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HEADACHE

Categories: Diseases of The Nervous System

This term means a pain in the head, all over the head, or at
one particular spot. It may be only a symptom of a general constitutional

derangement, some disease of some other organ, a temporary inability of

some organ like the stomach, liver, bowels, etc., to do work, or it may be

due to some local affection depending upon some trouble with the skull and

its contents. It is frequently but a symptom of some other trouble. It

o
curs in fevers, infectious diseases, brain disease, etc. There are

different varieties depending upon the causes.



Sick Headache.

Nervous Headache.

Catarrhal Headache.

Congestive Headache.

Neuralgic or Gastric (stomach) Headache.

Bilious Headache.

"Bowel" Headache.

"Womb" Headache.

Rheumatic Headache.






CATARRHAL HEADACHE and RHEUMATIC HEADACHE may be treated together. This is

due to exposure to a draught of air, walking against the sharp and keen

wind, by getting the feet or other parts of the body wet, sudden

suppression of perspiration about the head, or by some other exposure such

as might result from cold, influenza or attack of rheumatism. There may be

aching pains and a feeling of heavy weight in the forehead; tearing,

stitching pains above the eyes, in the cheek bones; sometimes the skull

feels as if it would fall to pieces. In the rheumatic variety the scalp is

sore and tender, tearing throbbing pains or hard aching pains. There is

some fever, dry skin, the pulse is faster.



Treatment. Get into a sweat by hot drinks of lemonade and hot foot baths.

Apply cold or warmth to the head, lie down and keep quiet.



Medicine. Aconite in doses of one-tenth of a drop to an adult every hour

will frequently abort it: open the bowels with salts. Remain in bed.



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