http://healthnhealth.net Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:31:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-low-csf-volume-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-low-csf-volume-headache/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:16:32 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=304 What are the symptoms of low CSF volume headache? The head pain in low CSF volume headache is generally positional (depends on the body position or posture) and begins upon standing upright or in sitting position and tend to resolve if reclined or on lying down. The head pain of low CSF volume headache is commonly dull aching in nature, although sometimes it may be throbbing type of pain and localized occipitofrontal (from and back of the head) area. The head pain of low CSF volume headache improves/resolve upon reclining within few minutes but may return again on resuming upright position within minutes to an hour. The typical clinical presentation of low CSF volume headache patient is history of absence of head pain on waking in the morning but worsen during day time and the next day same may be repeated. As the time passes the postural nature of low CSF volume headache becomes less evident.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-low-csf-volume-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/hemicrania-continua-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/hemicrania-continua-headache/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:19:21 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=293 How hemicrania continua can be diagnosed? Indomethacin is so effective in treatment of hemicrania continua, that it can be used for diagnosis of hemicrania continua. For diagnosis of hemicrania continua 100 mg of indomethacin intramuscularly and administration of placebo can be done. If the headache is due to hemicrania continua, the administration of indomethacin will cause complete resolution of headache.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/hemicrania-continua-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/primary-sex-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/primary-sex-headache/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:31:18 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=272

What are the types of primary sex headache?

There are 3 types of primary sex headache. (1) A dull aching type of pain in the head and neck that intensifies as sexual excitement increases, (2) an explosive, very severe type of headache that occurs at the time of orgasm, and (3) a postural headache that occurs after sexual intercourse and have resemblance to low CSF pressure headache, which is a type of low CSF pressure headache, that arises due to intense sexual excitement and sexual act.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/primary-sex-headache/feed/ 1 http://healthnhealth.net/primary-stabbing-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/primary-stabbing-headache/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:44:24 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=261 The pain of primary stabbing headache is described by different individuals (patients) in different terms such as “ice-pick pains”, “jabs and jolts” etc. The primary stabbing headache does not have triggering factor and comes without warning. Primary stabbing headache is commonly seen among individuals with other types of primary headaches such as migraine, hemicrania continua, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias etc.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/primary-stabbing-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/primary-thunderclap-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/primary-thunderclap-headache/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:28:20 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=221 What are the causes of primary thunderclap headache? There are several medical conditions which may cause primary thunderclap headache or many serious diseases have similar symptoms (differential diagnosis) of primary thunderclap headache which should always be excluded before starting treatment for primary thunderclap headache.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/primary-thunderclap-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-primary-exertional-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-primary-exertional-headache/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:36:51 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=211

What are the causes of primary exertional headache?

How primary exertional headache develops is not clear. The sudden onset of primary exertional headache may be due to acute distension of veins. Primary exertional headache may be due to serious pathology e.g. pain due to angina may be referred to head and may cause primary exertional headache. As exercise is the reason of headache, the cause of the headache is most likely of cardiac origin. On rare occasions diseases such as Pheochromocytoma may be presented as primary exertional headache. Other probable causes of primary exertional headache include stenosis of the carotid arteries, space occupying lesion in brain etc.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-primary-exertional-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/primary-cough-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/primary-cough-headache/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:38:15 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=209

What are the causes of primary cough headache?

Primary cough headache can be due to some serious underlying pathology and a benign nature of primary cough headache should only be diagnosed after excluding serious underlying pathology. The serious pathologies include any obstruction in the CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) pathway due to any lesion or any anatomical malformation can be a cause of primary cough headache. Other serious causes of primary cough headache are aneurysm in brain, vertebrobasilar disease, carotid stenosis, etc.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/primary-cough-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-hypnic-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-hypnic-headache/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:52:59 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=186 The severity of headache in hypnic headache is generally moderate in intensity and commonly the headache is generalized in nature or not located in a particular part of the head, unlike migraine headache which is typically unilateral in nature. But in some patients with hypnic headache the headache may be unilateral and throbbing type of headache. Hypnic headache is more commonly seen among females and men are affected uncommonly. The common age of onset is over 60 years. The symptoms are typically bilateral and only rarely unilateral.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-hypnic-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-chronic-daily-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-chronic-daily-headache/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:32:38 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=35 http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-chronic-daily-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/chronic-daily-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/chronic-daily-headache/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:41:12 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=23 http://healthnhealth.net/chronic-daily-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/how-to-prevent-cluster-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/how-to-prevent-cluster-headache/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:36:00 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=19 http://healthnhealth.net/how-to-prevent-cluster-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-cluster-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-cluster-headache/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:13:36 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=17 http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-cluster-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-cluster-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-cluster-headache/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:18:41 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=15 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-cluster-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-tension-type-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-tension-type-headache/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:33:06 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=11 http://healthnhealth.net/treatment-of-tension-type-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/tension-type-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/tension-type-headache/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:07:26 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=9 http://healthnhealth.net/tension-type-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/evaluation-of-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/evaluation-of-headache/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:21:19 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=7 http://healthnhealth.net/evaluation-of-headache/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/understanding-headache/ http://healthnhealth.net/understanding-headache/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:56:12 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=5 http://healthnhealth.net/understanding-headache/feed/ 0