It should come as no surprise that the symptom that migraines are infamous for is a severe, throbbing headache. The headache of a migraine episode can be debilitating. It causes a throbbing or pulsating pain, usually on one side of the head, and is often accompanied by a host of other symptoms. A migraine is [...]
Vertigo is a false sensation of movement that very often has a rotational element to it. Meniere’s disease is a vestibular condition that causes severe vertigo among other debilitating symptoms. If you are suffering from this condition and vertigo is affecting your ability to carry out normal daily actives, what can you do? We’re about [...]
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes widespread pain in the muscles and joints throughout the body along with fatigue, memory problems, gastrointestinal symptoms, headaches, and more. For many fibromyalgia sufferers, it’s been a long road of doctor visits, tests, and trial and error to have finally arrived at their diagnosis. From there, it can [...]
If you have ever experienced migraines, then you know they are much more than a really bad headache, as is a common misconception. Attacks of migraines can last for many hours to days at a time and are usually combined with a number of other symptoms besides a bad headache. You may have the following [...]
Vertigo has been defined as the feeling that you or the things in the environment around you are moving when they are not. It often has a rotational component of false movement. Some associate vertigo with a fear of heights, which is called acrophobia. This has to do with a popular movie from long ago. [...]
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) can be a tricky condition to get a diagnosis for, and it is even more difficult to find effective chronic fatigue syndrome treatment. We're going to break down the answer to the question posed in our title into four categories: symptoms, causes, risk factors, and how to find natural relief. Read [...]
If you are an employer who has ever had a worker suffering from migraines, you know that the condition can affect both productivity on the job as well as the number of days missed. What are some things that you as a boss need to know in order to balance your responsibility as a supervisor [...]
Vertigo is a common condition no matter what a person’s age is. In fact, about 10% of people suffer from this false sensation of movement that may be described as a spinning feeling or even as motion sickness despite being still. However, after age 40, the number of people who experience vertigo dramatically increases. Researchers [...]
The short answer, according to a recent study, is no – despite the fact that as many as 68% of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients use supplements. While researchers want to examine certain vitamins, such as A and E, a little more closely, the existing data shows very little positive benefit of supplementation for [...]
A migraine may seem like a really bad headache to someone who has never had one, but to migraine sufferers, they are a completely different animal. The medical community agrees, classifying migraines as a neurological condition. In fact, while a severe headache is the most common symptom of a migraine, they can occur with no [...]
