Types of Headaches, Barometric, Constant, Cluster, Tension, Stress, Sinus

What Are The Causes Of A Frontal Lobe Headache in Teenagers

by Melinda Wilson | Types of Headaches |

Puberty is often characterized as a period of awkwardness and change. That being said, it is hardly surprising to find that teenagers are actually going through a particularly stressful period in their lives. Now, it may come as a surprise to most that stress is...

Frequent Scintillating Scotoma: Is This Just Another Headache?

by Melinda Wilson | Types of Headaches |

The most challenging thing about diagnosing frequent scintillating scotoma is that patients are usually confused about the symptoms. They usually resemble the symptoms of other conditions. While the scintillating scotoma is a not a serious neurological disorder(1),...

Symptoms and Description of Scintillating Scotoma Stroke

by Melinda Wilson | Types of Headaches |

If you experience a dark spot in your field of vision either followed by a migraine or not, you might be suffering from scintillating scotoma, casually called a visual migraine. The term scotoma stands for the loss of vision in a part of your field of vision. A...

Concussion Headache? Do you have one?

by Melinda Wilson | Types of Headaches |

When you get into any type of accident, one of the first few inspections that medics carefully check is the head for any sort of head injuries. A head injury is any kind of injury to the brain, skull or scalp that is caused by any sort of impact or accident. Head...

Scintillating Scotoma How to Get Relief

by Melinda Wilson | Types of Headaches |

Scintillating Scotoma, you are not familiar with it, are you? Visual aura or scintillating scotoma is not blurry, it is a transient or longstanding visual perceptual disturbance experienced with a migraine or seizure. Picture this. A crescent of stimulating zigzags...

Understanding Caffeine Headaches (Symptoms, Withdrawal, Treatment & Caffeine Alternatives)

by Melinda Wilson | Types of Headaches |

Caffeine is perhaps one of the most widely consumed stimulants in the world today. Studies have shown that it can be used to treat and relieve headaches. In fact, most pain relievers have a trace of caffeine. However, like with all substances, there is still the...