Posts Tagged ‘Headache’
Migraine
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
DESCRIPTION
Migraine is a neurological and often hereditary disease in which the most prominent symptom is an intense, pounding headache. The headache, itself called a migraine, is usually felt on one side of the head and is accompanied by other symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances. During a migraine attack, blood vessels in the head become hyperreactive and enter into a repetitive cycle of extreme constriction followed by rapid dilation. While a full understanding of the process that produces a migraine headache has not yet been reached, most scientists believe in the following basic scenario: a variety of triggers, which differ from individual to individual, imbalance brain chemistry causing nerve pathway changes, specifically in a major nerve pathway in the brain called the trigeminal system. (more…)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Diagnostic summary
Mild fever, recurrent sore throat, painful lymph nodes, muscle weakness, muscle pain, prolonged fatigue after exercise, recurrent headache, migratory joint pain, depression, sleep disturbance.
Aetiology
• Epstein-Barr virus: EBV-herpes viruses produce latent lifelong infections; host’s immune system normally holds latent infection in check; immunocompromise allows recurrence; viral infection itself can disrupt immunity; elevated EBV antibody observed in diseases of immune dysfunction; elevated antibody titers to viruses observered in (more…)
Bacterial Sinusitis
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Diagnostic Summary
History of acute viral respiratory infection, dental infection, or nasal allergy; nasal congestion and purulent discharge; fever, chills, and frontal headache; pain, tenderness, redness, and swelling over involved sinus; transillumination shows opaque sinus; chronic infection may produce no symptoms other than mild postnasal discharge, musty odour, or non-productive cough.