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Exercising And Your Health
Are you ready to get in shape and get back your health?
Lots of people these days are having a hard time staying shape
and as a result their health is suffering too. All of this at a
time when health care costs have risen dramatically and put...
Lowering Cholesterol for busy People – Part 1
Cholesterol Dictatorship… you must have enough, and you should. And you must be frustrated to hear over and over what you should or what you shouldn't eat, like you don't know yet. But you do know very well and if you still have problems with high...
The Benefit of Exercise: Traditional Chinese Style
The Nei Jing, or Inner Classic, the oldest Chinese medical text and source of all Chinese medical theory states: "Prolonged sitting
damages the flesh" and "Prolonged lying damages the qi." The Nei Jing was written between 300 and 100 B.C, which...
The Need for Centralized Medical Records
Consolidating your family’s medical records is one important step you can take to help insure your loved ones receive the best health care. In this era of medical specialization, the availability of centralized medical records can make a crucial...
Why Choose Naturopathic Medicine?
Naturopathic medicine is a system and philosophy of medicine that has been around for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years. Before the advent of ‘conventional’ medicine, which uses a wide variety of drugs and surgical procedures, almost every...
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Migraine Headaches - Effective Natural Treatment Methods!
Headaches are comprised of two major categories, primary and
secondary. Headaches belonging to the primary group are not
caused by underlying medical conditions while secondary
headaches are the result of a medical condition such as trauma,
infection or possibly even a brain tumor. Most headaches belong
in the primary category.
The primary category headaches include migraine headaches and
tension headaches. These two headache types are the most common
of all headaches with tension-type headaches being the most
common. Tension headaches constitute about 75% of all headaches
while migraine headaches affect as many as 30 or 40 million
Americans, or approximately 10% or more of the American
population.
Migraine headaches can become chronic in nature, but are
typically experienced at most once or twice a week, not daily.
Females experience the pain of migraines about 3 times as often
as males, or about 75% of the time. Migraine headaches can be
severe and disabling. They can be accompanied by nausea,
vomiting and a sensitivity to light. About 20% of migraine
patients will experience an aura. An aura is a disturbance in
vision that consists of brightly colored blinking lights that
move across a person's field of vision.
There are many types of treatment methods that are available to
migraine sufferers, both natural and unnatural. The most common
method of treatment are pain relievers that are bought without a
prescription, or over-the-counter. Non-prescription drugs can
include aspirin, Tylenol (acetaminophen), Motrin (ibuprofen), or
a combination of acetaminophen and aspirin. These are the most
commonly purchased types of non-prescription pain relievers.
Migraine headache patients experiencing more severe pain may
need prescription medicine.
There are also many types of natural treatment methods that
don't involve the use of non-prescription or prescription
medications. These methods of treatment can often relieve
migraine headache symptoms and are increasingly gaining
popularity in today's society as people are becoming more
educated on the
potentially dangerous side effects of drugs. One
of these natural treatment methods is putting an ice pack on the
back of the neck at the base of the skull. When using an ice
pack there should be a barrier between the ice pack and the skin
such as a wetted cloth or t-shirt that has had the water
squeezed out of it. Ice therapy can lessen the flow of blood to
the head resulting in less pressure in the head. It can often
help relieve migraine
headaches by decreasing the flow of blood to the head. It is
often beneficial for a person to put their feet in a container
of warm water at the same time. This can have the effect of
attracting the blood to the feet instead of to the head.
Migraine headaches can sometimes be caused by foods and can be
prevented by eliminating these food triggers. Foods that can
trigger migraine headaches include, but are not limited to,
caffeine, chocolate, alcohol, MSG (monosodium glutamate), nuts,
cheese, beans, onions and others. Eliminating the trigger may
eliminate the migraines.
Another natural treatment method for migraine headaches is
simply to reduce stress by relaxing. Many migraines are caused
by stress, so eliminating the stress can relieve the pain.
Relieving stress can sometimes be achieved by getting plenty of
sleep, lying down in a dark quiet room, or a combination of
lying down in a dark quiet room with a small ice pack positioned
on the neck at the base of the skull as explained above.
This article is a general overview with regard to natural
migraine headache treatment methods and may not apply to
everyone. As always it is a good idea to seek the help of a
professional before treating yourself for a potentially serious
health condition.
About the author:
As a chiropractor Dr. Larry A. Johnson, D.C. has treated
patients with migraine
headaches for 25 years. If you would like more information
about migraine headaches visit his site about the pain of migraine
headaches.
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