What is a Migraine?

[pamc]

[posting to my journal for posterity xposted: migraines tag: what is migraine]

Chapter 1: What Is A Migraine

What Is A Migraine?

More than just a headache, migraine is a chronic illness that affects over 30 million Americans annually; roughly 10% of the population. There have been great advancements in migraine management in the last 20 years, and

Comments

[bellabrigida]

Did you write this?

This is fantastic!

Thanks!!!

[pamc]

Yeah... wrote it a couple of years ago. I need to put pictures in it for the whole pag/pons thing... diagrams... because it's damn difficult to visualize.

Hell, I may even animate something in flash! (That would be cool...)

Re: Thanks!!!

[bellabrigida]

It's been of major help to my mom. She's like, "This makes really good sense."

Also, some people aren't so good with channels. You might want a diagram of gated channels and a flash of that. Just from my physiology class, our teacher used to have an "interpretive dance" so people could see what happened.

You are teh awesome.

Re: Thanks!!!

[pamc]

Oooo... Good point! Know anywhere I can get open-copyright images?