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Causes of Headache in College Students

Many people experience headache disorders, often due to triggers related to their age, gender, health, and overall lifestyle. College students are no different. In fact, these young and seemingly healthy individuals often lead lifestyles that put them at a very…

Sinus Headache: Everything You Need to Know

Whether the symptoms of headache are due to sinus disease should be determined through an examination by a physician. The headache of sinus origin or acute sinusitis is usually associated with constant pain and tenderness over the affected sinus, a…

New Daily Persistent Headache

New daily persistent headache (NDPH) can best be described as the rapid development (over less than 3 days) of an unrelenting headache. Most sufferers can recall the exact day the headache started and have experienced daily headache since that time….

Visual Disturbances

Visual disturbances are most commonly associated with migraine headache. These symptoms can also be related to local eye conditions, such as glaucoma, which can produce a halo effect around objects. Visual disturbances may be warning signs of a stroke, and…

Aura

Aura occurs in about 20% of migraine sufferers. Some migraine sufferers have some headache attacks with aura and some without. An aura is a warning sign of migraine that usually occurs before the headache and can last 5-60 minutes, usually about…

Facts About Migraine

Facts About the Impact of Migraine Forty-two million Americans have migraine. Migraine attacks typically start during adolescence or the 20s. 52% of people living with migraine disease are undiagnosed by a healthcare provider. Migraine is misdiagnosed as tension (a catch-all…