Stories Arşivleri - Dr. Emel Gökmen

Restless Leg Syndrome Story

28/12/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsRestless leg syndrome, Stories

What is Restless Leg Syndrome? Despite not being aware of it, many of us experience restless leg syndrome. Strange and painful sensations in legs are called restless leg syndrome. It gets better when legs move. It mostly happens during sleep or while falling asleep. It causes an unbearable anguish when restless leg syndrome makes it...

Continuous Cluster Headache Story

28/12/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsCluster headache, Stories

Continuous Cluster Headache Story If I had not listened to the 21 year-old university student with continuous headache carefully, I could have considered his symptoms as tension headaches. Besides, tension headache treatment had previously been applied to him. Even though him having constant headaches brought tension headache to mind, his attacks ongoing for 45 minutes...

The Story of a Patient with Cluster Headache Using Cortisone

28/12/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsCluster headache, Gokmen Approach

The Story of a Patient with Cluster Headache Using Cortisone A 52 year-old male patient, a computer engineer, has had cluster headache for 10 years. He has been on corticosteroids almost continuously for the last 2 years. His headaches have extended over the whole year. He has been taking cortisone for the last 3 years....

Headache and Drug Relation

28/12/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsPain treatment

Headache and Drug Relation It is nearly inevitable to take painkillers when you have a headache. Medication is the most commonly known and used method in migraine treatment. To decrease the frequency of attacks, it is tried to be treated with pain killers during attacks and medications used on daily basis. In headache treatment, painkillers...

Severity of Cluster Headache. Story of Middle Aged Patient Featured Image Dr. Emel Gokmen

The Severity of Cluster Headache, Story of Middle Aged Patient

24/10/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsCluster headache, Stories

The severity of cluster headache is so severe that it is also called 'suicidal headache.' Cluster headache is unilateral and affects the eye and its' surroundings. It starts suddenly and lasts an average of 30-45 minutes. The eye shrinks, gets red and can become watery. The nostril in the affected side can get blocked. However...

Resistant Toothache Story

15/01/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsStories, Teeth, Trigeminal neuralgia

Usual Treatment Methods of Toothache Patients There are some patients who develop toothache after dental treatments and for some, the pain that is already there can get worse. In such cases, dentists say that there is nothing wrong with their treatment. As a last resort, the tooth that is causing the pain gets pulled but...

Tinnitus and migraine patient. Dr. Emel Gokmen

Story of a Tinnitus and Migraine Patient

15/01/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsCreativity, Stories, Vertigo Tinnitus

Tinnitus and migraine may go together. This patient, in his 40s and suffering from headaches since he was a child, was also suffering from tinnitus for a year. “There is always a rustle in my ear. Like it’s in my brain, it affects both ears. When I talk, I do not hear it but at...

The Story of an Elderly Migraineur Couple

15/01/2017Emel GökmenNo CommentsGokmen Approach, Migraine, Stories

Migraine in Elderly Patients Migraine, getting severe in fertile ages of women, significantly recedes with menopause. Thus, most women wait for that time of their life to come. It is also not very common to see migraine in advanced ages. That’s when Gokmen Approach, with its custom treatment based on the reasons of headaches and...

Story of Young Migraineur Girl. Dr. Emel Gokmen

Story of a Young Migraineur Girl

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsGokmen Approach, Migraine, Stories

Migraine is quite common among young girls. What is remarkable about this condition, usually appearing in high school years, is that the drugs are almost useless. However, Gokmen Approach can easily treat it. Because there is a reason for every pain we feel and if we solve this underlying problem, we do not need to...

Story of Migraine That Begins at Childhood

26/12/2016Emel GökmenNo CommentsChildren, Stories, Tension Headache

Migraine Can Start in Childhood It is common for migraine to start in childhood. In these patients, tension type headache is also added to the picture in adult ages. Migraine and tension type headache can exist simultaneously but tension type is more continuous. Occasionally, migraine attacks may accompany them. Tension Type Headache and Migraine Story...