Patient Question: migraine sufferer

PATIENT QUESTION:I’m 29 years old. I've been a severe migraine sufferer since I was about five.2years ago I broke and dislocated my right jaw. My pain is horrific now. At least 3to4 days out of the week I’m sick with them now, when it only used to be maybe 2 a week. It’s really messed up my life. I can’t raise my children like I need to; I can't even hold down a job now. I’ve been on and off

Blood Pressure-Related Headaches

Hypertension (high blood pressure) and hypotension (low blood pressure) can both cause headaches.Hypertension can be present with no discernible symptoms and is usually discovered during a routine medical examination. Headache is only one indicator of high blood pressure that usually feels like a band tightening around your head, with the headache worse in the morning, and feelings of fatigue,

QUESTION: My 14 year old daughter has had chronic daily headaches since May 2009. They started a week after she had her braces removed and started wearing the retainer. Her braces were put on to correct an overbite. She has been tested pretty thoroughly and we have not found anything else that could be causing her headaches. She complains about her neck hurting and has also complained about her

Migraine Headaches

"Migraine" headache has become the universal term for a very intense, incapacitating headache even though the headache may not be a true migraine. The causes of a true migraine headache are still debated in the medical community even though almost 25% of the population suffers from this type of headache.A classic sign of migraine headaches is a pre-headache sensory warning in the form of what is

Stress vs. Tension Headaches

Tension headaches are often referred to as stress headaches for a very good reason. Stressful situations make a person tense, and, this, in turn, causes actual physical changes in a person's body that can cause a headache. Some factors that contribute to stress in our everyday lives are work-related problems, poor eating and sleeping habits, chronic medical conditions, and constant worrying

Cluster Headaches

Cluster headaches are said to be one of the most painful and debilitating headaches suffered by countless people. Cluster headaches strike without warning and stop you in your tracks. They get their name from the fact they tend to strike sporadically in clusters, rotating through periods of intense pain and then abating. Cluster headache periods can last from weeks to months with long episodes of

Tension Headaches

One of the most common headaches from which people suffer is the tension headache in which pain is felt over the entire head, not localized to one area. Tension headaches are caused by a variety of factors such as stress, depression, changing sleep patterns, or poor posture.Tension headaches are often caused by TMD/TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder) and jaw dysfunction. People who have been