As you know, when we deal with medicine and science, our primary advice is always to be followed by specialists in the field. Never improvise! Health is not a joke. But today we give you some tips not to underestimate these symptoms. Seemingly harmless, they could be hiding something very serious. Headache, mental slowdown, nausea, […]
Topiramate, introduced as an antiepileptic drug (AED), is currently most widely used for prevention of migraine headaches. Because reproductive-aged women represent a population in which migraines are prevalent, clinicians need guidance to help women taking topiramate make sound contraceptive choices. Several issues are relevant here. First, women who have migraines with aura should avoid estrogen-containing contraceptive pills, patches, and rings. Instead, […]
“I’ve been here, I’ve been through this.” Since childhood, Beatriz Ferraz, 29, had déjà-vu, the feeling of having lived in the past a scene or experience in the present. As a teenager, Beatriz’s mother came to think that her daughter could be a medium and took her to a spiritist center. At the age of […]
In addition to high rates of anxiety and mood disorders, epilepsy is associated with several comorbidities including headache, hypertension, and back pain, new research shows. Investigators also found racial and ethnic disparities in comorbidity prevalence. “Our study identified that people with epilepsy have complex healthcare needs that extend well beyond their epilepsy,” co-investigator Wyatt P. […]
Migralepsy refers to the occurrence of an epileptic seizure after a migraine with aura. The scientific community doesn’t fully agree whether migralepsy is a separate diagnosis. Migraine attacks and seizures may be connected by similar patterns of brain activity. Scientists have proposed that the electrical wave in a migraine attack can lower the threshold for […]
Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, published the article entitled “Cinnarizine and sodium valproate as the preventive agents of pediatric migraine: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial”, by Man Amanat, and Mahmoud Reza Ashrafi from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Migraine affects about 8% of children and adolescents. About half […]
