Applying Heat Or Cold For Migraine Relief Many migraineurs (people who suffer from migraine headaches) relieve the pain of a migraine with the judicious application of heat or cold. This type of pain abatement is particularly popular with people trying to minimize or avoid prescription medication use, especially among pediatric patients and their families.Below are a few techniques that can help ease the pain of a migraine. Not all...... Similar Editorial : by Richard Romando. | Source : Migraine Headache
Aromatherapy And Migraines Most physicians agree that aromatherapy makes an excellent complementary therapy for migraineurs. Aromatherapy has not been shown to eliminate migraine headaches, but when used to complement traditional therapy and medication it can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.Aromatherapy is a natural healing methodology that uses plant-derived essential oils to achieve a desired therapeutic...... Similar Editorial : by Anne Moss. | Source : Migraine Headache
Balancing Chakras To Soothe Migraines The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel. The chakras are the seven primary distribution points for the energy in the body that run from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. They are also called the psychic centers of consciousness. Migraines may be a side effect of a blocked chakra or unbalanced chakras. Migraine can be eased, and possibly cured, without the aid of the prescription...... Similar Editorial : by leedobbins. | Source : Migraine Headache
Basilar Migraines Migraines can be more than just a pain in the head. Basilar migraines, once known as basilar artery migraines or BAMs, are an extraordinarily rare but potentially life-threatening variant of the classic migraine with aura.Basilar migraine symptoms are caused by constriction of the basilar artery, which supplies blood to the brain stem. BAMs were originally thought to affect only young women and...... Similar Editorial : by Anne Moss. | Source : Migraine Headache
Butterbur For Migraines Migraineurs would prefer not to have migraines at all. If headache cannot be eliminated, reducing the number of migraine episodes they experience would certainly be an improvement. It would be even better if it could be done without synthetic pharmacologicals.Migraineurs, meet butterbur (Petasites hybridus). Butterbur is a shrub native to southwestern Asia, Europe, and northern Africa. It is...... Similar Editorial : by Anne Moss. | Source : Migraine Headache
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Migraines Some migraineurs are fortunate enough to experience prodromal symptoms that let them know a migraine is coming. It isn't much, but it allows them to plan for the down time they know they are about to enter into. A migraineur who has learned cognitive behavioral therapy can utilize the same prodromal symptoms to short circuit their migraine headache.Cognitive behavioral therapy for migraineurs...... Similar Editorial : by . | Source : Migraine Headache
Common Migraine Food Triggers No one knows for sure what causes migraine headaches. The most likely to answer to-date is that a serious of small irritations or reactions pile up until, finally, a migraine headache is triggered. Migraine triggers are different for each individual, but many migraineurs claim that a particular food or combination of foods will push them over the edge into a headache.Keep in mind that most...... Similar Editorial : by Anne Moss. | Source : Migraine Headache
Fewer Migraines With Feverfew Migraineurs (people who suffer from chronic or episodic migraine headaches) are looking for headache relief that doesn't come from a drug lab. All too often pharmaceutical migraine solutions have unpleasant side effects, including, ironically enough, headache. Some migraine sufferers have found help from feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), a common flower that grows all over Europe and North...... Similar Editorial : by Anne Moss. | Source : Migraine Headache
Finding A Migraine Doctor You have severe, debilitating headaches that cause you to vomit and huddle in a dark room for hours waiting for them to go away. Chances are they are migraines. The only way to know for sure, and start on the path to managing your condition if they are migraines, is to be properly diagnosed.The first step should always be your regular doctor. One out of every eight people suffers from migraines...... Similar Editorial : by apple33p. | Source : Migraine Headache
Genetic Research Into Migraines Migraine headaches are a huge health problem. In a 2004 report, the World Health Organization (WHO) called migraines and headache disorders a global public health calamity. Migraines and other chronic headache conditions are disabling. In the same report, the WHO ranked migraine as one of the top twenty conditions in the world to cause years of healthy life lost due to disability. Migraines...... Similar Editorial : by Anne Moss. | Source : Migraine Headache
Hemiplegic Migraine There are a number of different types of migraine headaches, including both the classic and common migraine. One particularly rare type of migraine is the hemiplegic migraine.Hemiplegic migraines are migraine headaches with very particular symptoms. They include:* A sudden attack unilateral (one-sided) weakness and/or paralysis, typically during the aura phase of migraine. * The weakness...... Similar Editorial : by apple33p. | Source : Dog Arthritis Aspirin
Hypnotic Migraine Relief Hypnosis is not just an entertainer's trick to please and amuse crowds. Hypnotherapists are helping migraineurs ease their pain. Sometimes they are even able to relieve other migraine symptoms like vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound, too.The hypnotist's goal is to relax patients into a trancelike state in order to access their subconscious mind. A good therapist will then place...... Similar Editorial : by apple33p. | Source : Dog Arthritis Aspirin
Migraine Abortive Medications Doctors prescribe two types of migraine medications. One type is designed to help stop a migraine that has already begun. This is called abortive therapy and these drugs work best when taken as soon as the headache begins. The other type is a daily medication designed to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks. This type of medication is called prophylactic or preventive therapy.There are two...... Similar Editorial : by mikeherman1. | Source : Dog Arthritis Aspirin
Migraine Auras A migraine aura is a specific type of prodrome, or premonition, that heralds a migraine. It is a symptom or series of symptoms that let migraineurs, people who suffer from chronic migraines, know in advance that a migraine headache is about to make itself felt. Aura effects develop over about five minutes and generally occur from twenty minutes to an hour prior to the start of a headache. They...... Similar Editorial : by apple33p. | Source : Dog Arthritis Aspirin
Migraine Criteria The Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society (IHS) publishes and revises the "International Classification of Headache Disorders", now in its second edition. This book offers specific diagnostic criteria for diagnosing migraines and is currently used worldwide.According to IHS, a common migraine headache, also known as a migraine without aura, is defined by the...... Similar Editorial : by apple33p. | Source : Dog Arthritis Aspirin
How To Solve Problems Yet, if they just realigned their attitude and focused on the solution or on the opportunity, the challenge would not seem as big as they think it is. - Catherine Pulsifer... Similar Editorial : How To Solve Problems by Garry Zancanaro.
