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Story of Young Migraineur Girl. Dr. Emel Gokmen

Story of a Young Migraineur Girl

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsGokmen Approach, Migraine, Stories

Migraine is quite common among young girls. What is remarkable about this condition, usually appearing in high school years, is that the drugs are almost useless. However, Gokmen Approach can easily treat it. Because there is a reason for every pain we feel and if we solve this underlying problem, we do not need to...

What are Migraine Symptoms?

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsHeadaches, Migraine

Migraine Symptoms Migraine symptoms may vary in a broad range. When the attacks reached a peak point, they get severe although at the beginning they are mild. Migraine begins with unease and hunger, and also the patient might be not feeling well. After the attack begins and the complaints reach their peak, patient suffers severely....

Stabbing Pain in the Face

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsTrigeminal neuralgia

This one is a momentary, stabbing pain. The frequency may vary from couple of times a day to couple of times a year. This pain distinguishes from trigeminal neuralgia by having no electrification. However, the patient feels the pain in the jaw, eyes, temples and upper parts of the face, i.e. in the trigeminal nerve...

Story of Migraine That Begins at Childhood

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsChildren, Stories, Tension Headache

Migraine Can Start in Childhood It is common for migraine to start in childhood. In these patients, tension type headache is also added to the picture in adult ages. Migraine and tension type headache can exist simultaneously but tension type is more continuous. Occasionally, migraine attacks may accompany them. Tension Type Headache and Migraine Story...

Abdominal Migraine in Children

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsChildren

When it comes to recurrent abdominal attacks during childhood, one should think of migraine. Patients suffering from this condition usually cannot be diagnosed with abdominal migraine since they do not necessarily experience headaches. However you can detect them from their history of infantile colic and gas. Also, it is possible that they were restless and...

Growing Pains in Children. Dr. Emel Gokmen

Growing Pain Migraine in Children

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsChildren, Neural therapy

Growing Pains in Children Growing pains are observed in school-age children. Some children may experience overly disturbing, recurrent leg pains however these unexplained pains are not taken seriously and put off as growing pains. Several migraine patients of mine remembers having growing pains. I, myself, had unbearable leg pains in the last years of primary...

Orgasmic Headache

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsHeadaches

What is Orgasmic Headache? Although it is rare, there are patients who complain about a headache occurring only with sexual activity. These patients mostly suffer from orgasmic headaches. Pain comes either close to or during orgasm and goes away in a couple of hours. It may be so frequent that the patient avoids having sexual...

Chronic Migraine Treatment

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsGokmen Approach, Migraine, Pain treatment

What is Chronic Migraine? If it is present more than 15 days a month, it is called “chronic migraine”. This condition affecting 2% of all people and 10% of migraineurs, usually appears in middle aged people but it is possible to see it in children and young people as well. Chronic migraine in young patients...

One-sided Headache

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsCluster headache, Migraine

When Does One-Sided Headache Occur? One-sided headache is very common and the most well-known reason is migraine, most severe case is cluster headache. Trigeminal neuralgia also causes one-sided headache but it is usually in the form of flashes and electrifications. Also there are more rare cases like primer stabbing headache and in elderly people temporal...

One-sided Headache Story

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsMigraine, Stories

One-sided Headache With Changing Characteristics Over Time 42-year-old female patient, an accountant, had suffered frequent migraine attacks during high school. Afterwards, this frequency was decreased but around middle ages they were back to their old routine. “My headaches began 10 years ago, when I started working. First it makes my neck stiff and then the...

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