Causes of migraines and headaches 18 Articles

by Christine G.

Headaches are a common menace whose cause is often unidentified. If we are to believe the TV commercials, that's no problem. Pop a pill, and it will go away. Wrong. Many headaches are of the rebound variety. If you...read more

by Kim Sharpe

Migraines can and do cause devastation in the sufferers life. I've had migraines since my early twenties. I will never forget when the first one hit. I woke up around four in the morning with a throbbing pain on the lef...read more

by Susanne Jones

There are certain food items or food ingredients that can trigger headaches or migraines. Furthermore, eating habits like skipping meals, dehydration, and fasting, can trigger a headache as well. Therefore, if a person s...read more

by M. Lee

Is High Blood Pressure a Cause of Headaches? It has long been thought that high blood pressure may be a leading cause of headache pain. Recent studies by the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry have indica...read more

by Teri Robert

Much of what was thought to be true about Migraines has now been shown to be either incorrect or incomplete. Unfortunately, despite the best communications and learning opportunities in history, misinformation about Migrai...read more

by Amy Browne

When you suffer from a migraine all you want to do is make it stop and never return. However they do return and sometimes with a vengeance unparallel to anything we've ever had. I've been in labor three times and had three...read more

by Dorothy Wilde

Migraine headache is usually pulsating or pounding in nature and can be limited to one side of head. It is usually associated with symptoms like nausea, vomiting or extreme exhaustion. Migraine is of two types: common migr...read more

by Eveline Hessels

I was as young as 11 when I had my first migraine. I was in class and had to read a story. As I was reading, I had to stop, because, from what I could see, there were no more words. The teacher told me to read on, but ther...read more

by Helen Borel

DEFEATING MIGRAINE WITH AN ANTI-CLOT DRUG? The tendency to be a migraineur is inherited. And a migraineur's blood is known to be more coagulable than other people's blood. The latter fact becomes especially significan...read more

by Alex Bruce

Can anyone fix my sinus headache? I would be exaggerating to say I've lost count of the number of people who complain of "sinus headaches". However, it is a frequent complaint, and is usually accompanied by bewilder...read more

by raniday

Your doctor doesn't fully understand the causes, myriad symptoms or cures for a migraine, but if you have migraines, you know it's not a headache. Headaches can be cured with OTC pain relievers. As a lifetime migraine su...read more

by Vern Eaker

Hangovers are sick It starts actually feeling good, a few beers at your backyard bar-B-Q a few friends to encourage you, Then your out of beer and someone suggest a trip to the local bar where you find your self consumi...read more

by Lauren Beyenhof

A migraine (sometimes called a vascular headache) is a particularly unbearable type of headache that is located on one side of the head. Although nearly 23 million Americans suffer from this condition, more women than men ...read more

by Dr. Rusty Dorn

Migraines: Preliminary results look promising Could free radical damage contribute to migraine headaches? Dr. Sirichai Chayasirisobhon of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center set out to address that question when he recr...read more

by Grey Lady

Migraine headaches affect somewhere around 28 million Americans, both male and female, according to experts in the articles I have read. Migraine headaches are responsible for much absenteeism and loss of productivity in t...read more

by A. Jae

I am a 30 year old female and I have been diagnosed with Vascular Artery migraines. Most people who have suffered a head ache may have suffered a migraine without knowing it. Migraines have different distinguishing quali...read more

by Alison Doane-Lentine

For me, exercising caused migraines! Certain types of exercises, anyway. It took me a while to make the connection, but I came to realize that everytime I did a workout video which featured abdominal exercises, I would get...read more

by Cecilia McGowan

Contrary to popular belief, migraines are not simply bad headaches. They are in fact, now recognized as their own "syndrome", and a headache, as well as the "aura" often experienced, nausea, light sensitivity etc. are sym...read more