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Botox treatment for migraine helps Louisville woman relieve 20 years of headaches

Glenda Leary remembers her first migraine. “I was sitting at home on the couch, and I was so nauseous I couldn’t even get up,” Glenda said. The sudden pain was so intense, even her cocker spaniel, Katie, could pick up on it, licking Glenda’s head in an attempt to alleviate the pain for her. That…

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Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Norton Healthcare specialist helps relieve patient’s 15-year cluster headache symptoms

Kevin Maynard’s chronic headaches date back a decade and a half. The pain would hit suddenly behind his right eye, last for roughly 72 hours and then begin to subside. Five to six months later, the headaches would return with a vengeance. It was like clockwork, yet he couldn’t explain why. “I started noticing a…

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Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Headache turned heart condition: Headache doctor saves patient who experienced a cardiac emergency

Every so often, people are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. For Evelyn McKinney, that time was in the middle of a rain-soaked afternoon in May. Evelyn was braving the storm, driving to her appointment with Mandy J. Whitt, M.D, a headache specialist at Norton Neuroscience Institute. Evelyn had…

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Pain at the base of the skull can be from a minor strain or muscle ache, but sometimes it means more

Pain in the upper neck, back of the head and behind the ear can be a symptom of occipital neuralgia. True occipital neuralgia is rare, affecting an estimated 3.2 per 100,000 people per year. The symptoms of occipital neuralgia can impact a patient’s quality of life, depending on severity. Symptoms include: Shooting, stabbing or throbbing…

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Here are 5 ways to get rid of headaches

Does your head hurt? Again? While there are dietary changes you can make to help keep headaches at bay, here are the most common types of headache and five ways to make lifestyle choices that can help reduce or eliminate headaches and the onset of migraine attacks. Common headache types There are many varieties of…

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Can I predict my migraine attack?

What if you could predict and stop a migraine attack? What are the early symptoms of migraine? Read on for tips to stopping migraine before it takes hold. Migraine is a neurological disease that causes an array of symptoms including pulsing or throbbing pain, sensitivity to light or sound, and nausea.  There are about 47…

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Aneurysm, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Migraña vs. aneurisma: Las diferencias y los peligros

This post is also available in Englsh. Las personas pueden confundir un aneurisma con un dolor de cabeza tipo migraña, retrasando la atención médica y posiblemente llevando a un daño significativo. Es importante aprender las diferencias y qué hacer cuando los signos de un aneurisma están presentes. Si usted experimenta un dolor de cabeza severo…

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Epilepsy, Migraine and Headaches, Neurosciences

Never felt better: Louisville native returns and gets epilepsy and migraine team care

To say the teen years aren’t easy would be an understatement for Katie Deppe. When she was 14, Katie saw several doctors for unexplained symptoms before spending two weeks at Norton Children’s Hospital, where finally she was diagnosed with a rare condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Because the condition involves the autonomic nervous…

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Migraine can get in the way of work — be open with your supervisors about your condition

Migraine attacks can be debilitating, making work difficult, if not impossible. On average, people who have migraine miss 4 1/2 days of work every year because of their condition. There are 11 more days of the year when those who experience migraine are at work but unable to fully complete their job responsibilities. “This really…

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More fatty seafood, seeds and other omega-3 fatty acids can help migraine attacks, study finds

Foods that can help migraine by reducing the number of attacks and their severity include fatty fish, seeds and other foods high in certain omega-3 fatty acids, according to a recent clinical trial. Compared with a control group eating a typical American diet, patients who ate foods high in the two omega-3s — eicosatetraenoic acid (EPA)…

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What’s the connection between migraine headaches and military service?

Jeremy Jackson has served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over the years Jeremy has survived mortar blasts, roadside bomb attacks and a Humvee rollover. Now posted to Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an operations supervisor, Jeremy is one of many whose military service appears connected to headaches and migraine. The Department of Veterans…

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Migraine medications for prevention and to reduce pain of attacks

Migraine medications fall into two broad categories: medications designed to reduce the pain and other symptoms, and those designed to prevent headaches from happening in the first place. Migraine medications that reduce symptoms of a migraine attack are sometimes called rescue medications. “The primary goal with rescue medications is to achieve relief of pain, associated…

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