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Headache Treatment Network

All information on continuing education and conferences on headache research, headache diagnostics and headache therapy

September 25, 2014 September 25, 2014

Headaches in children and adolescents

Today, science distinguishes 363 headache diagnoses. Three headache types are particularly significant: Migraine pain arises from a so-called neurogenic inflammation of the blood vessels (veins) of the meninges. Certain neurotransmitters are released there, causing local inflammation. [...]

June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014

“I have chronic migraines”

Migraine is a neurological disorder. Most sufferers show no outward signs of the illness unless you encounter them during an acute attack. Migraine, especially chronic migraine, is not a simple headache, but one of the most severe pain conditions that can afflict people. Women are particularly affected. It's not just the typical, usually one-sided, stabbing, throbbing, pulsating headaches that are present – ​​the entire body is affected. Sometimes the attack begins with aura symptoms, and sufferers also experience nausea and/or vomiting, dizziness, exhaustion, sensitivity to light and noise, social isolation, and depression. Migraine is an independent primary disease and not a symptom of another illness! Sufferers are neither unwilling to work, mentally ill, nor are they seeking attention. They simply expect not to be discriminated against due to prejudice. Three sufferers describe their experience...

April 7, 2014 April 7, 2014

ARD Fact 8.4.: Headaches – a common ailment

Migraines and other chronic headaches are the most common cause of pain problems in humans. In recent years, extensive studies have therefore been conducted on their impact on quality of life, loss of work capacity, the occurrence of comorbidities, and [...]

March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014

Prof. Göbel receives the German Pain Prize 2014

25th German Pain and Palliative Care Day: Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel awarded pain prize – German Advancement Award for Pain Medicine goes to Kiel Frankfurt, March 21, 2014 – For his commitment to the care of migraine and headache patients, the [...]

March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014

Prof. Käßmann: Pain and death are a reality of life

Käßmann advocates for a humane approach to pain and mortality. Frankfurt, March 20, 2014 – “Pain and death in Luther’s worldview and what we can learn from it” was the theme of the special [...]

March 20, 2014 March 20, 2014

30 years of the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS)

“30 Years of the DGS – and Still Far From Finished” Interview with Dr. Gerhard HH Müller-Schwefe, President of the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) Dr. Müller-Schwefe, the DGS, which has been around for 30 [...]

March 13, 2014 March 13, 2014

Subject: Migraine, a common ailment, on SWR

Play video: click on image. Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 8:15 p.m. on SWR Television. Nausea, dizziness, racing headaches: Approximately eight million people in Germany suffer from migraines. "betrifft" will dedicate its Wednesday program to this topic, [...]

March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014

Stop headaches in children

Approximately half of all primary school children experience headaches and migraines at school, at home, or during leisure time. Six percent of them have headaches once a week or more frequently. Without early intervention, [...]

February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014

Center for Rare Headache Disorders

Among the 363 main headache diagnoses currently classified, in addition to the common conditions of migraine and tension-type headache, are a number of very rare headache disorders. These include, in particular, episodic and chronic cluster headache (CK), which [...]

February 2, 2014 February 2, 2014

ONS instructions and emergency ID card

ONS Service Material ONS Quick Guide - IPG ONS IPG Supine Position Emergency Instructions ONS IPG Prone Position Emergency Instructions For patients with therapy-resistant chronic migraine pain who do not respond adequately to other treatment methods, [...]