Category: The Brain & Mental Health

Vertigo Vertigo is one of the commonest symptom experienced by many people and is one of the commonest reason why opinion of a doctor is sought. What exactly is vertigo? What are the causes of vertigo? Is it serious? Is it treatable? Can it recur once treated? There are many doubts regarding this in our mind. Lets try to find answer to these questions. What is vertigo? Vertigo means illusion of self motion or motion of environment which can be commonly described as “spinning sensation”. People often use other term like dizziness, giddiness, “chakkar” sensation, faintness, light headedness, disorientation, imbalance …

All of us suffer from a headache. Some of us have it infrequently and is easily treatable with over the counter pain killers. However, a few of us have very frequent or troublesome headaches and some may be having an almost daily headache. Often these people have partial relief or no relief with routine painkillers. Sometimes the headache is so severe that you might have to take leave from your work and have rest for a day before you are normal again. During these headache episodes, you don’t feel like doing anything and just lie down in a quiet dark …

We often consider headache trivial. Most of us prefer taking analgesics on our own if we have one. On most occasions, we are better with self medications. However sometimes trivial looking headache could be a manifestation of a serious underlying disorder. It can potentially threaten your vision and on rare occasions your life. Let’s have look at a few serious illnesses with headache as their initial manifestation and how to recognize them.   How do I know that my headache is serious? There are few warning signs which indicate that your headache is a harbinger of a serious underlying disorder. …