headaches

Migraines Are Strongly Related To Oxidative Stress

Platelet membrane fluidity and peroxynitrite levels in migraine patients during headache-free periods

Two things to mention here. First, we are seeing a sustained movement towards the concept that migraines, just like the seizures that clinicians are not yet willing to throw in the same category, is strongly related to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction.

If You Get Migraine or Tension Headaches, You MUST Do This

Headaches suck. Period. When severe, they disrupt your entire life. Even mild, they affect your mood and relationships.

The current culture in medicine generally supports the primary care route for headaches. The primary care doctor may try a few prescription meds like ibuprofen or Tylenol. When these don’t help they may try a medication like Topamax, which has been shown to reduce headache frequency a paltry 1.5 days in 3 months.

Chronic Migraine: Why Migraine Relief Has to Focus on This

I can’t imagine life fraught with chronic migraine. Society doesn’t support the idea of a “cure;” that’s because migraine relief doesn’t focus on what matters.

All too often, migraine headache pain control is the goal. Or, even better, suppression of flare ups of headache with medications. This is what mainstream medicine focuses on and considers your treatment successful if one or both of these goals are obtained. Sure–they help to rule out the scary things like strokes, tumors and weird blood vessel formations, but these are very rarely the cause of headaches.

Nearly all Headache seen in Primary Care is Migraine

Based on this article, I’m sure that I could go to my PCP right now with the headache I am experience as a result of beating my forehead against the computer screen and it would promptly be diagnosed as migraine. I’m sorry, this is a very biased opinion, but I started to believe that headaches are no longer a diagnosis that should be handled within mainstream medicine. Sure, we need to rule out aneurysms and tumors, but that’s well within the scope and competence of most chiropractors.

Natural Remedies for Migraines: Avoid Most Common Food Allergies

natural remedies for migraines most common food allergies

Some of the meds used for chronic migraine relief can have a long list of side effects. Because of this, patients look for natural remedies for migraines.

One of the more popular migraine support group type websites promotes the idea that migraines are genetically based and there is really nothing that can be done to “cure” migraines. The best we can do is hope to manage them successfully with medications and, to a lessor extent, dietary choices.