Sentences with phrase «patients were headache»

According to the FDA's press release, «the most common side effects of Belviq in non-diabetic patients are headache, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, dry mouth, and constipation, and in diabetic patients are low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), headache, back pain, cough, and fatigue.»

Not exact matches

Of those, eight people from five families — including two children — would be diagnosed with symptoms that were milder than those of almost all the American patients: nosebleeds, dizziness, headaches and insomnia.

It is what a physician does when a patient worries about a numbness in the left arm or intense headaches.

Many patients who are diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury have diminished brain function, headaches and other symptoms that last for weeks or even months.

Doctors are also becoming aware of patients coming in with similar symptoms such as headaches, ringing in the ears, tingling, numbness, difficulty learning and memory loss and attributing them to digital devices.

Health officials say there may be kinks in this system early on that could create headaches for providers, patients and insurers.

Doctors call clusters «suicide headaches,» since some patients have been known to opt for the ultimate remedy.

For example, if a patient complains of headaches to a doctor, the initial odds of a diagnosis of brain cancer might be low.

«We have a few older patients with cluster headaches we're looking after,» he says, «but it's clear right now that the central nervous system is where the action is.»

A dozen human studies of MDMA, LSD, a powerful African drug called ibogaine and psilocybin, from so - called «magic mushrooms,» are now under way, testing the once - stigmatized drugs as treatments for not only PTSD, but also cluster headaches and addiction, as well as anxiety and depression in cancer patients.

One of Biller's patients, who asked to remain anonymous, described such a headache this way: «All of a sudden, there was a terrific pain in the back of my head.

Doctors might order a CT or MRI scan for a headache or migraine to put patients» minds at ease about fears that a malignant brain tumor, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation or other issue might be causing their symptoms.

«However, these patients go home and continue having headaches, difficulty concentrating and memory problems, and they can't figure out why they are having these symptoms after doctors told them everything was fine.»

«Many people who experience headaches during sexual activity are too embarrassed to tell their physicians, and doctors often don't ask,» said Dr. Jose Biller, who has treated dozens of patients for headaches associated with sexual activity (HAS).

«Since 2000, multiple guidelines have recommended against routine neuroimaging in patients with headaches because a serious intracranial pathologic condition is an uncommon cause.

Reducing the use of neuroimaging for patients with headaches has been one focus of recent initiatives seeking to limit the use of unnecessary and costly medical tests.

In 11 patients, headache was the only symptom of brain tumor.

Not only does the study suggest these drugs are safe for this subset of migraine patients, it could also have implications for the nearly 10 million migraine sufferers who experience auras — a disturbance in vision, touch, speech, thinking, or strength that usually precedes a migraine headache.

Participating emergency department physicians — both staff physicians and residents — evaluating patients with abdominal pain, chest pain / shortness of breath, or headache were asked to complete brief surveys after their initial evaluation of the patients and again after receiving CT scan results.

«Because pain pathways throughout the body are amplified in fibromyalgia patients, pain can occur anywhere, so chronic headaches, visceral pain and sensory hyper - responsiveness are common in people with this painful condition,» said Clauw.

Other patients, in contrast, are treated with medications for migraines even though they suffer from a different type of headache, such as the more common tension variety.

«Further studies are needed to elucidate whether vitamin supplementation is effective in migraine patients in general, and whether patients with mild deficiency are more likely to benefit from supplementation,» says Suzanne Hagler, MD, a Headache Medicine fellow in the division of Neurology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and lead author of the study.

The need for ongoing care for hearing - related issues was acknowledged in September 2014 when One Fund Boston, the charity created to accept and distribute donations to help those affected by the bombings, created the One Fund Center, which will serve patients who have had difficulties with tinnitus and other hearing - related problems; mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety; and traumatic brain injury and its associated symptoms such as headache, cognitive symptoms and balance difficulties.

Before and after surgery, patients were evaluated on a standard migraine questionnaire (the Migraine Headache Inventory, or MHI) and on the PSEQ.

Its symptoms, including rash, fatigue, headaches, muscle pains, and swollen and painful joints, appear to be generally mild, but during an outbreak in French Polynesia that started in 2013, some patients developed a serious neurological condition named Guillain - Barré syndrome.

Patients diagnosed when they are alert and with only a headache have much better outcomes, but can be challenging to diagnose as they often look relatively well.»

The findings were presented at the American Headache Society's annual meeting in June, where Professor Peter Goadsby, Chair of its Science Committee, said that «many patients want non-drug options, so developing a non-drug therapy such as this may provide that.»

No serious side effects were reported, and expected side effects included transient anxiety before or as the psilocybin effects began (all patients), some experienced confusion (9), transient nausea (4) and transient headache (4).

Because malaria and Ebola have similar symptoms — fever, chills, headache, diarrhea and vomiting — health officials worry that patients with malaria are being sent to Ebola quarantine wards.

In a study of 588 patients who attended an outpatient headache clinic, more frequent migraines were experienced by participants with symptoms of anxiety and depression.

We think that this is a particular problem in headache patients, who seem more sensitive to this effect,» Ms Johnson says.

Even the most carefully planned paradigm must be set aside if the patient becomes bored, tired, frustrated, gets a headache, or just wants to be left alone.

To quantify the difference, a 2013 meta - analysis looked at placebo effects in 79 studies of migraine prevention: sugar pills reduced headache frequency for 22 percent of patients, fake acupuncture helped 38 percent, and sham surgery was a hit for a remarkable 58 percent.

In fact, Upton says, if the cycle of headaches — or seizures, for epileptics — is broken, then the patient may «forget» the pattern of electrical activity that leads to the symptoms.

«People who take codeine every now and then should have nothing to worry about, but heavy and ongoing codeine use could be detrimental for those patients who have chronic pain and headache,» Professor Rolan says.

«In general, lupus patients commonly have a broad range of neuropsychiatric symptoms, including anxiety, depression, headaches, seizures, even psychosis,» says Allison Bialas, PhD, first author on the study and a research fellow working in the lab of Michael Carroll, PhD, senior author on the study, who are part of the Boston Children's Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine.

«Ordering an MRI for a headache is very quick, and it actually takes longer to describe to the patient why that's not the best route,» Callaghan said.

Researchers are using a mathematical tool to help determine which concussion patients will go on to suffer migraine headaches, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

The two previous award recipients are Megan Schillerstrom, a ten - year - old cancer survivor, and Baylie Owen, a seven - year - old patient with Chiari malformation, a genetic condition that typically causes excruciating headaches.

As a teacher, supervisor, researcher and clinician in health psychology, she brings expertise of being a member of a multidisciplinary team and delivers treatment to patients suffering from a diverse range of disorders including the following: depression, anxiety, trauma, sleep disorders, disorders of self - regulation, stress induced illness, headaches, gastroenterological disorders, rheumatic diseases, cancer, and chronic pain.

Patients with a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage report that a severe headache at the time of climax was their first indication of a serious problem.

Numerous medical studies have shown that in controlled studies, patients practicing yoga saw a reduction in migraine headaches compared to those headache patients who were not enrolled in yoga therapy.

Headache, dizziness, breast tenderness Be patient.

And two - thirds of those patients expressed dissatisfaction with the medications they were using to treat their headaches.

These treatments are the best natural (TCM - inspired) approaches to hormone - balancing for my patients who experience PMS symptoms like bloating, headaches, anxiety, irritability, breast tenderness, and / or cravings for sweets.

From a preventive side there are really only three or four medications that are FDA - approved, but headache patients will try some medications off - label or a combination of medications until they find the one that's best for them.

But let's say that a patient is suffering from a lot of headaches and the headache pain is more severe than the neck pain; we may for the first few sessions focus on the headache and treat the neck as a secondary issue.

I tell my patients that even though the outward manifestation of eating gluten may be mild bloating or headache, inside their body, their immune system is being stimulated and the effects may last for three to six months.

We work with our patients to help them understand that there is a root cause behind their headaches and that by addressing that cause, they can be pain free — and pain - medication free.

Suzanne Simons, executive director of the Chicago - based National Headache Foundation, suggests that patients take a pro-active approach in choosing a specialist — asking questions, such as how much of a doctor's practice is dedicated to treating headaches, or whether they publish research on headaches — to get a feel for a physician's involvement in the field.