Migraines

Studies have come to the conclusion that migraines may result from a series of reactions in the central nervous system caused by changes in your body or in the environment. We call these changes “triggers” because they can go on to produce inflammation in the blood vessels and nerves that surround the brain. The result is a pulsating migraine headache. It is important to be aware of such triggers so you can avoid the onset of a migraine which can be so debilitating

The most prevalent type of migraine is a throbbing headache which is often one-sided, beginning in a specific area on one side of your head. This type of migraine spreads and builds up in intensity over the next hour or two, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light or sound. There are several other types of migraines each with their own set of symptoms

If you are a migraine headache sufferer and you love to blog, have a look at the Daily Headache. the blog owner is a migraine sufferer herself who is knowledgeable about her subject. For a more structured look and feel but less personal slant on migraine problems, see the NY Times Migraine Blog

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• Making it to 92

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 139
  by Julie Danis All the doctors sang the same tune, “You’re getting older.” Generally, I didn’t think I looked or felt like I was approaching 50, whatever that is suppose to look and feel like. But it’s difficult to feel young when the diagnosis is “old.” I did feel sweaty at night, hot during the day ...
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• Migraine Medications For Stronger Headaches

  
  Weight Loss Diet Nutrition Tips Blog — Authority: 118
  All doctors and researchers who deal regularly with migraines are, in the end, looking for migraine cures. Theyve discovered a great deal of information about how migraines work in the first place, not to mention what triggers them. Teaching people how to eliminate these triggers isnt a cure, exactly, but at least ...
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• Rapidfire Update & Taoist Trauma (opinions welcome)

  
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  i’d really like your thoughts on something but first, a wee update. life got annoyingly life-like recently, hence lack of bloggy goodness…between the ongoing tension headache stuff and the coordinating transcontinental property transfers and the generally being insane, running my own business thing and my mother ...
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• Many Myths About Migraine Headaches

  
  Weight Loss Diet Nutrition Tips Blog — Authority: 118
  Migraine headaches are surrounded by myths that can affect migraine sufferers adversely and even sometimes result in their receiving the wrong treatments. Its understandable that people who dont get migraines might have some misconceptions, but if they begin to judge a person for getting the headaches at all, then ...
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• Alternative Treatments For Headaches

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 142
  There are now many alternative and natural treatments to help people who suffer from headaches and migraines. In this article, I write about these type of remedies and also recommend the types of food people should avoid if they are always suffering from headaches and migraines. There are many causes of headaches ...
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• Knowing About Migraine Without Aura

  
  Weight Loss Diet Nutrition Tips Blog — Authority: 118
  Contrary to popular assumption, not everyone who gets migraines experiences the neurological disturbances known as the aura. This is one of many migraine myths that people believe. The most common manifestation of this condition is the migraine without aura . This doesnt mean that the person who doesnt ...
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• Three Down....

  
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  Today I saw Neuro #3. He now has a number because at the end of the month, I will be seeing Neuro #4 (in the past 5 years). It wasnt a great visit. My migraines have increased back to 1-3 a week. Ever since that 17 or so day Status Migraine, they steadily got worse. Worse still, my abortive, Migranal NS has stopped ...
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• Often-Overlooked Details In A Facelift Procedure To Consider

  
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• Often-Overlooked Details In A Facelift Procedure To Consider

  
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• The Visual Symptoms Of A Migraine With Aura

  
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  A migraine with aura is not what most sufferers of migraines experience. This is contrary to the beliefs of many among the general public, as most people seem to think the visual symptoms that accompany this type of migraine are pretty much the norm for everyone who has this illness. But not only is this type of ...
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• Unlocking mysteries of the brain with PET

  
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• Schrödinger’s Migraine? skeptics, stress & serotonin.

  
  Catatonic Kid — Authority: 108
  this is a decidedly curious ‘migraine’. it has been about 72 hours now, give or take. i could call something at the start of the week a prodrome. or not. i could just as easily have been having one of those days . at this point it could be any number of things gone awry in these here stormy neurological ...
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• Hormones, Hypertension and Headaches

  
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• It Hurst

  
  Mystress Lady Evyl — Authority: 466
  OMG I have like the worst headache ever. . It started last night around 9 or 10pm and is still here at 1pm the following day. I do not suffer from migraines, I have never had one so don’t know if this is one. I do know I am leaving work early and thank god my boss with whom I share an office is not here because I ...
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• I Received a Very Special Privilege and Honour Today

  
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  This morning I found out that I was considered for and award, and received an “Honorary Mention” from Psych Central . If you haven’t heard of them, they are pretty awesome. They have been recognized and received accolades themselves. I should have blogrolled them ages ago, but PA can be a little bit slow at ...
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• Migraines With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 705
  Young women who smoke, use birth control pills and suffer from migraine headaches with aura are at greater risk of suffering a stroke.
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• Rambling From An Un- Caffeinated Brain

  
  Rundpinne — Authority: 136
  I do realise how late it is, 10:27am to be exact, but dear readers, I chose to sleep awhile longer after my teens left for school. One of my migraine medicines makes me hungry and tired, it offers little relief, yet I do eat and sleep well. So, I am waiting not so patiently for my late morning coffee. So what is on ...
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• Your Better Options With Migraine Treatment

  
  Weight Loss Diet Nutrition Tips Blog — Authority: 118
  Migraine treatment has come to mean many different things in recent years. Of course in the long run it means trying to eliminate the illness altogether if possible, by finding its causes and somehow getting rid of them. But for most people, it means something along the lines of migraine management, which involves ...
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• Drug Industry Lobbyists Kept Clinical Trial Results Secret

  
  My Mind, Body & Health — Authority: 154
  The Sunlight Foundation reports on how lobbyists for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries impacted one womans health problems. Suffering from debilitating migraines, Bray Patrick-Lake volunteered for a Food and Drug Administration-regulated clinical trial. But three months after joining the study, it was ...
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