How Can I Stop These Terrible Headaches?
About 10% of the population of the United States suffer from headaches and migraines. Apart from suffering hours and days of unbearable pain, sufferers have to take time off from their families and lose days off from work. The good news is that there are effective treatments and strategies that help most headache sufferers reduce or even eliminate their headaches.
Headaches are a non-life threatening disease. They won't kill you, but they can make your life a misery... unless you take time to understand them and then work out some strategies to cope.
The first thing is to visit your doctor or headache specialist and get a full checkup and investigation done. You may be lucky and your doctor will find an exact cause and treatment. It may be as simple as avoiding certain foods in your diet or some other factor that starts off headaches in you.
Your doctor may prescribe some medicines to stop each attack when it occurs and other medicines (called preventative medications) which stop or reduce the number of attacks that happen to you.
In addition, your doctor may outline some strategies to make your life less stressful and prone to headache triggers.
The news for most headache and migraine sufferers is good: in most cases there is a simple treatment which will stop or reduce the pain.
In this lens, I will give you some key facts about headaches/migraines and then suggest a number of such strategies that you can try out.
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7 Ways to Stop Bad Headaches or Migraines
-- Avoid headache triggers (eg bright lights)
-- Get enough sleep
-- Manage your stress levels. Learn to relax.
-- Take your preventative medicine
-- Have a well-balanced diet
-- Exercise regularly
-- Check if some underlying condition is the cause
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Some Useful Books for Headache Sufferers
The Migraine Brain: Your Breakthrough Guide to Fewer Headaches, Better Health
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 10/12/2008)
Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain
Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 10/12/2008)
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Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 10/12/2008)
Relaxation & Self-Massage for Headache and Migraine (video 1)
Guided Relaxation & Self-Massage for Headache & Migraine
An Excellent Guided Relaxation Video with Tense Release Technique & Self-Massage for Headache that will melt your stress away, by Health-Choices Holistic Massage Therapy School! The Premier Holistic Massage Therapy School in the North-East! 908.359.3995 www.health-choices.com
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Relaxation & Self-Massage for Headache and Migraine (video 2)
Self-Massage for Headache & Migraine Part 2
Self-Massage for Headache that will melt your stress away, by Health-Choices Holistic Massage Therapy School! The Premier Holistic Massage Therapy School in the North-East! 908.359.3995 www.health-choices.com
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Self-Massage & Relaxation for Headache and Migraine (video 3)
Self-Massage for Headache & Migraine Part 3 Pressure Points
Self-Massage for Headache that will melt your stress away, by Health-Choices Holistic Massage Therapy School! The Premier Holistic Massage Therapy School in the North-East! 908.359.3995 www.health-choices.com
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Important Headache Websites
More info that can help you understand and stop your headaches
- New Headache Cure
- Dozens of short articles on subjects like Chronic Daily Headaches, Weather and Headaches, etc.
- Medicinenet
- Learn about the different types of headaches, migraine, tension, cluster, menstrual, and spinal headaches; and their causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
- National Headache Foundation
- Information on headache causes and treatments, a support group list, a state list of NHF physician members (on request) and a quarterly newsletter.
- Headache Relief
- Some interesting articles on headache and migraine relief.
- WebMD Migraines and Headaches Guide
- If you suffer from frequent headaches or migraines, WebMD can help. The experts at WebMD have assembled information on various types of headaches to help you find answers about what is a headache, headache symptoms, causes, tests, and treatments. We'll also help you get the support you need to finally get headache relief.
How to Use Aromatherapy to Relieve Headache Pain
How to Blend and Use Aromatherapy Oils to Relieve Pain and Stress : How to Use Aromatherapy to Ease Headache Pain
How to use aromatherapy to alleviate headache pain, in this free video.
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How to Use Lavender Oil to Ease Headache Pain
How to Blend and Use Aromatherapy Oils to Relieve Pain and Stress : Using Lavender Oil to Relieve Headaches
Learn how to use lavender oil to relieve headaches, in this free video.
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Headache (article)
A headache (Category: wiktionary - :cephalalgia|cephalalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. It ranks amongst the most common local pain complaints and may be frequent for many people.
The vast majority of headaches are benign and self-limiting. Common causes are tension, migraine, eye strain, dehydration, low blood sugar, hypermastication and sinusitis. Much rarer are headaches due to life-threatening conditions such as meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral aneurysms, extremely high blood pressure, and brain tumors. When the headache occurs in conjunction with a head injury the cause is usually quite evident. A large percentage of headaches among women are caused by ever-fluctuating estrogen during menstrual years. This can occur prior to, or even during midcycle menstruation.
Treatment of an uncomplicated headache is usually symptomatic with over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin, paracetamol (acetaminophen), or ibuprofen, although some specific forms of headaches (e.g., migraines) may demand other, more suitable treatment. It may be possible to relate the occurrence of a headache to other particular triggers (such as stress or particular foods), which can then be avoided.
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