Glossary for Throbbing headache

Medical terms related to Throbbing headache or mentioned in this section include:

• Basilar artery migraine: Basilar migraine (BM), also known as Bickerstaff syndrome, consists of headache accompanied by dizziness, ataxia, tinnitus, decreased hearing, nausea and vomiting, dysarthria, diplopia, loss of balance, bilateral paresthesias or paresis, altered consciousness, syncope, and sometimes loss of consciousness.
• Chemical poisoning - Nitroglycerin: Nitroglycerin is a chemical used mainly in the manufacture of explosives, dynamite, rocket propellant and smokeless powders. The chemical is readily absorbed through the skin. Ingestion and other exposures to the chemical can cause various symptoms. The type and severity of symptoms varies depending on the amount of chemical involved and the nature of the exposure.
• Cluster headache: Also known as alarm headache, more common in young men, presents with unilateral headache, rhinorrhea and lacrimation
• Common symptoms: The most common symptoms
• Head symptoms: Symptoms affecting the head or brain
• Headache: Pain affecting the head or brain area.
• High blood pressure: Excessive blood pressure.
• Migraine: Severe complex headaches that occur periodically
• Monosodium glutamate (MSG) adverse reaction: Allergy or adverse reaction to food additive Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• Nausea: The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.
• Nerve symptoms: Symptoms affecting the nerves
• Pain: Any type of pain sensation symptoms.
• Refractive Eye Disorders: Any disorder that affects the ability of the eye to focus on an object
• Sensations: Changes to sensations or the senses
• Sinusitis: Inflammation of the sinus passages (as a symptom)
• Temporal arteritis: Inflamed head artery causing headache.
• Tension headache: constant headache which is frequently bilateral in presentation, which is mild to moderate in nature
• Throbbing headache in pregnancy: Pounding headache in a woman who is pregnant

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