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5 of the Most Painful Medical Conditions (and How to Find Relief)
Is someone you love down in the dumps due to extreme pain? Painful medical ailments are not always easy to avoid, but some of them are treatable. Here are some treatment options to help find relief from some of the worst of them, specifically kidney stones, migraines, fibromyalgia, sciatica and gout. Kidney Stones - The first symptom of - kidney stones - is often extreme pain in the back and sides,...
December 23, 2024
The Connection Between Sleep and Migraines
Roughly -37 million people- in the United States suffer from migraines, an often painful condition that can leave sufferers wiped out for days. Their frequency can depend on a number of factors, with one of the biggest being sleep. About half of all migraine sufferers report disrupted sleep as a headache trigger. Pinpointing Migraine Triggers - About -half- of all migraine sufferers report poor sleep...
June 3, 2020
Is Our Hypothalamus Responsible For Migraines?
Migraine sufferers might soon have a new pathway to relief. New research- has found a connection between the hypothalamus (a part of the brain that regulates hormones and the autonomic nervous system) and migraines. This may help identify more specific migraine triggers which could lead to finding the reasons behind the triggers and help prevent attacks for good. Check Out How the Hypothalamus Could...
April 17, 2020
7 Migraine Types
We tend to think that migraines are always painful, rendering us horizontal and keeping the sufferer there for hours. But that's not always the case. There are several types of migraines and not all of them include painful headaches. In addition to the common and well-known migraine headache, people can suffer from menstrual migraines, hemiplegic migraines, ocular migraines, visual migraines and abdominal...
February 4, 2020
Could This Supplement Help With Migraines?
A migraine headache can wreck an entire day. Medications are available to reduce their length and severity, but control of migraines isn't always a simple process. But research indicates this common supplement could prevent more migraine headaches from occurring in the first place and that's really good news. Migraines, which can cause a range of symptoms including flashing lights, tunnel vision, throbbing...
January 23, 2020
New Drug For 37 Million Who Battle Migraines
About 37 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches; with women more affected than men. In 2016, - migraines affected over a billion people worldwide. With symptoms that include severe and debilitating headache, nausea (often accompanied by vomiting), light and noise sensitivity, and difficulty speaking, migraines are one of the top 10 causes of disability. About 2% of the population suffers...
December 17, 2019
Headaches - How to Make Them Go Away
Of course, the first thing you need to determine is if the headaches you’ve been experiencing have a medically detectable etiology (source). Your doctor will use a physical examination, medical imaging and blood work to determine if disease or injury are to blame. These tests may, for example, reveal that you may be suffering from a tumor, TMJ, bruxism, a bone disorder, etc. More likely, though, you...
June 18, 2018
Headache Sufferers Beware: Your Remedy May Increase Risk
If you are one of the 12 percent of Americans that get migraine headaches, you may want to think twice before reaching for that medication that seems to work only part of the time. I know, it’s crazy to think that in the midst of one of these episodes that you could even stop and think, but there is good reason to try to respond to these incidents naturally and go for the long-term relief rather than...
May 12, 2015