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Migraine Prevention Self Care and Treatments

Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Risk Factors of migraine Migraine is quite irritating and bothersome. In severe cases migraine headache might considerable reduce the efficiency and even incapacitate the sufferer for some time. In the year 1990, a case of nearly three years standing was brought to me personally by an allopathic doctor. The person was a male in his late twenties and an engineer by profession. He used to get migraine attacks several times a day with each attack lasting for more than an hour. He could neither sleep at night nor could walk for 300 yards at a stretch. Physical exertion did not trigger the pain but was very troublesome for him. He had stopped taking breakfast because he simply could not eat in the morning. Having been disappointed by various treatments, he had started thinking of suicide when he was brought to me. I started treating him homeopathically, which gave very encouraging results. Improving gradually he completely recovered and regained his health in about six months. His migraine never came back. That was the worst case of migraine that I have ever seen and treated. Not all cases aggravate to that extent and do not take that long to cure. Most of the risk associated with migraine is due to wrong treatment, unsuitable medicines or side effects of the medicines otherwise migraine does not affect the brain permanently. The effects are temporary, lasting only till the end of the attack. However, the person might feel general weakness once the attack is over. Prevention and Self Care It may not always be possible to prevent getting migraine but if you know what triggers or relieves your migraine attack, it would be a lot easier to manage the condition. Given below are some guidelines that might help you. Please read them carefully. The first thing to do is to find out your migraine trigger and keep a note of it. Once you are sure of it, avoid that item or condition, which is the best way to prevent the attack. Also try to find out what relieves the pain. It could be a particular posture, a food item or just rest. Remember that your are the best person to find your trigger as well as the reliever. Learn to relax. Relaxation does not mean the physical relaxation alone. It also includes mental relaxation, which is very important and is something that would come through regular practice. You can adopt any technique that suits you. Meditation and Yoga are good techniques but breath control is probably the easiest to begin with. Progressive muscular control by reverse counting method is yet another technique, which you may like to try and see if it makes the difference. By learning to relax, you would be able to manage not only your migraine but also many other health related issues. Always avoid over eating. Develop this habit whether you have migraine or not. If you are already suffering from migraine, do not over use any medicine. Try to learn about the side effects of the medicines you take so that you do not run into a problem more severe than migraine. Sleep well but do not over sleep. Try to understand the realities of life and try to be realistic as far as possible so that you don’t tax your nerves unnecessarily. We keep acquiring both positive and negative energies every day through various means. Learn to dissipate negative energies on regular basis. There are various techniques to do so, which you can find and pick up the one that suits you the best. And finally, whichever religion or faith system you belong to, try to follow the teachings. That will give you satisfaction from within and ultimately help you taking better control of your self. Migraine Treatments Is migraine curable? This is always the first, most important and very valid question. Let us see what various treatment systems have to offer. Modern medical system has no cure for migraine. They call it incurable. The system has nothing particular to prevent the attack of migraine. Many of the medicines used for migraine are also used for hypertension. If the migraine sufferer does not have high blood pressure, use of such medicines can make him hypotensive, which is a trouble by itself. Most of the allopathic medicines have their own side effects. Herbal Treatment There is no recorded evidence available (not to my knowledge at least) to prove the efficacy of herbal treatments for migraine but it is said that the system has the medicines to cure migraine. Acupuncture, Acupressure, Chiropractic and Reiki are also said to have the potential to cure migraine headaches. Chromotherapy According to the concept of chromotherapy, the cause of any disease can be the lack (or excess) of a particular color in the human body. Chromotherapy is a technique of restoring the balance of colors by applying light of particular color to the body. According to this system, migraine is said to be the result of lack of purple color. If the body is exposed to purple color for a given period of time, migraine can be cured. Homeopathy system has more than 50 medicines to effectively cure different conditions of migraine, one-sided headaches and other types of headaches. Some people may be skeptical about homeopathy but the fact is that homeopathy can cure migraine and other types of headache permanently. Our experience with cured cases shows that one-sided headaches are comparatively simpler to treat with homeopathic medicines. Homeopathic medicines are safe to use even for children and pregnant women. If you wish to know more about this wonderful system, you would find lot of useful information on this and other homeopathy sites. If you have migraine, consider homeopathic treatment.

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