HE101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Metatarsal Bones, Morning Sickness, Fallopian Tube
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Chronic: slow progression, long duration, lifestyle behaviours key acute, rapid onset, short course, cause by pathogen. 14 types; different origins, symptoms, severity; treatments vary. Tension headaches: common; use otc (over the counter treatment) to treat, causes and symptoms complex. Causes: stress, anxiety, anger, certain foods, increased pressure on neck; poor posture: releases chemicals as knots are formed = headaches, referred pain (nerve that is sensitive to pain) Migraines: hemicrania (half of head); 70%: unilateral, vascular migraine/headache. Associated w/ changes in size of arteries in/outside of brain. Symptoms: constant, throbbing, pulsating pain at the temples, pain may be accompanied by nausea & vomiting (may relieve pain of headache, sensitivity to light & noise. Severity: fever, memory loss, loss of consciousness, rare cases abnormality in speech (complex migraine) often hereditary may need treatment if it occurs frequently. Speech production: migraine may affect it = speech that makes no sense. Causes: caffeine, alcohol, hormonal changes/menstruation, changes in barometric pressure/altitude.
