Migraine Headaches and Effective Care Strategies

Feverfew and Migraine Headaches

In 1973, at the suggestion of a friend, and apparently based on the advice of a traditional Welsh healer, a Welsh woman Mrs Anne Jenkins tried taking three fresh leaves of feverfew iJanacetum parthenium) each day in an attempt to rid herself of severe and recurrent migraines. After ten months, Mrs Jenkins' headaches had vanished and did not return as long as she kept taking feverfew. Her enthus...

Migraine Headaches in Women

The neurovascular theory does is contrary to the vascular theory and instead suggest the vasodilation is a phenomenon that is a associated with trigeminal nerve axon activation from triggering mechanisms. This then releases neuropeptides such as substance P, neurokinin A, and CGRP (a potent vasodilator) from axon terminals near the meningeal and other blood vessels. This then produces an inflam...

Intravitreal Injection-Induced Migraine Headaches

A case of migraine headache triggered by intravitreal injection, and aborted by retrobulbar injection, is reported. To date, migraine and related cephalgia have not been reported after intravitreal injection. Ophthalmologists and neurologists should be aware of this potential sequela of a very common procedure.

Migraine Headaches and Sleep Disorders in Children

Copyright: © 2013 Ming X. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The connection between headaches and sleep disorders has recently come under greater scrutiny as more and more studies are being conduc...

Platelet alloantigen polymorphism and migraine headaches.

Diagnosis and management of migraine headaches.

Migraine headaches afflict approximately 6% of men and 18% of women in the United States, and cost billions of dollars each year in lost productivity, absenteeism, and direct medical expendi tures. Despite its prevalence and the availability of therapeutic op tions, many patients do not seek treatment, and among those who do, a significant portion are misdiagnosed. Correct diagnosis can be made...