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Adolescents and Headaches
Headaches can be quite common in childhood and often increase in frequency during the teenage years. Your teen's headaches may be prompted by a specific stressful event...
Epileptic Attacks and Migraine
Recent studies have indicated that those who suffer from epilepsy are also likely to suffer from migraine headaches. Therefore special treatment considerations need to...
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Headaches
Fibromyalgia is a non-specific disease that involves pain in the muscles ligaments and tendons and occurs throughout the body. People suffering from fibromyalgia...
Head Injury: Signs That There Could Be Brain Damage
Everyone knows that a head injury can be serious but the phrase ‘head injury’ conjures up images of a bad car accidence, a motorcycle hitting a...
Headache and Migraine Relief During Pregnancy
Headaches are common during pregnancy, and may involve tension headaches or migraines. Tension headaches tend to feel like a dull ache on both sides...
Headaches and Iron Deficiency
Headaches are a common symptom of iron deficiency. In cases where iron deficiency is prolonged headaches may even become chronic. Iron deficiency can also lead to...
Headaches and Migraines in Women
For some time headaches and migraines were considered psychologically based and were not thought to be a serious physical condition. Women, as a whole, are generally...
Headaches in Children
Like adults many children suffer from headaches and in fact, the causes are sometimes the same as those experienced by adults. Other headaches are more specific to...
Headaches in People Over 50
For many adults the incidence of headaches after age fifty actually decreases and this can be a welcome relief. Those over fifty are less likely to suffer from...
Migraines and Menopause
Menopause is a natural part of a woman's aging process. During menopause a woman's ovaries produce lower levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone and she is no...
Thyroid Disease and Headaches
Thyroid disease is considered a comorbid condition for headaches and migraines. This means that although it occurs independently of the headaches it still can intensify...
Vertigo and Migraines
Migraines are characterised by painful headaches but sufferers can also experience other symptoms such as vertigo. Vertigo is a common symptom that often accompanies a...
