SEIZURES AND HEADACHES DON’T HAVE TO GO TOGETHER

Headaches are the most common ailment in daily life. People ignore a headache and suffer irrespective of it being a mild one or a severe one. The knowledge on the headaches and the reasons for its onset has to beunderstood. Seizures and headaches show a possible connection with each other as they share similar symptoms which often confuse the patient and the practitioner to distinguish between the two of them. The one with seizure disorders are anxious and anticipate another encounter with the seizure that adds on to his headache.

Symptoms of Epilepsy:

Headaches can lead to epilepsy. It causes discomfort before and after the seizures. Here are a few observations of the types and the symptoms.

Postictal Headache:

• It is observed that half of the Epilepsy patients suffer from Postictal Headaches after a seizure.
• It is predominant with clonic-tonic seizures
• Headaches are either too severe or mild
• They last from a few hours to a day

Pre-ictal Headache:

• Pre-ictal headaches are less common in Epilepsypatients
• The headaches are mild, sometimes throbbing, steady and sharp.
• Only 20% of the epilepsy patients suffer this type of headache and hence is considered to be rare.
• These seizures interfere with the memory while they have a headache.

Migraine Headache:

• It is accompanied with pulsating pain on both the sides of the head.
• Nausea, Pain, sensitivity to light is some of the symptoms.
• Distorted Images, Blind spots are an indication of Migraine.
• Causes are stress, fatigue and menstruation.It could last from few weeks up to a year.

Ictal Headache:

• Ictal headaches are rare and are considered as a predominant symptom for seizure disorder.
• Ictal Headaches are the only main symptom for seizure.They are like migraine and are often persistent.
• The symptoms are observed in all types of Epilepsy.
• Most often they are mistaken for migraine.Only an abnormalEEGdetects the reason for a persistent headache.
• It can be treated with the proper diagnosis based on its type and seizure medicines. Headaches are painful and disrupt activities affecting the focus and steadfastness.

Getting treatment for your headache is a relief to your body and mind than ignoring it as a common ailment. The treatment could be of two types. Wait till you have a headache and then take the treatment. Or start a treatment as a precautionary to rule out any sort of headaches in future. Most important thing that a person should know is to consult a doctor and take the medicines as per your doctor’s prescription only. Things can get adverse if you try to take medicines that have been told by others. As the reasons for headache varies from person to person and so are the treatment methods.

The right diagnosis and apt treatment is the only way that any ailment can be declined.The approach and the experience gained at KIMS by their experienced committee of medical practitioners are the ones that help you treat your headaches or epilepsy. The best Epilepsy treatment in Hyderabadis provided at K.I.M.S.