shic1of2 asked:


I need to know what it’s really like to go through a status migraine episode. I’ve read about medical definitions and medical descriptions, but it’s not the same as personal experiences. Thanks everyone.

VAgirl asked:


I have had migraines for years (since I was 12). About 10 years ago. I started getting these awful sinus infections with unbelievable sinus headaches. I have seen nuerologist, allergist, ENT (had sinus surgery-no help), trips to the ER-nada. I get these sinus infections 3-4 times a year and have taken more antibiotics than I can count. I wake up with headaches, they get worse at night-I avoid sleep sometimes. After 3-5 weeks it gets better for a while. Oh-the sinus infections were diagnosed by sinus pressure pain on the right side of the face under my eye, runny nose on that side, teary eyes, swollen eyes, sometimes I get a droopy eye too and often look flushed. So-about two weeks ago I watched House-and he diagnosed a kid with cluster headaches based on my symptoms for the recurring sinus infections! My hubby said “that sounds like you”. Could it be that this is my problem? If it is clusters, can I get treatment that will help? I have started putting ambesol in my nose-it’s that bad!!
doo1964-that sums up my problems fairly well. My family doc keeps tossing antibiotic at it and the zomig does sometimes seem to help. I found a little info on cluster headaches that suggest steriods during the attacks to break the cycle. If it would help…As for autoimmune-my mom has fibromyalgia, my aunt and cousin have RA, and another aunt has MS. So the chances for autoimmune problems is on my mom’s side of the family. I would love to hear if anyone has found a treatment that gives them any help!

Headache has become a normal part of almost every person’s life and the most common form of headache is the ‘Tension Headaches’. It can attack a person of any age group.

Generally, it occurs when a person performs an activity that involves holding your head in a position without much movement for a long time. For instance, looking straight to the cinema screen may sometimes cause a tension headache.

There are different ways to get rid of tension headache, but I cannot recommend the available medications for you as most of them have severe side effects on your health. I am going to tell you about one great way that will help you get relief from your tension headache problem.

Yoga, it is a great natural cure to a number of different kinds of medical problems. It cures numerous diseases and disorders without causing any side effects.

The Yoga exercises works effectively for the tension headache problem. Now, the Doctors are also recommending their patients to practice Yoga for the headache problems.

‘Sinus Pressure’ is a well known cause behind the tension headaches problem and the Yoga breathing techniques and yoga poses work effectively for this by opening sinuses and relieving the tension.

Pain is also a responsible factor behind this problem and yoga works for it as well. The Yoga poses that involves full stretching of the neck, upper back with the chest and shoulders are very good for this problem. Yoga alleviates the pain by releasing the muscular tension in the body parts and increasing the blood circulation to your head. It stimulates the nervous system too. Yoga is really an effective way to get rid of tension headache.

Stress is another major reason that causes tension headache. The stress built in your mind and body blocks the energy in you body and sometimes it can pull the body out of the alignment and that creates pain and tension. Yoga is a sure cure for this problem as it relieves the stress and tension easily wit its postures and breathing techniques.

The Yoga style supports to get rid of headache by directing your focus help you allow your mind and body get relax. It works for releasing the negative energy from your body.

The different Yoga exercises with relaxation and breathing techniques replace the negative energy of our mind with the positive one and release the blocks in the mind.

Muscle tension also creates headaches and Yoga is a perfect solution to this problem. The different yoga exercises work well to relieve both the muscular tension and mental tension.

Yoga helps for Tension Headache by -

Reliving stress and tension
Stimulating the oxygen flow
Rejuvenate the body
Increasing vitality
Improving strength

Common Yoga Poses for Tension Headaches -

Hatha Yoga Devanand
Downward Facing Dog Pose
Cat Yoga Pose
Cobra Pose
Reclining Pose
Corpse Yoga Pose
Forward bend (Paschimottanasana)
Knee press (Butterfly pose)
Reclining pose (Shavasana)

Yoga Breathing Exercises -

Pranayamas
Kapalabhatti
Alternate nostril breathing
Sitali & Sitkari

Yoga also emphasizes on good diet to help relive tension and stress. Eating green vegetables and fresh fruits helps a lot. Avoid canned or processed foods, coffee, caffeinated drinks and alkaloids etc. Drink plenty of water and always breathe properly. This yoga style supports to get rid of headache.

Yoga builds our mind healthier and stronger and keeps it less prone to stress and tension. Yoga neutralizes any kinds of negative influences and emotions present in the mind.

Yoga works effectively for the relaxation of the muscles of your head. Yoga calms down your mind and creates peace and thus helps you with the tension headache problem.

So, start practicing Yoga from today and get rid of tension headache.

By: Raphael N. Wettenstein

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Headache is a general problem of people around the world. The attack can occur in every age, every opportunity and both sex. To diagnose and treatment of headache, the physicians have to know the cause and characteristic of each type headache.

Migraine and cluster headache are the severe head pain. The basic physiology of migraine and cluster headache involve with the dysfunction of trigemino vascular system cause vasodilation (enlargement of blood vessel) and neurologic inflammation. But migraine is afflicted more than cluster headache. However many patients can suffer from mixed both type.

In general symptoms of migraine are attack lasting 4-72 hours, nausea and/or vomiting, most commonly unilateral (one sided) location, aggravated by causing avoidance for routine physical activities such as walking, running, sensitive to the light and may have aura(visual) before head pain.

Do you know the difference of migraine and cluster headache?

1. Sex

Male and female are afflicted with both type headaches. In migraine headache, Female afflicted than male but the occurrence of cluster headache, male afflicted than female.

2. Duration of headache

The periodicity of the headache may implicate hypothalamic dysfunction but migraine has longer duration of head than cluster. The attack time in migraine is 4 – 72 hours and in cluster headache is 20 min – 3 hours.

3. Frequent of attacks

Cluster attacks more frequently than migraine. Cluster headache attacks every 1-3 day, although migraine attacks to the patients every 1-8 month.

4. Occurrence of attacks

The period time of attack in cluster headache is about 2 weeks – 2 month but migraine headache occurs 2-8 times a month.

5. Lacrimation (tear drop)

The clinical symptom presentations of pain around the eyes cause lacrimation. It is found frequent in cluster headache but migraine is found less than cluster headache.

6. Blurred vision

The patient may have blurred vision from both headaches but migraine is found more often than cluster headache

7. Nausea/Vomiting

About 85% chance of nausea and vomiting present in migraine headache, although 2-5% chance of the symptoms are found in cluster headache.

Treatment

The goal of treatment include: pain relief, reducing the frequency of attack and prophylactic the recurrent.
Normally, treatment with medication and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic is the first guideline. Other treatment is without medicine by improvement the quality life and reducing the stress that trigger to migraine.

Conclusion

Not only migraine and cluster headache are the problems of head pain but the other headaches may cause from serious and life threatening condition such as brain tumor, sinus meningitis or stroke. So if you have signs and symptoms of headache you should go to see the physician.

By: Navivar Athi

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Shelby asked:


hello, my name is shelby and i’m almost 16 yrs old. I am a sufferer of migraines but recently, they have been getting worse. here’s the background story, back in July, i was at my church youth group and we were playing rugby. i’m a small 5′2″ girl and i was playing with a bunch of guys. i got tackled pretty hard and i have severe pain in my head for the net few days without going to a hospital. well, my mom got some sense and took me to a doctor. i had tests run and there was no sign of a concussion but the doctors said that theyre might have been one but since we waited a while to see a doctor, it went away.

ever since then, ive had small headaches here and there but they werent bad and went away with advil. but since about a month ago, ive developed severe migraines and almost went to the emergency room one night. they let up a little for about 2 weeks but ever since yesterday, theyve gotten worse.

i’ve felt more nausea, ive gotten dizzy, there have been some muscle spazzems/twitches, and blood shot eyes. They have gotten to the point that whenever i looked at the smalled candle, i felt like my head was being smashed into a wall. i dont know whats happening or if i should go and see my doctor again. I went about a month ago when they started to get really bad and they tried to send me to a neurologist but, the best pediactric neurologist in Houston doesnt have an opening until JUNE. i think its pretty ridiculous but whatever. and regular neurologists won’t take me cause im under 18.

any suggestions on what i should do? thanks.

dragon.guitar asked:


I get migranes every 3-4 months and even though this doesn’t sound very serious, they are really severe when I do get them. I’m not 100% sure what causes them but the first thing that happens is my sight goes. I’ve tried things like ordinary paracetamol and stronger things but as I’m only 16 there are some things I can’t take.

Does anyone know what might have caused them and how I can stop them before they get to the point where I am physically sick and blind?
p.s
I did go to my doctor and I do have some stuff from him but I wondered if there was anything I could do day to day to reduce the risk of getting one

Tameem asked:


I been depressed with everyday headache for two years now. I want to know if anyone knows an alternative beside medication that can help me get rid of it. Thank you.