Headaches Every Day » Uncategorized

Pregnant and headache

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:10:48 +0000

It is not uncommon for women to get headaches during their pregnancy. As a matter of fact most women do. The intensity of the headache can vary from person to person and the headaches can continue in extreme cases during the whole pregnancy. Usually when it comes to pregnancy headaches we divide them into three trimesters (three months) just as we do with the pregnancy. In most cases the headaches stop or is at least less frequent after the first trimester.

If the headaches is just as frequent after the first and second trimester it will probably continue throughout the whole pregnancy and you might consider starting some preventive treatment. Remember that headache can make you really exhausted and being pregnant on top of that can be devastating. The kind of treatment should not be strong medicines since it can start another type of headache called analgesic rebound headaches. Analgesic rebound headaches comes from overusing medicines and should be seen as a strong warning for stop using medicines! Instead of going for the most effective medicines right away, try to start with a non-drug based medicine. It might just work good enough and you won’t get all the nasty side effects which stronger medicines can give you.

Some of the non-drug based medicines used in preventive treatment contains:

Gabapentin
Magnesium
Propranolol

Remember that taking medicines in general during pregnancy is something you should try to avoid as much as you can. And if you start taking preventive medicines for headache during pregnancy you should have your doctor to check up on your on a regular basis. All the medicines are categorized A, B, C, D and X depending on the risk of birth defects. Categories A is quite uncommon since the effect is so mild (effect on the headache), category B is for the first and second trimester. Some medicines even change category (to a D for example) since the risks of birth defect increase with some preventive medicines over time. Category D and X is a total “no go” during pregnancy!

5 Simple tips to treat your headaches

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:12:04 +0000

Here are 5 Simple tips to treat your headaches, the most common headaches that people have every day is triggered my something. It could be a new activity, something you started eating on a regular basis and so on. By being alert on sudden changes in your everyday life you can prevent and treat headaches as the come.
Here are a few tips on how you can find what triggers your headaches:

Write down exactly when you get headaches, is it during a special activity?
It could be as simple as not getting enough sleep, which could be the cause to your early morning headaches. So this other tip would be appropriate:
A good nights sleep. Try to have a regular sleep, with no interuptions, preferably in a dark room with as little noise and disturbing sounds as possible.
Try to remember what you ate before you got your headache attack. Headaches can be triggered by different kinds of foods. It could be from the caffeine (from drinking coffe or other energy drinks). Chocolate is also a common reason for everyday headaches.
Try to avoid stressrelated situations, many get short lasting headaches when they’re stressed. It may not be for long but it is still annoying. Keep the cool! Some might find taking Yoga classes can reduce their stress, one type of yoga is “makko ho stretches“.

If you do get a migraine headache even though you have tried these tips, try so get some medical advise from your local doctor (preferably a neurologist). On a sidenoe I can also add that a healthy meal is just as important as these tips mentioned above, you can read more about why we may need to take enzyme supplements in this health article.

Sinus headache relief

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:40:26 +0000

Sinus headache
To know what a sinus headache is you need to know what “Sinusitis” is. Sinusitis is an inflammation in the air-filles spaces (paranasal sinuses) going to your nasal cavity. It could come from small particles in your environment, bacterial, fungal, allergic particles are the most common reasons from which you can get an sinus inflammation. Sinus headache symtpoms often occur not to long after getting a sinus inflammation. Most people (depending on how severe your sinus headache is) feel a pressure in either the cheek, above the eyes and or behind the eyes. The inflammation resulting in your sinus headache can last anywhere from 4-12 weeks. The duration of the sinusitis depends on what caused the nasal inflammation (bacterial, fungal, allergic).

Allergy sinus headache
Many people who suffer from a chronic sinusitis have an allergy of some sort and often respeod very strong on allergy tests. A person who suffer from an allergy sinus headache probably also have a chronic type nasal inflammation which causes his headache problems.

Sinus headache treatment
Treatment of sinusitis is a crucial and obligatory step to get rid of your sinus headache since the reason of your sinus headaches are an inflammation in nasal air waves or cavities. There are several medicines which can relive the pain you get while having a sinus headache. But there aren’t any general medication to get just for sinus headaches since it always is a part of bigger problem, sinusitis.

Cluster headaches

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:20:06 +0000

Cluster headaches is propably the worst type of headache you can possibly get. It is also said that cluster headaches is the most severe pain a human can experience. The name “cluster” is reffering to the characteristics of the headache because it comes during periods, often for as long as a month. Some people get them once every year, some have longer lasting periods than others. The attacks comes rather quick with no pre-pain phases whatsoever. An attack could last anything from 15 minutes to several hours and in rare cases a few days. Female patients have descibed the pain as much more severe as when having to make birth. What triggers these cluster headaches are a bit of a mystery but some people claim it could trigger from stress and small amounts of alcohol. Around 8 out of 10 people who suffer from cluster headaches is men. A person who have a cluster headache often have these symptoms:

A runny nose or tearing from the eye
Stopped-up nose
Swollen and a drooping eyelid
Sweating from you forehead/face
The pupil gets smaller
Eyes get red

The treatment of cluster headaches are very difficult. Most of the people suffering from the disease are smokers so quiting that habit could be a good first start. There are some medicines on subscription which could help, there is one nosespray which you take when you get an attack and is supposedly to work within 10 minutes of the attack. The headache has also been called “Suicide headache” because of the undescribable pain the person experiences.