Cephalalgia
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
November 23, 2017 7:07am CST
Much as I want to be here until midnight because there is a scheduled 9-hour power interruption tomorrow from 9AM to 5PM, I cannot do so because I am having cephalalgia. This word is the medical term for headache- cephal- is ‘head’, and ‘-algia’ is pain or ache.
Sometimes I ask these terminologies to my students when they have their rotation examination. I often tell them that these terms are already in the gray matter of my brain cells since I was in my junior college year. It is stock knowledge.
The headache I am experiencing now may be due to seeing a very bright orange color and light. Maybe this is eyestrain. Well, I think having this cephalalgia signals me to temporarily stop my interaction here. I have to sleep now so the headache goes.
I hope to be back tomorrow as soon as the electricity resumes after 5PM.
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12 responses
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
i had a good night sleep and woke up at 4:30AM. it seems my internal alarm system did wake me up.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Nov 17
@thelme55 oh, do you mean the head is massaged, maybe using a liniment or a balm, or oil?
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
28 Nov 17
@ridingbet you don't have to use oil or liniment for head massage. It is still good.
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
26 Nov 17
@ridingbet Champissage is an Indian head massage. I think a French word of head massage. This is the word I learned when I was working in a spa in Ireland. It was an offered massage treatment we had in that spa.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
23 Nov 17
Oh my! Have a good rest now and hope to see you soon 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
thanks. luckily, the power interruption did not push through today.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@m_audrey6788 but it will on Monday. grrr! hahaha!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
no, but if i will have the latest result of visual acuity test, i will change my specs with another frame of eyeglasses.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@JustBhem as of now, my lens is still good for my acuity.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Nov 17
@ridingbet
I see that would be great.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
if the eyestrain keeps on going at longer duration, it might result to severe headaches. when i have eyestrain, i look at some green color objects like the trees.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
thanks for the heads-up. there are more single-word medical terms that are stocked in my brain
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
I encounter that word when I'm training as a medical transcriptionist. Hope your headaches will be gone after some rest
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
25 Nov 17
@ridingbet Yes so many medical terms. I transcribe almost all area of medical practice. We have psychologist, oncologist, cosmetic surgery, bone surgery. I forgot most of them now. I get familiar with medical terms and medicines
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
@averygirl72 that is great.
my son suggested me to joining a site for medical transcriptionist. i am not so good in computers, so when i finished one set of their test and moved on to the next, i cannot type fast, so my son adjusted the speed of the questioning. still, i have not yet finished it.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
yes, it is. so, that medical transcriptionist job, do you encounter more medical terms?
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
If your eyes hurt it's better for you to sleep. I hope the situation is not worst than you imagine. I hate Power outages. good thing it doesn't happen here often.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
that is why you are luckier there because you seldom experience brown outs.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
24 Nov 17
Sorry to hear that, I hope the headache goes away soon.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
just closing my eyes to sleep, i felt better now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
it did not happen today. they made a late update this early morning.
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
Take care Ate. I think we will also have power interruption tomorrow, Saturday.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
hello, hija. wow, so our scheduled power interruptions are always right on time, right? from one region to another... it never fails.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@brokenbee correct. we who were the most affected last year, take most of the repairs of the damages. it is also NGCP that re-scheduled the power interruption on Monday, sadly.
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@ridingbet yes Ate. Sometimes it's NGCP and most of the time, our local electric co. that has maintenance activities.
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