People who are at risk of migraine attack are as follows- 1. Those who suffer from eye strain due to continuous staring at work place or because of reading in bad light or sitting in wrong posture. 2. Extremes of heat due to overexposure in hot sun. 3. Extremes of sound due to [...]
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One must try to take high fiber diet to avoid refined, process and canned foods. High fiber diet results in improved bowel movements and helps in evacuation of stools. Thus there will be no acid and gas formation in the digestive system. One should eat regular meals consisting of whole cereals, nuts, fruits, leafy vegetables, [...]
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1. People usually think patients with recurrent headaches do have psychological problems. Let me tell you this is totally untrue. Headaches occur due to some bio-chemical changes in the brain. Psychological stress results in release of chemical substance and these substances may lead to headaches. However psychological problems usually do not cause headaches. 2. [...]
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GENERALISED CAUSES OF HEADACHE- DIET- The most common headache problems which is related to diet is excessive intake of heavy and sour articles and greens, and drinking very cold water. Poor digestion of food results in putrefaction of food inside the intestines which results in headache. LIFE-STYLE- Suppression of natural desires, inadequate sleep [...]
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NEURALGIA- Neuralgia is a painful physical or mental distress following the course of a nerve or its branches. Trigeminal is the 5th cranial nerve. One of the most common neuralgia is trigeminal neuralgia whose cause is unknown and it is the most painful of all the neuralgias. Recurring paroxysms of burning pain occur in one [...]
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SINUS HEADACHE- Few nasal sinuses are present very close to the brain. Inflammation caused to any of these sinuses will lead to severe headache. This is because inflammation in the sinuses will bring the oxygen level down and this in turn leads to an increase in the carbon dioxide level in the system. This leads [...]
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HEADACHE DUE TO ACIDITY/CONSTIPATION- Headache due to acidity is caused mainly because of absorbing toxic products from the colon. At the time of constipation the uneliminated and undigested food gets putrefied and it releases toxic materials, acids, etc. This toxins and gases gets released into the blood and causes irritation in nerves and nerve cells [...]
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TENSION HEADACHE- The headache caused because of the contraction of the muscles of the neck is called tension headache. More than 70% of headaches are of these kind. One can identify the painful areas on the muscles of our neck by running our fingers on any one side of the neck.
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The types of headaches can be considered in two categories, headache due to causes of outside the brain and the other inside the brain. 1. HEADACHE DUE TO CAUSES OF OUTSIDE THE BRAIN-
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