If you suffer from regular or migraine headaches, you are not alone. One in every four U.S. households includes a headache sufferer, many of whom endure needless pain and disability. The Headache Center of the LifeBridge Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute combines the region's leading interdisciplinary team with the most advanced procedures and equipment available. We are dedicated to bringing relief to headache sufferers.
The Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute is dedicated to finding the answers that allude others. From headaches and numbness to epilepsy or tumors, if it relates to the central nervous system, we'll figure it out.
Migraines
Symptoms
Migraine pain can be excruciating and can last for hours or even days. Migraines may be preceded by flashes of light, blind spots or tingling in the arm or leg. Other signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light and sound.
Diagnostics
Diagnosis begins with a detailed medical history and physical examination for each patient. If additional tests are required, patients have access to the latest diagnostic procedures and equipment, including MRI, CT scan, diagnostic injection procedures, myelography, ultrasound, EMG and nerve conduction studies.
Treatments
The Headache Center's team approach to pain management gives patients the full range of surgical and non-surgical treatment options.
- Lifestyle modification
- Medication management
- Injections and nerve blocks
- Radio frequency denervation
- Discography
- Implantable therapies
Warning Signs of Other Possibilities
Even if you have a history of headaches, changes in the type or pattern may indicate another, more serious medical problem. See your doctor if you have any of the following symptoms:
- Abrupt, severe headache like a thunderclap
- A new severe headache that isn't just on one side of your head
- Headache with fever, stiff neck, rash, mental confusion, seizures, double vision, weakness, numbness or trouble speaking
- Headache after a head injury, especially if the headache gets worse
- Chronic headache that is worse after coughing, exertion, straining or sudden movement
- New headache pain if you're older than 55
A Team Approach
Chronic headache treatment may require the expertise of multiple medical specialists. Your neurologist will communicate closely with all members of your multidisciplinary treatment team to assure top quality patient care.
Adrian J. Goldszmidt, M.D., is the Director of the Headache Center and the Chief of the Department of Neurology at the Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute. He completed his medical degree at Harvard University Medical School and his specialties include strokes, headaches and dementia.
For more information about the Headache Center, call 410-601-WELL (410-601-9355).