FYInowHealth asked:

List of the symptoms that help to differentiate tension from migraine headache … tension migraine headache aura pain symptoms throbbing pulsating nausea vomiting

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Example my triggers are certain foods, my symptons are that i see spots and then i don’t know what i want to do to treat them

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Anna Hart asked:


When you have a migraine headache – or a loved one has – you want a migraine remedy. You visited your physician before, and you know his advice was to take over-the-counter pain medication and rest in a dark room, but that isn’t enough. You want to get relief sooner.

One of your friends suggests getting migraine relief with ice, and you want to know more. What is a migraine remedy that uses ice?

Cryotherapy – the Ice Remedy

At the Department of Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Lawrence D. Robbins, M.D. decided to study whether or not cryotherapy (treatment with ice) was effective as a migraine remedy. Dr. Robbins enlisted 45 migraineurs in his study and, when they experienced an episode, gave them only a cold head wrap as a migraine remedy. Here are some of Dr. Robbins’ findings.

* 35.5 percent of the 45 patients said that, as a migraine remedy, the ice was not at all effective.

* 29 percent of them said the ice remedy was a little bit effective for migraine relief.

* Cryotherapy was fairly effective for 26.5 percent of those participating.

* Only 9 percent said the cold head wrap was completely effective as a migraine remedy.

Robbins, Lawrence D., M.D (1989), Cryotherapy for Headache, Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 29 (9), 598–600.

If you were among the 35.5 percent who said the ice treatment was useless as a migraine remedy, you might never try it again. Nevertheless, as a result of his cryotherapy study, Dr. Robbins says: “You have a 50-50 chance of getting some pain relief within three minutes of applying a soft, cold ice pack wrapped in a towel to your head.”

Reasoning Behind the Ice Remedy

It is clear that the ice migraine remedy works for many people. It is clear, too, that it works to a degree most of the time. Perhaps a better understanding of how it works will help others test cryotherapy.

During a migraine episode, the blood vessels in the head tend to dilate – open more widely. They may become swollen with blood, causing pressure on the nerves surrounding them. The nerves begin to send pain signals, and you sense a migraine.

To get migraine relief with ice, you surround the head with a cold wrap, gradually cooling the blood vessels. As they cool, they become constricted, and return to normal size. This can lessen blood flow to the head, and reduce pressure on the nerves, providing a migraine remedy.

Migraine Ice

A relatively new product to hit the market, “Migraine Ice” headache pads are advertised as giving “instant cooling, soothing relief” that lasts, sometimes up to 4 hours. The pads are convenient, and require no refrigeration. Those who have frequent migraines can keep the pads in a desk or locker at work for a ready migraine remedy. To use, you simply remove the pad from its pouch, peel off a protective film, and apply the pad to the back of your neck.

Soft Ice

Another convenient product that claims to provide migraine relief with ice is Soft Ice. This is available as either a neck wrap or a head wrap. Since this product delivers comfortable cold therapy that chills the head or neck, it may be just what you need as a migraine remedy.

Traditional Ice Pack

There are many brands of ice available to use as a migraine remedy, and most do the job equally well.

Obviously, you do not need a commercial cold wrap, though, to get migraine relief with ice. A simply, traditional ice pack will do as well. An ice pack is a waterproof bag with a cap at the top that allows you to fill the bag with ice. Once full, the bag is capped, and the ice pack can be applied to neck, forehead, or other parts of the head.

Alternative Ice Pack

If you are away from home, and do not have access to an ice pack, an alternative ice pack can be made with crushed ice and a towel. Simply place the crushed ice on the towel, and fold it to contain the ice.

To best use your ice migraine remedy, go to a dark room. Place the ice pack on your neck or head and rest.

CAUTION: To avoid frostbite, keep commercial cold packs in place for only 20 minutes at a time. If the skin begins to feel the least bit numb, remove the cold pack immediately.

This migraine headache information is for educational purposes only. Please seek advice from your physician for any migraine headache.

Migraine

Sandra Aileen Greenberg asked:


I am a migraine sufferer and I have chronic migraines. I have had migraines since I was 17 years old. My mother had migraines, my grandmother had migraines, and I have two first cousins who have migraines. Migraine headaches are a genetic neurological disorder that has baffled doctors for decades. I have tried 33 different types of medication and none have made my migraines go away. I have been to the best doctors in the country and none could tell me that they could make me better.

One of the approaches neurologists, (headache specialists) have taken for people with severe migraines is preventative (prophylactic) medicine. These medications are taken daily for the purpose of reducing the frequency of recurring headaches. This medication was primarily used as a seizure medication. In addition to the use as a seizure medication, in 2004, Topamax was approved in the U.S. as a medication for migraine headaches. Topamax has also most recently has been approved for weight loss control.

Another popular approach is to abort the headache when you get it. People who have fewer headaches, do not want to take medication daily if they don’t have to. The most popular abortive medication would be pain killers, if not for the new Triptans (serotonin receptor agonists) that came on the market in 1992. The first Triptan was Imitrex, There are several different Triptans on the market that successfully treat different headache profiles. However, this medication is too new to know the long-term effects on its users.

However, on some days absolutely nothing works. The abortives, the painkillers, the darkroom, lavender pillows, the meditation music, the bio feedback that you learned, have not touched the pain cutting through your brain. I have four headband soft pack ice packs with Velcro that wrap around my head. Ice is Nice!

A doctor friend of mine explained that when you put the ice on your head, the message that is sent to your brain is that the ice is at the front gate, and the headache gets temporarily displaced. When I was in the Michigan Institute for Pain there was a lady with headaches so severe she never left the room. The only thing she ever found relief from was ice. She always had an ice pack on her head. It may be simple, but it works. Not a fix, just to break in the pain.

Peace and aloha to all my migraine soul mates.

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with chronic headaches respond positively to neurofeedback. Neurofeedback involves mapping the brain to read its electrical frequencies allowing experts to see which places in the brain are working too hard or not hard enough. Neurofeedback is also used to treat ADHD and depression. Some professional athletes even use it to help them focus and perform better during games. … neurofeedback EEG biofeedback migraines migraine headaches headache treatment pain ADD ADHD depression peak performance …

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