headache/vomiting

Migraine headache is a very common condition affecting about 10% of the population that results in substantial morbidity and economic loss. The two most common variants are migraine with (MA) and without (MO) aura. Often considered to be a migraine-like variant, cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a

A 55-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with a bifrontal headache that she'd had for one day. She also had blurred vision and was vomiting shortly before coming to the hospital. The patient had no history of hypertension, migraine headaches, seizure disorder, autoimmune

BACKGROUND Isoflurane has exceeded halothane and enflurane in usage. A literature search, however, revealed no data comparing the effects on emesis, headache and restlessness of these three agents. METHODS With hospital ethics committee approval and patient consent, a prospective, randomised,

BACKGROUND Opioids given as adjuncts to balanced inhalational anaesthesia augment postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Tramadol, equipotent to pethidine, does not depress respiration, but can cause an increase in blood pressure and headache via its monoaminergic actions. Nalbuphine, ten times

The study aims to evaluate the efficacy of ondansetron in preventing post-spinal headache, considering the high prevalence of the headache in pregnant women and the common use of the adjuvants for prophylaxis against post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This double-blind clinical trial

An 11-year-old boy presented 2 days after a head injury with headache and vomiting. There were no neurological abnormalities. CT of the head demonstrated a large epidural haematoma and a cranial fracture.

OBJECTIVE The main purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of reporting of clinical details in a selected sample of 30 randomized control trials (RCT) on acupuncture efficacy for the treatment of migraine/headaches (n = 11) and for nausea/vomiting (n = 19). Additional goals included the

A 13-year-old boy with superficial siderosis of the central nervous system was reported. There were many members, including the proband, with sensory high tone hearing loss in his maternal family, but they did not have other neurological symptoms. Paroxysmal and pulsatile severe headache, and

We report the case of a woman presenting the recent onset of multiple seizure and epilepsy episodes combined with other neurological symptoms (e.g. vertigo, dizziness, vomiting, headache). She was resistant to antiepileptic and symptomatic therapy, having been first admitted to the neurology ward

A 12-year-old girl with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and currently receiving prophylaxis with isoniazid presented with nausea, vomiting and increasing frontal headache. Toxicity to the anti-tuberculosis drug was suspected, but her symptoms persisted after isoniazid withdrawal. A

Children with occipital seizures often have ictal autonomic symptoms such as pallor and vomiting and lack motor manifestations. This has lead to misdiagnosis of occipital seizures in children. The following case report highlights the clinical features of a child with occipital epilepsy misdiagnosed

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hypothesized component in the multifactorial pathogenesis of migraine without aura (MoA, 'common migraine') and the related condition of cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS). In this study, the entire mitochondrial genome was sequenced in 20 haplogroup-H CVS patients, a