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A 23-year-old woman presented with a history of some months of malaise, anorexia, fever and behavioural changes. She had been examined by a general physician on repeated occasions before coming to the hospital. After physical examination and laboratory investigations, she was sent home. She returned
BACKGROUND
Headache is the most common complication associated with exposure to high altitude, and can appear as an isolated high-altitude headache (HAH) or in conjunction with acute mountain sickness (AMS). The purpose of this article is to review several aspects related to diagnosis and treatment
Several dietary and lifestyle habits can be associated with headaches or with their progression to chronic forms in adults. We report the results of the first population study performed in Italy on a sample of preadolescent and adolescent students to assess the possible association between headache
The authors present a very rare case of a child with anterior communicating artery aneurysm and symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Because of coexistence of subarachnoid haemorrhage and head trauma false diagnosis of temporal and frontal lobe contusion was initially established. Headaches, anorexia and
There is very little literature surrounding the prophylactic use of zonisamide in cluster headaches. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of zonisamide for prophylaxis of cluster headache in patients with chronic or episodic cluster headache.Both OBJECTIVE
This case series presents information on diagnosis and treatment of 13 cases of benign infant headache presenting to a chiropractic teaching clinic.
METHODS
A retrospective search was performed for files of infants presenting with probable headache revealing 13 cases of headache from 350
Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are the most common solid tumors diagnosed in children. The most frequent symptoms of brain tumors in this age group are headaches and vomiting, regardless of the location of the lesions. These symptoms are non-specific, and in each case require
A common complaint among pain patients is that they lose their appetite. These accounts are anecdotal, however, and the neural mechanism underlying pain-induced loss of appetite remains unknown. In this study, we documented the occurrence of appetite loss in patients under migraine attack and
The glucose metabolism in the mediodorsal thalamus (MD) is increased in rats in the activity-based anorexia (ABA) model. In patients, electrical stimulation in hyperactive brain regions reduced symptoms in e.g. major depressive disorder and cluster headache. In two blinded randomised controlled
In a study of serotonin (5-HT) function in patients with eating disorders and healthy control subjects, severe headaches with features of common migraine occurred unexpectedly in 28 of 52 subjects (54%) 8 to 12 hours after receiving a single oral dose of the 5-HT receptor agonist
The efficacy of valproic acid in the treatment of intractable chronic daily headache, unresponsive to traditional prophylactic medications, was examined prospectively in 16 patients. Dosage of the medication was adjusted to maintain serum valproic acid levels between 50 and 100 micrograms/mL,
OBJECTIVE
Research on headache disorders in young children is limited. This study aims to determine causes and clinical presentations of headache in young children attending a specialist clinic.
RESULTS
All children attending the headache clinic over 9-year period were included. Data were collected
In this study, the causes, predisposing factors and clinical features of chronic daily headache in children and adolescents were studied within the population of patients attending a specialist headache. The International Headache Society's (IHS) criteria for the diagnosis of chronic tension type
The conversion of Saul to Paul was a major event in the history of Western culture. Compared with its impact, any medical comments may seem redundant, but they have kept their place in the literature for many centuries. The flashing light that caused Saul to fall is often explained as solar