BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Headache, Soft Palate, Eletriptan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Slide 1 cephalalgia enjoyed by 90 % of population. Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs/head ache- dull persistent pain. Slide 2 one believed headaches caused by demons. Demons are scared away from the heat. Handiwork work of a tiny headache demons. Slide 3 lose the demon to lose the headache. Hot needle and stick them in ears. Suck the pain out of the head. Slide 6 trepanation as a cure for headache. Pressure when u get a headache; feeling like exploding. Cutting hole in the skull, relieve pressure. Shape of the hole quality of treatment. Bone is rounded off survived can never go back. Believe that the skill shouldn"t be completely enclosed; relieve the pressure and allow the head to breathe. Slide 10: brain does not feel pain sensation is not coming from the brain. Slide 11: pain in thin tissue surrounding skull.