Migraine/Headache
Migraine headaches are one of the most common problems seen in emergency departments and doctors’ offices. Migraines are due to changes in the brain and surrounding blood vessels.
Migraine headaches typically last from 4-72 hours and vary in frequency from daily to fewer than 1 per year. Migraine affects about 15% of the population. Three times as many women as men have migraines. More than 80% of people with migraines (called migraineurs) have other members in the family who have them too.
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Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can be thought of as an inflammatory process involving different areas of the central nervous system (CNS) at various points in time. As the name suggests, MS affects many areas of the CNS.
MS affects 62 people per 100,000 in the white population and 31 people per 100,000 in the nonwhite population. MS rarely involves people of Asian descent.
Women are more than twice as likely to develop MS as men.
MS usually affects people in the fourth and fifth decade of ... more
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