All information about further training and conferences on headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy
As in previous years, the 2014 Migraine and Headache Masterclass is designed for doctors and therapists who have already acquired in-depth experience in research, clinical diagnostics and treatment of migraine and headache disorders. [...]
Many people with migraines have heard the saying: “Everyone has a bit of a headache at some point.” Or: “Most people only imagine migraines; it’s not a real illness.” No [...]
Our migraine and headache live chat takes place once a month on www.headbook.me, this time next Monday, July 7th, 2014 at 6 p.m. To participate in the live chat, you must be a registered member of Headbook, the migraine [...]
Migraines are caused by a genetic disorder in processing stimuli. This innate special sensitivity to stimuli leads to episodic migraine attacks. However, it also has an effect between attacks. The migraine patient's nervous system reacts particularly sensitively to [...]
Migraine sufferers are constantly under the sword of Damocles of being struck by a migraine attack. Long-term planning is only possible to a limited extent for those affected, as they must always expect to be out of work for one to three days.
In approximately 10% of people who suffer from migraines, the actual migraine attack begins with neurological disorders. The time phase in which these disturbances can be observed is called the aura. The origin of the word aura is [...]
Migraine is a neurological disease. Most of those affected do not notice the disease unless they encounter it in an acute attack. Migraine, especially chronic migraine, is not a simple headache, but one of the worst pain conditions that afflict people. Women in particular are very severely affected. So it's not just the typical one-sided, stabbing, throbbing, pulsating headaches - no, the entire body is affected. Sometimes the attack begins with aura symptoms, and you also suffer from nausea and/or vomiting, dizziness, exhaustion, hypersensitivity to light and noise, social isolation and depression. Migraine is a primary disease in its own right and not a symptom of another disease! Those affected are neither unwilling to work, mentally ill nor are they looking for attention. They just expect not to be discriminated against by prejudice. Three affected people describe their illness...
Kiel headache questionnaire in Turkish Kiel baş ağrısı anketi A quick headache diagnosis is the most important step for targeted and effective treatment. In collaboration with the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) eV, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bPgzgulzIsw Saturday, May 31, 2014, 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2014, 5:15 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. More than 70 percent of all Germans suffer 900,000 people complain about headaches and daily migraine attacks and 100,000 of them [...]
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VRsFrOT1KXA Only use painkillers for chronic pain under medical supervision. The NDR-Viste article shows the possible effects of uncoordinated pain therapy. Kidney damage, persistent headaches and psychological complications due to misuse of headache medication require adequate follow-up. In specialized [...]
Approximately 50% of patients with more than 15 headache days per month for at least 3 months have, in addition to the original primary form of headache, medication overuse headache (MÜK) as a causal reason for the increasing frequency of headache days. [...]
Nausea and vomiting are among the characteristic symptoms of migraines. Studies show that the absorption of analgesics is delayed during migraine attacks. The cause is assumed to be a disturbed gastric peristalsis during a migraine attack. This is where the rationale [...]
Migraines and other chronic headaches are the cause of the most common pain problems in humans. In recent years, extensive studies have been carried out on the burden on quality of life, the loss of ability to work, the occurrence of comorbidities and [...]
New research results document the complex headache pattern for the first time Richard Wagner suffered from severe migraines with accompanying neurological disorders Main plague of his life Kiel/London/PhoenixThe composer Richard Wagner suffered from severe migraines for many years of his life [...]
New research documents the complex headache suffering| The composer was tortured by severe migraine with neurological accompanying symptoms | Main plague of his life Kiel/London/Phoenix March 28, 2014. The composer Richard Wagner suffered from severe migraine with [...]
25th German Pain and Palliative Care Day: Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel awarded with Pain Prize - German Prize for Pain Medicine goes to Kiel Frankfurt March 21, 2014 - For his commitment to the care of migraine and headache patients, the [...]
Käßmann advocates a humane approach to pain and finiteness Frankfurt, March 20, 2014 - "Pain and death in Luther's world view and what we can learn from it" was the topic of the special [...]
Neuroscientific findings from the Ulm brain researcher Spitzer Frankfurt, March 20, 2014 - When people suffer from pain or loneliness, the same nerve cells are activated in the brain. This is one of the study results that the Ulm brain researcher Professor [...]
“30 years of DGS – and still far from reaching our goal” Interview with Dr. med. Gerhard HH Müller-Schwefe, President of the German Society for Pain Medicine eV (DGS) Dr. Müller-Schwefe, the DGS, which has been [...]
About half of primary school children know headaches and migraines at school, in their parents' house or in their free time. Six percent of them have headaches once a week or more often. Without early help, [...]
