Is Your Diet A Migraine Trigger?by Kevin Thoroughgood 5/13/2012 Although there is no special diet that can alleviate the pain of a migraine, knowing the food culprits that cause such pain can be very important step. Migraine food triggers are varied and what may be a trigger for one person is not always a trigger for another. To find out what foods may be triggering a migraine attack, keep a diary or journal of what you eat and drink over a period of a few weeks. This will give some definite indication to which food culprits are the cause of the problem. It’s often the case that one type of food on its own may be quite harmless and will probably never be a trigger, however if consumed at the same time as other known food triggers, then this may result in a migraine attack. Once you have been identified the food culprits which have caused the severe pain and distress of a migraine attack, you need to decide on a plan of action and implement an effective migraine diet. Although dieting isn’t a treatment for the prevention of migraine, for many sufferers being selective on what to eat and drink can certainly go along way towards helping relieve or prevent ... |
Migraines - Not Just Your Average Headache!by Richard E Hedrick 5/13/2012 So how are migraines different from your average, run of the mill headache? Migraine headache is usually characterized by pulsing or pounding in one side of the cranium. These headaches are caused by excessive dilation or widening of the blood vessels in the head. Roughly fifty percent of sufferers experience prodrome or symptoms that occur prior to the headache. Prodrome symptoms can include excessive fatigue or sleepiness, digestive issues, irritability, and cravings for particular foods. Classic types of Migraine can be preempted by particular signs or symptoms referred to as auras. Auras may refer to visual changes such as blurriness or spotting, increased sensitivity to light, increased sensitivity to sound, increased sensitivity to smell, nausea, or vomiting. Classic migraines typically last from two to five hours, with the common ... |
Sinus Pressure Reliefby Josef J Butcher 5/13/2012 A Deeper Look at your Sinuses Most people are not aware of what sinuses are. Your sinuses are located in the human skull. They are sacs that are usually filled with air. They get irritated once bacteria and other foreign objects enter your body through the nasal passages. Once the bacteria are there, they attach themselves to the sinuses’ lining. This can lead to painful infection. Without proper sinus pressure relief, the pain can persist for a long time. It may take months before you get well. And in some cases, sinusitis can re-occur throughout the year, depending on how vulnerable or exposed you are to risk factors. The Conventional Way of Attacking Sinusitis Before you learn all about the alternative sinus pressure relief options, listed below are some of the conventional ways of treating sinusitis. There are some people who prefer over-the-counter drugs because they believe that they work fast to get rid of the infection compared with the alternative treatments. Here are some of the medicines that you can take: • Decongestants - This type of medicine works by helping you expel the mucus out of your system. If your sinuses are infected, ... |
Migraines Without Headaches? Is It Really Possible?by Kimberly Pierce 12/22/2011 The four phases of migraine The first phase is the prodrome. This is your warning that a migraine is attacking. This phase changes your mental state and may become highly irritable. The second phase is the aura and this is an unusual visual symptom and this lasts for an hour. The headache pain is the third phase and you may feel this as a throbbing and pulsating sensation on one side of your head. The last phase is the resolution where you can suffer from deep fatigue and a general feeling of malaise for 24 hours after the pain. Bear in mind, not all migraines follow these four phases. Some people don’t get any warning that a migraine is coming; they skip the prodome phase. Occasionally there are some migraines without headache and some with headache. There are also migraines with or without aura. This is the case for me. I skip ... |
How To Get Rid Of Headaches Caused By TMJby Gordon Shaxon 12/22/2011 Do you suffer from mysterious headaches? Did you know that the cause of them may be the temporomandibular joint that is found in the jaw? You could have the temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ), which causes your jaw and neck muscles to spasm, producing painful headaches, ear ache or dizziness. This cause of frequent, extreme headaches is among the simplest to treat and relief is almost instant. The causes of this issue are normally hereditary, physiological, or lifestyle driven. If you grind the teeth at night or tense the jaw during the day, you create stress on the joint that can cause jaw pain. Injuries from accidents also contribute to the syndrome. It is not uncommon that TMJ headaches are mistakenly identified as migraines. However, there are some symptoms that assists in identifying TMJ. One common symptom is clicking sounds in your jaw while opening as well as closing the mouth. Dizziness or fatigue may also be a sign of TMJ. Additionally, pain in the jaw area while eating something tough may suggest that you have TMJ. Typically, the first step in treating TMJ consists of wearing splints. A splint pulls the lower jaw forward aiding to ease tense in the jaw. It may take a while to get used to splints. However, usually the relief from the pain is worth any uncomfortableness you might feel before getting used to the device. In the case the dentist or doctor advises surgical treatment or some other more invasive treatment, it may be a good idea to ask ... |
Migraine - What to Eat and What Not to Eatby Lizette Pellazar 12/22/2011 A migraine is a chronic neurological disorder, characterized by moderate to severe headaches and nausea. It is three times more common in women than in men. One third of people with migraines, experience an "aura" before the onset of the disease. The symptoms of migraine include: nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia. Migraines can have many triggers, including: insomnia, stress, bright lights, and loud noises. However, food is the major trigger for many people. First thing to do when identifying food triggers is to maintain a food diary. Record all foods you eat and what you drink. Noting the time the food is consumed is also very important. Observe what is happening with your body, the natural symptoms you have, and record it. After a month, look at the food diary and try to see if there is any coincidence between the diet and the symptoms. If there is a correlation between eating a particular food and experiencing a migraine, avoid that particular food for a month and again record your observations. Common Food Triggers 1. Tyramine and phenylethylamine are two amino acids which can be found in chocolate, aged cheese, soy foods, all nuts and most seeds, citrus fruits, left over foods, and vinegar. 2. Alcohol such as beer, red wine, and sherry can act as triggers. Alcohol causes dehydration which is a triggering factor for migraine. 3. Tannins found in red-skinned apples, pears, cider, and teas. 4. Nitrites found in deli meats such as pepperoni, bacon, hot dogs, sausages, bologna, and corned beef. And poultry ... |
Is It Really A Migraine?by Kimberly Pierce 12/22/2011 How do you define migraine? I’ve searched for a while for a migraine definition that is simple and easy to understand. Fellow sufferers describe it as a very painful and intolerable type of headache. Medical practitioners define migraine as a kind of vascular headache. Researchers once believed the dilation and constriction of blood vessels in the head caused migraines. Scientists now believe migraines are inherited abnormalities in genes that control the activities of some of the cells in the brain. My plain and simple migraine definition is a severe, throbbing and pulsating vascular headache that can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Attacks are usually accompanied by several warning symptoms such as:
These symptoms are "auras". You can have headache pain on either side of your head, sometimes pain can occur on both sides of your and occasionally you can have a migraine without a headache. Types of Migraines There are two major types of migraine: classical and non-classical. The type of migraine with an aura is called ... |
Ocular Migraines and Youby Andy KT Yeo 12/22/2011 According to the World Health Organization, most migraines have a genetic basis which explains why 70% of migraineurs have a family history of migraine headaches. Though there are no specific statistics for ocular migraines, about 18 percent of women and only 6 percent of men in the United States suffer from migraines. Ocular Migraines, also known as Ophthalmic or Eye Migraines, as the name implies, concern vision. It is one of the most frightening type of migraine because one can experience temporary blindness for a short time from 5 to 30 minutes. By then, your vision will return to normal by itself without medications of any sort. This can happen to either one or even both eyes. What’s more, it can be painful or painless. When you are stationary, the temporary blindness might be harmless. Just imagine how dangerous it is if the ocular migraine strikes while you are driving. In some ocular migraine cases, one experiences symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue and numbness after the visual disturbances. An ocular migraine happens when a blood vessel in the brain spasms, affecting the blood flow and the oxygen flow to the part of the brain responsible for the vision. This explains the temporary blindness and the visual disturbances. Here is a list of triggers of a migraine attack including ocular migraine: - Aged cheese - Caffeinated drinks - Red wine - Smoked meats - Chocolate - MSG (Monosodium Glutamate), artificial sweeteners - Odours such as perfrume or cigarette smoke - Glare or flickering lights - Emotional stress What you should do if you experience symptoms ... |
10 Tips to Help With Migraine Pain Naturallyby Glenn Azzari D.C. 5/3/2010 My Migraine History and How It Benefits You. I’m Sure Some Of You Have Had Similar Experiences... Back in the mid-eighties I was employed by a large telecommunications company. I was selling data lines to businesses for their computer communications. I was always on the road going from one location to another. With all this traveling the chance of me getting in an accident got pretty good, actually a little too good. I got into 3 rear end accidents over 2 years. It seemed like everyone wanted to run into the back of my car, and they did. The onset of the migraines really didn’t happen for several months but I had been having unusual symptoms since the first accident. For example; fatigue, constant yawning, intermittent neck pain, muscle tension were all precursors to what was coming next. In all actuality I was already having migraines, they just weren’t manifesting in the normal way yet. Within several weeks I went from having just the symptoms listed above to having a full-blown debilitating migraine everyday! It became very difficult to perform at work or to enjoy life in general. After suffering daily for over a year a family member suggested I go get help. Over the next several weeks I started to see some significant improvement. That’s when I had one of those perfect moments of clarity and realized that corporate life wasn’t for me and it was time to switch careers. I decided to go into the health care field so I could help ... |
Headaches and Migraines - An Energetic Viewby Dr Kam Yuen 5/3/2010 There are as many as 45 million people in the U.S. living with constant headaches in the form of migraines. Besides migraines, there are also tension and cluster headache sufferers. According to one recent study, headaches cause the loss of approximately 200 million productive workdays a year. People spend more than 2 billion a year in over-the-counter pain relieving drugs. And that’s just in America! You say your headaches are killing you and ruining your life. You want the aching to stop. Now, headache researchers finally think they know that it is not all in your head. Headaches are often blamed on trigger substances such as caffeine, chocolate, wine, cheeses, champagne bubbles, milk, MSG, onions, cured meat etc. Some other triggering substances that people pinpoint as the cause of headaches are birth control pills, the smell of cigarettes, gasoline, cologne and even bright sunshine. The list goes on for so long that many headache sufferers get discouraged into thinking they will have to live in an isolation bubble away from everything. Migraine headaches do not need herbal remedies, drugs, acupressure, aroma scents or soft music to make a person forget about them. The only way to forget about the headache is to get rid of the pain. Today there are countless therapies and self-help methods that claim to be effective at reducing the unpleasant symptoms and alleviating the pseudo causes of pain. The sole purpose of their existence is to ’manage pain’, since modern medicine has openly admitted nothing can be done about chronic ... |
What Are Menstrual Migraines and Why Do They Occur?by Josh A Harding 5/3/2010 Headaches are one of the most common afflictions known to man, and even more so to women. Just about everyone has experienced the pain of headache at sometime during their life. Fortunately, the majority of individuals will only experience headache pain once in awhile and they won’t be very disruptive to that person’s life. However, for other people, headaches can be totally disabling and can greatly impact a person’s life in a negative way. And migraines are right at the top of the list of painful afflictions. Migraines are seen in women three times as often as in men because of their female hormones. When a woman experiences a migraine that coincides with their menstrual cycle or as a result of menopause, they are called menstrual migraines or hormonal headaches. As the hormone levels rise and fall throughout a woman’s monthly cycle they can become out of sync with each other, particularly estrogen and progesterone. As these hormones become out of balance with each other the symptoms can grow to be severe Menstrual migraines feel just like and other migraine headache and will typically be a throbbing and pounding pain on one side of the head. The pain is usually moderate to severe and may last a few hours or a few days. They are often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, but other symptoms can happen before, during, or after the headache. Other common symptoms are increased sensitivity to lights, sounds, or odors, numbness or tingling in the face or upper extremities, ... |
Ophthalmic Migraine - What Causes These?by Lee Taylor Johnson 5/3/2010 Ophthalmic migraine is the migraine that involves the eyes but there is no headache. Light flashes may look like jagged lines/ heat waves either in 1 or may be both eyes and may last up to 10-20 min without a headache. It is an eye migraine producing visual symptoms with/ without headache. It has been associated with some changes happening in blood circulation of brain. Accurate diagnosis require identifying specific causes of visual symptoms that needs to rule out possibility of other disease/ disorders producing similar kind of symptoms. Common triggers causing ophthalmic migraine is temporary contraction or seizure of blood vessels that are located behind eyes. Hormonal changes, food chemicals, medication and flashing lights could be other causes of ophthalmic migraine. Visual changes like small blind spot/ shimmering/ zigzag lights that last for 20-30 min can be noticed. And you may feel pain in one eye. Pain is usually experienced behind eye and maybe because of poor blood circulation to eye that is caused by vasospasm. It is constriction of blood vessels or poor blood circulation in brain that causes it. It can be diagnosed using fundoscope by doctor to get accurate diagnosis. This device indicates reduction in the flow of blood to eyes. Ophthalmic migraines are certainly frightening and occur without any warning. It is not necessary to feel typical pain that accompanies traditional migraine. These are accompanied by halos, flashing lights, rainbows or even other scary optical effects. Main causes of this type of migraines are - Stress is a major cause ... |
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