| Headache Glossary |
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| Feverfew | |
| herb used in the prevention of Migraine. Not regulated by the FDA. Reported to help anecdotally, but there have been no controlled studies to date. | |
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| Glaucoma | |
| eye disease that can result in blindness if not treated effectively. Sometimes causes headache. | |
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| Headache | |
| persistant, lasting pain in the head region, as opposed to conditions such as trigeminal neuralgia, which is short in duration. | |
| Hemiplegic Migraine | |
| type of migraine causing temporary paralysis on one side of the body (hemiplegia) | |
| Homeopathy | |
| the use of medications in minute dosages in combination with natural substances with the goal of a healthily balanced internal chemistry. In traditional treatment, these dosages would be considered ineffective. | |
| Hormone Replacement Therapy | |
| use of synthetic hormones, typically estrogen and progesterone during and after menopause or after a hysterectomy. | |
| Hydrocephalus | |
| uncharacteristic swelling in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the skull, causing dangerous expansion of the cerebral ventricles. | |
| Hypertension | |
| high blood pressure. | |
| Hypertension Headache | |
| headache suffered by people with very high blood pressure. Often worse in the morning, the pain seems to "band" the head. | |
| Hypnosis | |
| sleep-like state in which the subject is susceptible to suggestibility. Sometimes used in headache treatment, some patients can be taught to utilize self-hypnosis. | |
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