Brain freeze – tells us about vasculature and neural make up of the head.
- Referred pain for cardiac arrest in heart and jaw
- Happens because its dangerous, brain thinks its under threat because its getting cold and it
wont be able to think well
- Ultimately all headache pain can be explained by blood vessels stretching, as if a blood
vessel bursts, it can be toxic to the brain because of the co2 in blood.
Sinus headaches –
- Spiltting pain, hard nodes
- Sinuses are needed to keep head light, because the brain and much of the skull is very dense
- Goblet (mucus) and mast (histamine) cells in sinuses, when activated an inflammatory
response is triggered – increase bloodflow, bunged up with prostaglandins and white blood
cells, which starts a stress response, which only worsesns the congestion response
- Up nose menthol sticks don’t actually decrease congestion, they change the temperature of
the sinuses by acting on temp receptors, which tricks the brain into decreasing the reaction,
which then decreases congestion.
Tension headaches
- Can treat with painkillers and anti inflammatories, but unless under lying causes are treated
it will just keep on coming back.
Cluster headaches
- Cluster period lasts weeks or months
Migraine headache
- Prodrome Appetite changes – craving for chocolate because of its tryptophan content
(precursor for serotonin so more can be made, unbalance can be redressed)
- Prodrome Fatigue - ;inked to yawning which affects dopamine levels – this and chocolate
might be the body trying to stop the headache from ever happening
- Pre headache aura – everyone has them but wit common migrane the aura doesn’t hit the
conscious percept
- Pain comes from massive rebound vasodilation as compensation for the vasoconstriction
- Diet induced – nitrates may trigger, people who get migraines have more bacteria that break
down nitrates to nitrites then nitrous oxide (could be fixed with using antibacterial
mouthwash). MSG doesn’t cause migraine, just comes from racism really. Chocolate doesn’t
cause headache, but it’s the hypothalamus wanting typtophan. Caffiene = vasoconstrictor,
so if you don’t have you usually amount you will get rebound vasodilation, which will cause
pain
- Migraine induced – women with endometriosis are more lilley to get migraine with aura,
because it affects the eloquence of the cortex.
- Cardiac – caused by atrial septum flap being open as its not sealed properly in the womb.
Can open if you cough, sneeze or have major physical exertion, so pieces of flap debris may
cause eschemic attack
- Migraine sufferers are more horny because orgasms from sex would release serotonin,
dopamine and oxytocin, redressing imbalance and stopping the headache from starting.
- Treatment – gps like to prescribe ssris, but behaviour is a much better and more stable way
to regulate serotonin.
- Referred pain for cardiac arrest in heart and jaw
- Happens because its dangerous, brain thinks its under threat because its getting cold and it
wont be able to think well
- Ultimately all headache pain can be explained by blood vessels stretching, as if a blood
vessel bursts, it can be toxic to the brain because of the co2 in blood.
Sinus headaches –
- Spiltting pain, hard nodes
- Sinuses are needed to keep head light, because the brain and much of the skull is very dense
- Goblet (mucus) and mast (histamine) cells in sinuses, when activated an inflammatory
response is triggered – increase bloodflow, bunged up with prostaglandins and white blood
cells, which starts a stress response, which only worsesns the congestion response
- Up nose menthol sticks don’t actually decrease congestion, they change the temperature of
the sinuses by acting on temp receptors, which tricks the brain into decreasing the reaction,
which then decreases congestion.
Tension headaches
- Can treat with painkillers and anti inflammatories, but unless under lying causes are treated
it will just keep on coming back.
Cluster headaches
- Cluster period lasts weeks or months
Migraine headache
- Prodrome Appetite changes – craving for chocolate because of its tryptophan content
(precursor for serotonin so more can be made, unbalance can be redressed)
- Prodrome Fatigue - ;inked to yawning which affects dopamine levels – this and chocolate
might be the body trying to stop the headache from ever happening
- Pre headache aura – everyone has them but wit common migrane the aura doesn’t hit the
conscious percept
- Pain comes from massive rebound vasodilation as compensation for the vasoconstriction
- Diet induced – nitrates may trigger, people who get migraines have more bacteria that break
down nitrates to nitrites then nitrous oxide (could be fixed with using antibacterial
mouthwash). MSG doesn’t cause migraine, just comes from racism really. Chocolate doesn’t
cause headache, but it’s the hypothalamus wanting typtophan. Caffiene = vasoconstrictor,
so if you don’t have you usually amount you will get rebound vasodilation, which will cause
pain
- Migraine induced – women with endometriosis are more lilley to get migraine with aura,
because it affects the eloquence of the cortex.
- Cardiac – caused by atrial septum flap being open as its not sealed properly in the womb.
Can open if you cough, sneeze or have major physical exertion, so pieces of flap debris may
cause eschemic attack
- Migraine sufferers are more horny because orgasms from sex would release serotonin,
dopamine and oxytocin, redressing imbalance and stopping the headache from starting.
- Treatment – gps like to prescribe ssris, but behaviour is a much better and more stable way
to regulate serotonin.
