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A Comprehensive Book for Migraine Sufferers With a Level of Detail to Satisfy Medical Professionals This second edition of Migraine has an extensive review of the literature on important migraine subjects such as: Migraine without aura Migraine with aura Cluster headache Medication overuse or rebound headache Migrainous infarction Menstrual migraine Footballer's migraine Primary headache associated with sexual activity Confusional migraine A history of migraine discussing many famous sufferers such as Freud, Darwin, and Nietzsche The book has several teaching-type patient dialogues between ...

The point of the Mini Neurology Series is to make short, concise, up-to-date books on selected neurologic subjects. This book on Essential Tremor hits the spot. It is a current, concise review of tremor discussing the history, nosology, clinical description, medical and surgical treatment. Books in the Mini Neurology Series: Volume 1: Migraine Volume 2: Carpal Tunnel Volume 3: Panic Disorder Volume 4: Essential Tremor

This Mini Neurology Series book on migraine is a short but complete 46-page book on the definition, the migraine lifestyle to live by to have fewer attacks, and the medical pharmacology, and current therapy regarding acute and preventive therapy of migraine. Migraine is a genetic, inherited condition involving the brain, the trigeminal nerve, and cranial blood vessels. Episodic migraine, defined as less than 15 headache days per month, consists of symptoms of headache with intervening periods of normal health. Chronic migraine is defined as migraine occurring 15 or more days a month. Most ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a leading cause of health and fitness disability and is found in 10% of Americans. It is a common disease of the peripheral nervous system and a median nerve entrapment wherein the main sensory nerve to the hand, the Median Nerve, is compressed and irritated at the wrist. CTS is found in women three times more often than in men. Many persons who get this medical neurology problem have a smaller carpal tunnel than normal and this anatomic constriction leads to symptoms. Common initial symptoms are numbness, "pins and needles", tingling, a dead sensation, and a...

Transient global amnesia (TGA) is one of the most mysterious clinical medical conditions in Neurology and Psychology. Occurring usually only once in middle to late age, the affected person is suddenly affected with memory loss, for the past, the present, and briefly, the future. Repetitive questioning without learning the answers supplied marks the typical case while frightened family members and significant others labor to bring the patient into hospital for scanning and medical evaluation. Although the cut off time for duration is 24 hours, most cases clear in 4-6 hours, with no memory of...

Britt Talley Daniel MD is a neurologist who writes Internet School providing information on Migraine, Panic Disorder, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Transient Global Amnesia. website www.doctormigraine.com