Migraines vary from an extremely painful headache to vomiting, blurred vision and sensitivity to light and sound. Often the terms ‘migraine’ ‘migraine headache’ and ‘headache’ are used interchangeably and are used to represent a scale of pain rather than separate conditions. Some of the causes of migraines include certain foods, allergies, stress, dehydration, skipping meals,…

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Migraines can be caused by having a short leg. According to a study by the US Army, approximately one out of ten people have an actual leg length difference. Myofascial (muscle and soft tissue) pain experts Drs. Travell and Simons said that a leg length difference of 1/8 inch or more puts you at risk…

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Ketones happen as a result of the body burning fat for energy versus glucose. A ketogenic diet refers to one that is low in carbohydrates, which will allow the body to break down fat faster in order to metabolize ketones. Foods or ingredients that allow the body to make ketones are medium-chain triglycerides like: MCT…

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A zofran headache is a common side effect of the prescription drug zofran. This drug is used to prevent nausea and vomiting in a variety of patients. It is used a lot with chemotherapy patients and is given post-op to decrease the risk of nausea from anesthesia. It has also been prescribed for severe nausea…

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You might have felt that sensation of dizziness when you look down from great height. For instance if you look down from the roof of a skyscraper, you end up feeling giddy for a while. That feeling of momentarily dizziness is not necessarily “vertigo” as described in the world of medicine. In this article, we…

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I know there are many times where you are either lifting weights, taking a class, or doing your own cardiovascular workout like running, where all of a sudden you get this sharp pounding headache. So in this article I’m going to talk about why we might get headaches during exercise and what steps we can…

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1. Try steam inhalation as one of your sinus headache solutions. Steam inhalation is an excellent way of clearing all the spaces inside. If you have an infection too, steam inhalation can be very soothing. But there is a word of caution that I have to offer here, before you start undertaking this method as…

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The two deadliest things we can put into our bodies are salt and sugar. It took me years to learn of their toxic nature. The hours of suffering endured because of severe headaches over many years were avoidable if only these facts were known. One of the symptoms of high blood pressure from salt toxicity…

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Pneumonic toxic headaches are a type of vascular headache – that you’ve probably never heard of before. During a vascular headache, blood vessels in the tissue surrounding the head swell or dilate and become distended (twisted out of shape). This causes intense pain that increases with physical exertion of any kind. Pneumonic headaches are vascular…

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Is there a connection between smoking and migraines? More than just a headache but what is it? “A migraine is an inherited tendency to have headaches with sensory disturbance. It’s an instability in the way the brain deals with incoming sensory information, and that instability can become influenced by physiological changes like sleep, exercise and…

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