This is the case of a 7-year-old girl with a history of migraine headaches who presented with a head tilt to the left and worsening headaches. Papilloedema was found on ophthlamoscopy. She had an intermittent history of migraine-type headaches for the past year. Oral naproxen 375mg twice daily provided some relief of the headaches initially but they slowly worsened and head tilt appeared. A med...

Two postmenopausal migraineurs who developed frequent and excruciating migraine headaches (one following estrogen replacement therapy and the other following a stroke) were treated with combination vitamin D and calcium. Therapeutic replacement with vitamin D and calcium resulted in a dramatic reduction in the frequency and duration of their migraine headaches.

Many individuals with migraine who experience an acute migraine headache delay treating that headache because they “wait to see if it’s going to be a migraine.” Unfortunately, by the time the headache builds and blossoms to become full-blown, the treatment they administer is much less likely to be effective. Keep in mind these 2 points: (1) although their specific features may vary, most headac...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to compare the efficacy of the transpalpebral versus endoscopic approach to decompression of the supraorbital and supratrochlear nerves in patients with frontal migraine headaches. METHODS The medical charts of 253 patients who underwent surgery for frontal migraine headaches were reviewed. These patients underwent either transpalpebral nerve decompression (...

The following paper is a case study of a patient with a history of chronic headaches (originally diagnosed as migraine without aura) who was being treaded at the Macquarie University Chiropractic Outpatients Clinic for cervical spine dysfunction. The treatments successfully reduced the upper neck and thoracic pain that the patient was experiencing and for which they had initially presented at t...

Migraine and tension type headache are the two most common primary headaches. The purpose of this study was to detect differences in clinical characteristics and headache triggers and in a Greek cohort of 51 migraineurs and 12 patients with tension-type headache. (TTH) Migraine patients had a significantly lower age at headache onset and frequency, higher mean visual analogue scale (VAS) and gr...

The International Classification of Headache Disorders lists several types of headaches [1]. Among primary headaches, migraine, tension-type headache and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias are included. However, the distinction between migraine and tension-type headache, especially in children, is not always easy and the same subject can sometimes or periodically experience migraine and tension-...

OBJECTIVE To describe the impact of migraine on psychological well-being of young women and to evaluate their communication with physicians about migraine. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted in Israel and eight European countries (Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and The Netherlands). Random-digit dialing was used to identify...

Migraine headaches are a common neurological condition, negatively impacting health and quality of life. The association between migraines and spinal cord injury (SCI) is intriguing to consider from the perspective that migraine headaches may be acquired in response to damage in the spinal cord [corrected].The primary objective of this study was to further examine the association between SCI an...