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Identifying Your Headache and Relieving the Pain Naturally
To many, having a headache is just an unfortunate thing that happens occasionally. What many headache sufferers do not know is that there are many different kinds of headaches. There are also many ways to relieve the pain without prescription drugs or over the counter pain relievers. Here are just a few of the more common kinds of headache, their causes and ways that you can relieve the pain naturally.
Migraine Headache Without Aura Symptoms: Severe throbbing pain on one side of the head, often accompanied by dizziness, nausea, vomiting. Light and sound sensitivity are also common. Causes: Heredity, heavy smoking, emotional stress, change in weather. Birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy drugs. Hunger.
Migraine Headache With Aura Symptoms: Same as a migraine without aura except that some warning signs develop. Warning signs may include numbness in limbs, mild hallucinations, and some visual disturbances. Causes: Same as migraine without aura.
Menstrual Headache Migraine-like pain that occurs before, after or during the menstrual cycle or mid-cycle during ovulation. Causes: Change in estrogen levels
Tension Headache Symptoms: A strong yet dull and non throbbing pain associated with a tightness in the neck and or scalp. The severity of the pain is constant. Causes: Work related or emotional stress, unrecognized depression.
Trauma Headache Symptoms: Generalized pain that can mimic a migraine. Trauma headaches usually happen daily and are quite often resistant to pain treatments. Causes: Pain can often occur even after a seemingly insignificant trauma.
Natural Ways to Relieve Headache Pain
Heat Therapy Place a hot water bottle or heating pad to the back of the head and neck for 30 minutes. Heat is an ideal way of getting sluggish blood to flow more quickly. By increasing blood flow through the blood vessels in the head and scalp, you replenish oxygen and flush away pain producing toxins in the muscles. This method is best used for tension type headaches.
Acupuncture A system where the skin is penetrate at specific points by extremely sharp needles. Although some may question the effectiveness of acupuncture, some studies show that up to 80% of chronic headache sufferers experienced a vast improvement after acupuncture treatment, despite having tried conventional pain relief methods with no success.
Cold Therapy Unlike tension headaches, vascular headaches produce a surplus of blood flowing through the vessels in the head and scalp and should be treated with cold therapy instead of heat. By applying ice to the painful areas, you actually slow down blood flow and the associated pain.
Massage Therapy Massage therapy is another excellent way to get blood flowing. You can do this yourself. Slowly massage your forehead, scalp, neck and shoulders in a circular motion with your fingertips.
Solitude Because light, noise and even movement can all aggravate any kind of headache, solitude is perhaps your best option for pain relief. After darkening your bedroom completely, remove your clothing, lay down and just relax.
Everyday Things That Can Trigger Headaches * Caffeine Beverages
* Foods that contain M.S.G. (Monosodium Glutamate)
* Nitrates in foods
* Foods that contain Amines (biological substances that are produced by the body, but are also found in some foods)
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Contributor's Note
Identifying the origin of the pain is half the battle.
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This intel was contributed by lanne
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