania continua is a rare but treatable primary headache disorder that is also known as the ‘chronic daily headache’. It was not until 1981 that the medical community became aware of hemicrania continua.
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Anyone who understands the true extent of migraine pain and how life altering chronic migraines can be has likely thought at least once about whether chronic episodes are changing their brain. This question has recently become the focus of the migraine community as new research suggests that the answer is yes. Continue reading “Are Chronic Migraines Changing My Brain?”
A retinal migraine is a specific classification of migraine headaches that differ from the classic and well-known types of headaches. The symptoms that occur before or during the headache differ slightly from the classic migraine symptoms. As a result, it is easy to assume that the problem is not a migraine and put off seeking appropriate treatment. Continue reading “The Retinal Migraine”
For parents, there is little worse than watching your child suffer from pain that cannot be quantified in any substantial way. For nearly 2% of children, abdominal pain has been attributed to what is referred to as abdominal migraines. This condition is a variant of migraine pain that is felt in the abdomen instead of the cranium and has yet to gain significant attention. Continue reading “Five Signs Your Child Has Abdominal Migraines”
Migraines, as many of you already know, are life-disrupting bouts of excruciating head pain that are often difficult to predict and harder to prevent. If you suffer from numerous attacks during a month, you may be experiencing chronic migraine symptoms. Pain from almost constant migraines can make life miserable for those experiencing them, driving them from one therapy to another in search of the Holy Grail of pain relief.
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Euphoria is described as an exaggerated or abnormal sense of physical and/or emotional well-being. Following a migraine, it is commonly reported that individuals feel depressed and wiped out but there are also some who describe feeling euphoric. Continue reading “Migraine Symptom: What Is Migraine Euphoria?”
Synesthesia is a seemingly harmless condition that is described as the unusual mixing or blending of the senses. Or in other words, the stimulation to one sensory that causes an involuntary response or hallucination from a different sensory. Very little is known about its association with migraines, but some individuals have reported synesthesia replacing symptoms that normally occur during the aura phase of a migraine episode.
Those who suffer from chronic migraine episodes are all too familiar with the symptoms and side effects. But physicians are hearing more and more about a particular side effect that patients may not be talking about as much as they should. Known as The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS), this condition is a neurological phenomenon that is characterized by distorted perceptions, disorientation and warped senses. It seems to be more common in children, but also present in adults with frequent migraines.
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Did you know that migraine symptoms also occur in other areas of the body? These symptoms are triggered by abnormal activities in the brain that affects these areas, and may occur days or hours before the migraine even begins.
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Migraine headaches are a condition, typically, seen more in women than in men. Migraines are different than stress or tension headaches in that they are a form of vascular headaches. This means they stem from the dilation of blood vessels in the brain.
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