Archive for July, 2016
Migraine by Odd Jeppesen
Migraine by Odd Jeppesen I do feel like a broken old house sometimes.
Join the convent!
In Western medicine, headache disorders have long been understood as complaints that are rooted in the body but that maintain intimate relationships with emotions. Even as far back as Plato’s Charmides, Socrates refuses to give the hero headache medicine till first he had eased his troubled mind; body and soul, he said, must be cured […]
The Illusion by Leonardo Digenio
The Illusion by Leonardo Digenio Images like this induce migraine attacks for many. Including me.
I’m a bad bitch
the credibility and the legitimacy of a disorder—and how much we, as a society, choose to invest in its treatment—is intimately tied to how we perceive the moral character of the patient. Joanna Kempner in Not Tonight
But I don’t want to have a migraine today.
Migraine Associated with Gastrointestinal Disorders: Review of the Literature and Clinical Implications
Migraine Associated with Gastrointestinal Disorders: Review of the Literature and Clinical Implications This article starts with an A++++ overview of migraine Migraine is a common headache disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 13% in men and 33% in women (1). There are ictal (migraine attack) and interictal periods. Migraine is a highly disabling disease with […]