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
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