Headaches

Question 1

term for headaches

Answer 1

cephalalgia

Question 2

trepanation

Answer 2

drilled holes

Question 3

muscular headache

Answer 3

contraction of muscles and caused by stress

Question 4

vascular headaches

Answer 4

toxic and migraines

Question 5

toxic headacje is caused by

Answer 5

poison (increased blood flow around tissue)

Question 6

what can cause headaches?

Answer 6

fermented foods, alcohols, stress, caffeine (causes vasoconstriction)

Question 7

MSG

Answer 7

potential cause of headaches of migraines and is in all prepared food (burgers chips, cookies)

Question 8

how to treat toxic headaches?

Answer 8

ASA, ibuprofen and naproxen

Question 9

what is caffeine

Answer 9

a drug that can make blood vessels smaller

Question 10

migraines in women and men percentage?

Answer 10

18 women and 6 men

Question 11

2 stages of migraines

Answer 11

vasoconstriction = blood vessels get smaller

vasodilation - blood vessels get bigger

Question 12

prodrome phase

Answer 12

warning that headache is coming

Question 13

aura phase

Answer 13

visual disturbances, hallucinations

Question 14

pain phase

Answer 14

hurts half of head

Question 15

postdrome

Answer 15

hungover (lasts hours or days)

Question 16

triptans can

Answer 16

abort a migraine if early (in rye bread)

Question 17

Arthur stoll isolates ergotamine 1918

Answer 17

easy to control

Question 18

Albert Hoffman

Answer 18

discovered LSD (hallucinations - illegal) by accident and poisoned himself by licking

Question 19

migraines start with

Answer 19

serotonin (drug must travel easily from blood to brain)

Question 20

what is serotonin

Answer 20

neurotransmitters

Question 21

sumatriptan

Answer 21

targets migraine (artificial serotonin)

Question 22

options for migraine

Answer 22

• Sumatriptan
  
  • Rizatriptan
  • Naratriptan
  • Zolmitriptan
  • Eletriptan
  • Almotriptan
    Treats with painkiller