migraine

Monthly Headaches (Every Month) Types and Causes

Monthly headaches or migraines are often connected with the menstrual cycle and menstruation in particular. It may be a more common occurrence in girls and women. It may even appear to correlate the menstrual periods. However, monthly headaches may occur for other reasons and even men may be affected. It is therefore >> Read More ...

Prevent Migraines – How To Guide, Foods, Vitamins, Lifestyle

Migraines affect about 30 million Americans at least once in a a year. Overall migraines accounts for the majority of severe headaches in women and about 1 in 5 of severe headaches in men. Women are three times more likely to suffer with migraines than men.  While various medication may be used to treat episodes, >> Read More ...

Headache Behind The Eyes (Right, Left) Causes

Most of us do not describe headaches according to medical classifications. We usually cannot say with certainty whether we are experiencing a tension-type headache, cluster headache or migraine. Instead most people describe the pain by the nature of the pain (for example a throbbing headache), the location of the pain >> Read More ...

Sleep Headaches (Waking Up with Head Pain) Causes and Remedies

As with most symptoms, head pain or headaches are prone to changes that may be related to different times of the day. It is not always the time fthat is a factor as much as the activities that occur during or just before these periods when a headache may worsen. One of the commonly reported modalities in this regard is a >> Read More ...

Wavy Lines In Vision (Zig Zag), Causes and Treatments

Most of us take our vision for granted, as we do with our other senses. Common vision problems like short-sightedness are easily corrected these days with spectacles, contact lenses or quick and inexpensive laser surgery. We no longer see these vision-related problems as a hindrance. However, when vision is disturbed in >> Read More ...

10 Migraine Myths and Facts

Every year some 30 million Americans experience one or more migraine. Although it is a common condition, migraines are often confused with other types of headaches. A migraine is a very severe headache that occurs in episodes and are is often accompanied by other symptoms ranging from nausea and vomiting to light >> Read More ...

Dehydration and Headache – Symptoms and Prevention

Can Dehydration Cause Headache? Dehydration can cause both sudden or chronic headaches. Causes of a sudden dehydration headache: Occasional pressure-like headache due to not drinking enough water, especially after physical exertion and in a hot weather Migraine, a pulsating, one- or both-sided headache with nausea and >> Read More ...

Migraine Headache Triggers: Foods, Estrogen, Stress, Weather…

Migraine and Migraine Triggers Migraine is a throbbing headache (one- or both-sided) with nausea and sensitivity to lights and sounds, lasting from 4 to 72 hours. Migraine is considered as an inherited sensitivity of the nervous system resulting in dilation (expanding) of the arteries on the brain surface when triggered by >> Read More ...

Can an Allergy Cause a Headache?

Allergies cause many symptoms depending on the part of the body where the inflammation is occurring. For example when the lining of the nose is irritated, there is sneezing and a runny nose. However, there are times when symptoms arise during an allergic episode that may not seem related to an allergy. Headaches are one >> Read More ...