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hypertension

15 Diseases, disorders and syndromes that go along with Migraine

by James on 10 February 2010

What is comorbid with migraine, and what does that mean?  Comorbidity basically refers to two conditions that tend to go together.  That doesn’t mean that one caused the other.  In fact, we usually don’t know why they go together.

It could be there’s a common cause, or maybe one could cause the other.  It could be [...]

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Is High Blood Pressure Causing My Headache?

by James on 20 December 2008

It seems intuitive that high blood pressure, or hypertension, would cause headache.  After all, we often associate headaches with our blood vessels, especially headaches with pounding pain.
High blood pressure is just what it sounds like – your blood is moving through your blood vessels at a higher pressure than normal.  Of course, your blood pressure [...]

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