Tension-type Headache:

• Frequency  –  chronic often daily
• Pain  – mild, moderate, pressure, tightness
• Duration  – 30 mins – 7 days
• Location – both sides, whole head and neck
• Symptoms –  no light / sound sensitivity no aura                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Tension —Headache Management:

• Hot water intake with jeera or lemon
• Acupressure, Hot Bag on Nape of the Neck, Ice Bag on Head, Mild Massage on Neck and Shoulders, Cold Water Splash on Face, Cold Compress on Eyes
• Vyagra Dhouti (Vomiting), Acupressure, Ice Bag on Epi – Gastric region,  Cold Compress on Abdomen / Cold Abdomen Pack
• Hot Foot Immersion, Hot Arm Bath, Acupressure, Hot Bag on Nape of the Neck, Facial Steam

Migraine (“half-head”):

• Frequency – 1-2/year- 2-3/week
• Pain –  moderate – severe, pulsating – throbbing
• Duration – 4 hrs- 3 days
• Location – usually one sided (but side can swap   between attacks)
• Symptoms – aura, nausea, vomiting, sensitive to light, sound, smells
• onset often as child / teenager / young adult
• but can start at any age
• 2-3 x more common in women than men
• typical patient : young woman (15% of all young women)

Migraine causes:

• cause unknown but strongly inherited
• a lower threshold to spontaneously produce symptoms as if the head and brain had been injured
• many effective treatments

What Happens During Migraine???

Aggravating Factors:

• foods : spices, wine , chocolate, citrus
• food additives : monosodium glutamate
• sleep : both too much and too little
• stress : mainly offset
• female hormones : fluctuating or falling oestrogen

Migraine – Management:

• Vyagra Dhouti (Vomiting), Acupressure, Ice Bag on Epi – Gastric region,  Cold Compress on Abdomen / Cold Abdomen Pack
• Acupressure, Hot Bag on Nape of the Neck, Ice Bag on Head, Mild Massage on Neck and Shoulders, Cold Water Splash on Face, Cold Compress on Eyes