vascular headaches/vomiting

Vascular headache and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are diseases that share similar symptoms and demographics, including headache, facial pain and nasal symptoms. Contribution of chronic sinusitis as a cause of chronic headache is controversial, as there are scarce studies to know incidence of

The antimigraine efficacy of dihydroergotamine methanesulphonate in the pharmaceutical form of planned release capsules has been evaluated. Forty-nine subjects were treated, 39 suffering from common migraine 10 from tension vascular headache, for a period of 90 days, with an oral dose of 15 mg twice

A 13 year old girl presented with a 24 h history of headache and vomiting. There were no focal neurological signs. The diagnoses considered were vascular headache, meningitis and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Lumbar puncture revealed clear cerebrospinal fluid under high pressure and subsequent cerebral

Ergotamine is a well known pharmacological remedy applied in neurology (treatment of vascular headache) and in obstetrics (abortive remedy, uterus atony). But today it is rarely used, because of new safer anti-migraine medicine (triptanes) which cause fewer side effects. According to obstetrical

Classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and therapy of migraine, cluster, and muscle-contraction (tension) headaches are reviewed. Migraine headache is related to vasomotor changes and is often preceded or accompanied by neurologic symptoms, nausea, and vomiting. Ergot alkaloids are used in

A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of Cafergot P-B with that of its components, Cafergot, pentobarbital, and Bellafoline, and with placebo for the treatment of migraine. Patients with vascular headaches of the migraine type who regularly experienced

Migraine is a common condition with, usually, stereotyped symptomatology, suggesting that it is a specific disease entity (a morbus sui generis). However, occasionally a migraine sufferer will exhibit atypical manifestations of the condition; also, some specific diseases such as systemic lupus

We report on a rare association of severe migraine headaches associated with coarctation of aorta that completely resolved following dilation of the constricted aorta. A 6-year-old girl presented with severe pounding headaches accompanied with recurrent vomiting, associated with photophobia and

Background: Aspergillosis infection of central nervous system (CNS) is rare and fatal. Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis remains difficult. Aspergillosis of CNS can be an acute, subacute, or chronic onset, and the longest course of the