BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kikunae Ikeda, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Migraine

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Cephalalgia (headache) enjoyed by 90 % of population (10% don"t get it) Once believed headaches caused by demons lose the demon to lose the headache. Metallic tractor pulls out the pain surgical cures for headaches. Trepanation=cutting hole in the head, to release pressure of the head cure for headache. Used special tool= shape of cut was important, + holes stay for life. Trepanation practitioners believed that needed holes for pressure release. Very stupid idea as brain doesn"t feel pain, pain is felt by the thin white layer around brain. 12 types of headache (60 sub-types: headaches grouped into 2 classes: muscular & vascular. Muscular headache: muscle band around skull, pain origin is from the pressure on the tissue supporting the skull, it is caused by stress avoid it. Treatment for muscular headache: a. s. a & ibuprofen & naproxen inhibit the prostaglandins, acetaminophen increase pain threshold. 3 major types toxic & migraine & cluster happens to people as they get older.