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  Ictal headache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ictal headaches are headaches associated with seizure activity.
Many cases of ictal headache may be misdiagnosed as migraine with aura, or even cluster headache.
Ictal headaches can be controlled with anticonvulsants, in many cases.
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 Headache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Headaches have a wide variety of causes, ranging from eye strain, sinusitis and tension to life-threatening conditions such as encephalitis, meningitis, cerebral aneurysms and brain tumors.
Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head, an upset stomach, and, at times, disturbed vision.
Not all headaches require medical attention, and respond with simple analgesia (painkillers) such as paracetamol/acetaminophen or members of the NSAID class (such as aspirin/acetylsalicylic acid or ibuprofen).
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 Headache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A headache is a condition of mild to severe pain in the head; sometimes upper back or neck pain may also be interpreted as a headache.
Headaches have a wide variety of causes, ranging from eyestrain to inflammation of the sinus cavities to life-threatening conditions such as encephalitis.
When the headache occurs in conjunction with a head injury the cause is usually quite evident; however, many causes of headaches are more elusive.
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 Headache Tips
Brain Freeze or ice cream headache are term used to describe a form of cranial pain or headache which human beings are known to sometimes experience after consuming cold beverages or foods such as ice cream, often as a result of consuming at a high rate of speed.
A thunderclap headache is a sudden and severe headache, diagnosed via a process of exclusion with accompanying negative CT and lumbar puncture results.
A vascular headache is a headache where blood vessel swelling or disturbance is causing the pain.
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 Headache as a consequence of seizures : Epilepsy.com/Professionals
Headache as a consequence of seizures : Epilepsy.com/Professionals
Headache is commonly associated with seizures as a preictal, ictal, or postictal phenomenon, but it is often neglected because of the dramatic neurologic manifestations of the seizure.
The mechanism of ictal and postictal headache is uncertain.
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 Seizures and Headaches: They Don't Have to Go Together : Epilepsy.com
Pre-ictal headaches are said to affect about 20% of people who have seizures that are difficult to control, but they may be under-reported because the seizure may interfere with memory of the headache.
Ictal headaches are seen in all types of epilepsy, including generalized epilepsy.
Ictal headaches, the rare kind that are actually seizure symptoms, will disappear if seizure medicine can control the epilepsy brain waves.
www.epilepsy.com /articles/ar_1063754930   (866 words)

  
 International League Against Epilepsy
The duration and severity of the headache appears to be proportional to the duration and severity of the preceding seizures.
The headache may be diffuse and of mild to moderate intensity, but in some patients it is strong and pulsating and may be associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia, which may make it indistinguishable from migraine.
Ictal EEGs documented the occipital origin and the spreading of the discharges to the temporal regions (Guerrini et al 1995; 1998).
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 All Answers..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The cluster headache is one of the least common types of frequent headache.
It is usually characterized by clusters of headaches within a period of 1 to 3 weeks with breaks of up to a year in between episodes.
The headaches are short ranging from just a few minutes to a couple of hours, very painful and can occur up to eight times in a day.
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 Headache Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Headache (medically known as cephalalgia) is a condition of mild to severe pain in the head; sometimes upper back or neck pain may also be interpreted as a headache.
Headache is the second-most common form of local pain.
Some people experience headaches when they are hungry or dehydrated (severe dehydration is the cause of the headache during a hangover, since alcohol is a diuretic).
www.infoforyourhealth.com /Headaches/Headache.htm   (326 words)

  
 headache preceding seizure
- the presence of a headache preceding the seizure suggests a SAH, or ICH, or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or...
With a headache and weakness preceding the seizure, it is important that your...
Pathogenesis of the `sentinel headache' preceding berry aneurysm rupture...
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 The Human Mind - Hypnotic World Psychology
It is a neurologic disease of vascular origin characterized by attacks of sharp pain involving (usually) one half of the skull and accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and occasionally visual (or rarely other) disturbances known as aura.
Cluster headaches have similar symptoms, but tend to recur in minutes or hours, rather than days, and affect a different area of the face.
Brain Freeze or ice cream headache is a term used to refer to the pain sometimes inflicted by devouring something cold like ice cream or a cold beverage, often very quickly.
psychology.hypnoticworld.com /biological/disorders/headaches.php   (2710 words)

  
 Headache Medicine -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tension headache pain is often described as a constant pressure, as if the head were being squeezed in a vise.
The exact cause of tension headaches is still unknown.
Another theory says that the main cause for tension type headaches and migraine is teeth clenching which causes a chronic contraction of the temporalis
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/68/headache-medicine.html   (926 words)

  
 E-epilepsy - Clinical Factors Associated with Post-Ictal Headache in Patients with Epilepsy
The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of post-ictal headaches and to identify clinical risk factors associated with the occurrence of post-ictal headaches in patients with partial epilepsy.
Post-ictal headaches were found to affect a quarter of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, almost two-thirds of people with occipital lobe epilepsy and about 40% of patients with frontal lobe epilepsy.
These findings may suggest that the occurrence of post-ictal headaches could be associated with the location of the epileptic focus and the region of spread of epileptic discharges.
www.e-epilepsy.org.uk /pages/lit/show_review.cfm?id=14   (219 words)

  
 Lateralizing value of peri-ictal headache: A study of 100 patients with partial epilepsy -- Bernasconi et al. 56 (1): ...
headache was defined as headache temporally related to the attacks.
headache (TLE: 9 of 10; ETE: 0 of 1) and postictal headache
peri-ictal headache that was not colocalized with the seizure
www.neurology.org /cgi/content/full/56/1/130   (1351 words)

  
 Late onset childhood occipital epilepsy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ictal visual illusions such as micropsia, metamorphopsia, and palinopsia are most likely generated from the nondominant parietal regions (Gastaut and Zifkin 1987).
However, postictal headache is a consistent symptom in one-third of these children, even without preceding convulsions (Gibbs and Gibbs 1952; Panayiotopoulos 1980; 1989; 1999a; 1999b; 2002; Gastaut 1982a; 1982b; 1982c; Gastaut and Zifkin 1987).
Ictal EEGs documented the occipital origin and the spreading of the discharges to the temporal regions (Guerrini et al 1995).
www.epilepsy.org /ctf/late_onset_idio_child_occ.html   (5529 words)

  
 headache
Cluster headaches are rare JLSreplacewithlinkto 000167.htm headaches that occur in groups or clusters.
A headache happens when pain-sensitive nerve fibers (called nociceptors) are triggered in the network of nerves that extends over the scalp, face, and along the surface and the base of the brain.
Ninety percent of all headaches are triggered by stress or tension.
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 ictal headache - treating headaches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
To understand the worst type of headache, a migraine, it helps to have a basic understanding of why we experience headaches, what we can do about them, and what some of the misconceptions about headaches are.
Headaches are most often the result of biochemical changes in the brain.
Most people experience headaches that occur, and are then conquered with either sleep, medication, or a break in the situation/stress that may have brought the headache on.
www.headache-america.info /stiff-neck-headache/ictal-headache.php   (440 words)

  
 Headache Preceding Seizure
the presence of a headache preceding the seizure suggests a SAH, or ICH, or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or...
Pediatrics, Headache - Headache is a common reason for children to seek medical care.
Headaches in children may be due to numerous causes, such as migraine and its variants, intracranial masses,...
www.health-before-wealth.com /migraine/headache-preceding-seizure.html   (207 words)

  
 headache pain relief cluster headache   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cluster headache is considered with cluster headache experience severe cluster patient with almost immediate pain relief and allows the patient to be headache free or nearly headache Cluster headaches and cluster migraine headaches can be treated to reduce the pain and recurring episodes.
A headache is a pain in the head which of the skull there is no relief until the swelling subsides Providing relief from headache pain.
CME learning objectives drugs for cluster headache pain and the intense treat intractable cluster headache has resulted in significant pain relief and poses Because the pain of a cluster headache comes on suddenly time over the counter pain relievers such as aspirin provide some pain relief.
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 All Answers..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
People who suffer from these types of headaches often get them several times a month.
A frequent headache problem can really hamper your ability to work and also to enjoy life.
If you are experiencing this type of frustration from headaches, you should make an appointment to visit your doctor.
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 Headache During Pregnancy -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Other topics related to Headache During Pregnancy: Headache Eye
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 gabapentin for headache - treating headaches
Patients undergoing plastic surgery, who were also experiencing headaches, noticed that their injections of Botox helped with their migraine headaches.
Opposite to what you have probably heard, all headaches are actually a form of migraine.
Headaches and migraine are caused by the same things and therefore the same methods will work to get rid of "regular headaches" as permanently curing
www.headache-advisor.info /headache-right/gabapentin-for-headache.php   (462 words)

  
 Post-epileptic headache and migraine -- Schon and Blau 50 (9): 1148 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and ...
Post-epileptic headache and migraine -- Schon and Blau 50 (9): 1148 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
One hundred epileptic patients were questioned about their headaches.
that seizures provoke a syndrome similar to the headache phase of migraine
jnnp.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/abstract/50/9/1148   (303 words)

  
 ICHDII2004 - page 146 of 271
ictal headache: A study of 100 patients with partial epilepsy.
Pascual J, Oterino A, Berciano J. Headache in type I Chiari malformation.
The transient syndrome of headache with neurologic deficits and CSF
www.schmerzklinik.de /ICHDII2004/index146.html   (206 words)

  
 Headache   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Dave Reynolds, technical services manager at Hampshire County Council, said server licence management had been "a headache" over the past few years.
Headache for soccer chiefs over headbutting - Stuff.co.nz
Headache for soccer chiefs over headbuttingStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 3 hours agoBy GIFFORD LEE.
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 Headache - Gurupedia
Headaches have a wide variety of causes, ranging from eyestrain to inflammation of the
When the headache occurs in conjunction with a
head injury the cause is usually quite evident; however, many causes of headaches are more elusive.
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