Migrain Headaches: Ways to Deal with the Pain

What causes migraine headaches?

Migraine headaches seem to be caused in part by changes in the level of a chemical made in the brain called serotonin. Serotonin plays many roles in the body, and it can have an effect on blood vessels. When serotonin levels are high, blood vessels constrict (shrink). When serotonin levels fall, the blood vessels dilate (swell). This swelling can cause pain or other problems.

Many things can affect the level of serotonin in your body, including your level of blood sugar, certain foods and changes in your estrogen level if you’re a woman.

What does a migraine feel like?

The pain of a migraine headache can be intense. It can get in the way of your daily activities. Migraines aren’t the same for all people. Possible symptoms of migraines are listed in the box below.

You may have a “premonition” several hours to a day before your headache starts. Premonitions are feelings you get that can signal a migraine is coming. These feelings can include intense energy, fatigue, food cravings, thirst and mood changes.

Possible symptoms of migraines

* Intense throbbing or dull aching pain on one side of your head or both sides
* Pain that worsens with physical activity
* Nausea or vomiting
* Changes in how you see, including blurred vision or blind spots
* Being bothered by light, noise or odors
* Feeling tired and/or confused
* Stopped-up nose
* Feeling cold or sweaty
* Stiff or tender neck
* Light-headedness
* Tender scalp

Are there different kinds of migraine headaches?

Yes. The most common are classic migraine and common migraine.

Classic migraines start with a warning sign, called an aura. The aura often involves changes in the way you see. You may see flashing lights and colors. You may temporarily lose some of your vision, such as your side vision.

You may also feel a strange prickly or burning sensation, or have muscle weakness on one side of your body. You may have trouble communicating. You may also feel depressed, irritable and restless.

Auras last about 15 to 30 minutes. Auras may occur before or after your head pain, and sometimes the pain and aura overlap, or the pain never occurs. The head pain of classic migraines may occur on one side of your head or on both sides.

Common migraines don’t start with an aura. Common migraines may start more slowly than classic migraines, last longer and interfere more with daily activities. The pain of common migraines may be on only one side of your head.

How long do migraines usually last?

Migraines can last from 4 to 72 hours. They may happen only once or twice a year, or as often as daily. Women are more likely to have migraines than men.

What can set off a migraine?

Things that can set off migraines include the following:

* Strong or unusual odors, bright lights or loud noises
* Changes in weather or altitude
* Feeling tired, stressed or depressed
* Changes in sleeping patterns
* Certain foods (see the list below), especially those that contain tyramine, sodium nitrate or phenylalanine
* Missing meals or fasting
* Menstrual periods, birth control pills or hormonal changes (in women)
* Intense physical activity, including sexual activity
* Smoking
* Fumes

Foods that may trigger migraines:

* Aged, canned, cured or processed meat, including bologna, game, ham, herring, hot dogs, pepperoni and sausage
* Aged cheese
* Alcoholic beverages, especially red wine
* Aspartame
* Avocados
* Beans, including pole, broad, lima, Italian, navy, pinto and garbanzo
* Brewer’s yeast, including fresh yeast coffee cake, donuts and sourdough bread
* Caffeine (in excess)
* Canned soup or bouillon cubes
* Chocolate, cocoa and carob
* Cultured dairy products, such as buttermilk and sour cream
* Figs
* Lentils
* Meat tenderizer
* Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
* Nuts and peanut butter
* Onions, except small amounts for flavoring
* Papaya
* Passion fruit
* Pea pods
* Pickled, preserved or marinated foods, such as olives and pickles, and some snack foods
* Raisins
* Red plums
* Sauerkraut
* Seasoned salt
* Snow peas
* Soy sauce

How are migraines treated?

There are 2 types of medicines for migraine treatments. One type focuses on relieving the headache pain. This type of treatment should be started as soon as you think you’re getting a migraine. The other type includes medicines that are used to prevent headaches before they occur.

Can nonprescription medicines help relieve the pain?

Yes. Nonprescription medicines that can help relieve migraine pain include aspirin, acetaminophen (one brand name: Tylenol), an acetaminophen, aspirin and caffeine combination (one brand name: Excedrin Migraine), ibuprofen (one brand name: Motrin), naproxen (brand name: Aleve), and ketoprofen (brand name: Orudis KT).
What about prescription medicines?

People who have more severe pain may need prescription medicine. A medicine called ergotamine can be effective alone or combined with other medicines. Dihydroergotamine is related to ergotamine and can be helpful.

Other prescription medicines for migraines include sumatriptan, zolmitriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, almotriptan, eletriptan and frovatriptan.

If the pain won’t go away, stronger medicine may be needed, such as a narcotic, or medicines that contain a barbiturate. These medicines can be habit-forming and should be used cautiously.

Can medicine help prevent migraines?

Yes. Medicine to prevent migraines may be helpful if your headaches happen more than twice a month or if your headaches make it hard for you to work and function. Examples of medicines used to prevent migraines include propranolol, timolol, divalproex and some antidepressants.

Talk to your doctor about which medicine is best for you. Nonprescription and prescription medicines that are used often or in large doses may cause other problems.

What else can I do to prevent migraines?

Try to avoid foods or other things that seem to cause migraines for you. Keep a journal to help you identify triggers. Get plenty of sleep and drink plenty of fluids. Try to relax and reduce the stress in your life. Also try to get regular exercise. Aerobic exercise can help reduce tension as well as keep your weight in check. Obesity can contribute to migraines.

Tips on reducing the pain

* Lie down in a dark, quiet room.
* Put a cold compress or cloth over your forehead.
* Massage your scalp using a lot of pressure.
* Put pressure on your temples.

Source: fropki

20 Rules in Any Office

1. Rule 1. – The Boss is always right.

2. Rule 2. – If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.

3. Those who work get more work. Others get pay, perks, and promotions. 

4. Ph.D. stands for “Pull Him Down”. The more intelligent a person, the more hardworking a person, the more committed a person; the more number of persons are engaged in pulling that person down.

5. If you are good, you will get all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.

6.. When the Bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.

7. It doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters what you say you’ve done and what you are going to do.

8. A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.

9. Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.

10. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.

11. If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it…

12. When you don’t know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

13.. Following the rules will not get the job done.

14. If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.

15. Everything can be filed under “Miscellaneous” .

16. No matter how much you do, you never do enough.

17. You can do any amount of work provided it isn’t the work you are supposed to be doing.

18. In order to get a promotion, you need not necessarily know your job.

19. In order to get a promotion, you only need to pretend that you know your job.

20. The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong.

 

‘Dhamma-Mu Dalam Hatiku’ Lyric

Vocal: Ida Laksmi
Cipt. Herry Dhapuka

Kusadari arti hidupku penuh dengan hitam dan tak berarti
Ingin aku melupakan semua yang penah aku lakukan

Di dalam hidup ini di saat waktu yang terus berlalu
Ingin aku melupakan semua yang pernah aku lakukan

Mungkian aku tak pernah kembali bila tidak mengenal diri-Mu
Engkau yang menyadarkanku Dhamma-Mu dalam hatiku ini

Reff.
Kau yang selalu di dalam hatiku
Kau yang di dalam jiwaku
Kau yang selalu menyadarkan diriku
Kau yang mencintaiku

English translation:

Your Dhamma in my Heart

I realize my life is dark and has no meaning
I want to forget all the things that I’ve done.
In this life when time goes by
I want to forget all things that I’ve done.
Maybe I will never come back if I didn’t know You
You had made me realize Your Dhamma in my heart.

Reff.
You who always in my heart
You who always in my soul
You who always make me realize
You who love me

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Love to Walk!!

The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

 

Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.

 

It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.

 

This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

Our body is constructed so well that the nature thought of even this. Nature made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

 

So, keep walking…

Asthma:Remedy! Relief! Treatment!

Asthma is Quite common problem affecting a large no.of people in our country. Asthma is a breath stealing, chest tightening, nervous feeling that many people suffer from in which the triggers are sometimes not even noticed. Dust, pollen, stress, and exercising can all trigger asthma. Make sure to keep your house clean by vacuuming weekly and keeping your sheets and pillows clean.

 

Asthma Cause:

* Exposure to tobacco or wood smoke.
* Breathing polluted air.
* Inhaling other respiratory irritants such as perfumes or cleaning products.
* Exposure to airway irritants at the workplace.
* Breathing in allergy causing substances (allergens) such as molds, dust, or animal dander.
* An upper respiratory infection, such as a cold, flu, sinusitis, or bronchitis.
* Exposure to cold, dry weather.
* Emotional excitement or stress.
* Physical exertion or exercise.

 

Asthma Symptom:

When the breathing passages become irritated or infected, an attack is triggered. The attack may come on suddenly or develop slowly over several days or hours. The main symptoms that signal an attack are as follows
* Wheezing.
* Breathlessness.
* Chest tightness.
* Coughing.
* Difficulty speaking.

Symptoms may occur during the day or at night. If they happen at night, they may disturb your sleep.

 

Home Remedies for Asthma:

* Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12 are very important nutrients to treat asthma decreasing the inflammation in the lungs.
* Mullein oil is used to fight respiratory congestion, is very important to make it as a tea for faster results.
* If exercise triggers asthma attacks, cut back the amount of salt in your diet and take 2,000 mg. Of Vitamin C one hour before your workout.
* Eat salmon 3 times a week and take salmon oil capsules.
* Drink coffee and Soft drinks with caffeine (colas), caffeine dilates the bronchial airways.
* The Patient should be given Garlic Cloves boiled in thirty Grams of Milk daily.
* Soak dry Grapes in Water at Night and keep in cold Milk for half an hour and chew them.
* Regular Chewing of Fennel helps expel infected mucous from the chest.!