Most of the common diseases affecting the world can easily be prevented if each and everyone of us can take time to look at our life styles and change those things that are harmful to our health.

For example, in the case of headache and migraine,the causes or what triggers them are different for everyone!

The cause of headache for mr. A will not be exactly the same for mr.B,though the symptoms may be the same for both persons. Therefore, you have to carefully think back where you have gone wrong with regards to your health, like retracing your steps and your headache will vanish! Before I started this write up, I had already spent 16hrs.in

my office doing some other jobs. But since I must make a post to my blog today, I had no choice than to write.Then I had a serious headache.What did I do? simple, I stopped writing, took a shower and had a sound nap.Woke up 2hrs. later and the bloody headache had vanished.

What triggered my headache? lack of rest for over 16hrs. What did I do to cure the headache? I took the best form of rest,sleep.

You see,you can do the same to your headache if you can take time to check out what causes your headache. For migraine or a serious headache, if you can afford to avoid the following foods that cause cronic headache,for example,age cheeses,onios,pickles,cured meats,red wine,beer,sour cream,nuts of all kinds,freshly backed yeast products,eggs,tomatoes,citrus fruits and caffeinated drinks.

So what do you do if you stopped eating all those goodies? Eat fish like salmon and tuna rich in omega-3 fatty acids which help prevent migraines.

Also a lot of other triggers that can worsen your condition, are,lack of sleep and rest,changes in the weather,hormonal swings that occur with menstrual cycle,the use of birth control pills and environmental chemicals, including cigarette smoke.

From now on, figure out what triggers your headache or migraine and you will be relieved gradually but certainly in a few minutes.

You may think that this is a simple problem.But do know that 29 million Americans suffer from migraines? For a serious symptom. Take the folowing quick steps.

1. Mix two drops of peppermint oil in a teaspoon of olive oil,rub on your forehead and temples to instantly cool the pain

2.Or put two drops of lavender essential oil on a cotton ball and inhale three times,the pains will go away.

You can see that headache and migraine can be permanently cured with self- care home remedies.

Obiakor David is a researcher and a health and fitness buff.He has written a lot about migraine and headache.

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Obiakor David is a researcher and health and fitness buff. He has written a lot of articles on common diseases like migraine and headache.

1. No multi-tasking: Do not multi-task. Although you may think this is a time-efficient way to go about things, you will rapidly become overloaded. The more stimuli you impose upon yourself, the greater the activity of your stress glands. Keep your tasks or jobs simple; that means one at a time, and do them well. When you are finished move on to the next.

2. Learn to say ‘No’: People often have a problem saying ‘no’ end up saying ‘yes to everything, taking on too much for fear of hurting or upsetting others. They end hurting themselves. Learn what your boundaries are, and how much you can handle. Once you reach that limit, do not take on any more. Others will understand, for they themselves are on overload, otherwise they would not be asking for your help.

3. Avoid known stressors: If there are certain parts of your day where you know you will encounter stressors, try to alter your pattern. For instance, if you get upset in traffic try not to leave the house at rush hour. Get up a little earlier so you can miss the traffic – and possibly go for a workout before your working day begins. Then you can leave the office sooner and miss the traffic on the way home. If you can’t avoid the traffic, then prepare yourself for it. Bring some soothing music to listen to, or a tape of something you want to learn. At least then if you are sitting in traffic, you can enjoy yourself.

4. Don’t set unrealistic goals: Many of us want to do everything and do it as quickly as possible. We are impatient and our society has programmed us to expect results straight away, whether that be in health care, career advancement, or via high-speed Internet. Our failure to achieve goals is a major stressor. Reset your goals to be attainable, and attainable within realistic time frames.

5. Positive affirmation: Wake up and look in the mirror and take note of one positive thing a day. If you see something you don’t like, then look away for now. Don’t focus on the negative, however hard that may seem. The actual process of looking for ‘good’ is calming – and finding it will improve your mood and outlook. Some simple at-home techniques for reducing stress:

Massage: By reducing stress and increasing your feel-good brain hormones, dopamine and serotonin, massage makes you more relaxed, happier and it decreases your hunger-centre activity. This leads to less stress and less craving. Massage therapy is defined as the treatment of disease or injury through the manual manipulation of body tissues. Massage is employed for the relief of pain and spasm, to induce relaxation, to stretch and break down scarring and adhesions, and to increase circulation and metabolism.

It promotes the resorption and metabolism of toxins and the residua of inflammation. The relaxation benefits of massage therapy are not just subjective – massage has been shown to decrease both noradrenaline and cortisol levels in the blood, urine and saliva. That wonderful feeling you get at the end of a massage is not just from lying down quietly for a period of time. There is a significant therapeutic effect from receiving regular massage therapy, which clearly goes far beyond simple musculoskeletal pain relief. Simple massage techniques can also be practised at home to help relieve stress.

1. Use a massaging shower-head, which augments the benefits of superficial heat from the water.

2. Move a simple wooden roller-type massager back and forth across the neck, back or feet.

3. Use commercial electric massagers, with or without heat.

4. Have a partner apply slow, gentle, finger, thumb or hand pressure.

Safety: Contraindications are few.

Following acute injury or a severe flare-up of an existing injury, or in the presence of an open wound, local massage would not be advisable in that area. However, distant massage or massage therapy performed on other parts of the body is advisable to help increase the effects of the immune system and decrease inflammatory mediators, and cortisol levels. In order to receive these benefits, massage can be performed anywhere on the body. It is avoided in certain cancers to avoid promoting spread.

Aromatherapy: Aromatic healing oils can be used during a therapeutic massage. These essential oils are absorbed both through inhalation and through the skin during a treatment. Throughout the massage, lymphatic drainage, muscle releases and spinal pressures are applied to target the nervous system. Each oil has a different effect, ranging from toxification and relaxation to increasing energy levels. Essential aromatherapy oils for relaxation and stress relief are:

• Amber

• Bergamot

• Camphor

• Cedarwood

• Lavender

• Poppy

• Ylang-ylang

And there are several ways you can use essential oils:

• Diffuser – a small metal bowl heated by a candle

• A few drops in a warm bath

• In a massage oil

• A few drops in a facecloth or sponge in the shower

• As a perfume

How to make sure you get sufficient sleep:

• Reduce your stress levels: Deep breathing, meditation and massage therapy on a regular basis can decrease overall stress and promote restful sleep. Aromatherapy can also be used before bed. Burn a lavender candle or put a little lavender oil on your pillow. Supplements to help you sleep include melatonin, passionflower and hops (the herbal extract, not the beer).

• Get into a routine: Our body loves routine. Providing it with a rehearsed setting for sleep is a valuable step towards a good night’s sleep. This means getting into bed at about the same time each night.

• Dim the lights: Once we fall asleep our body starts to produce melatonin, our sleeping hormone. It changes our brain waves from the active beta waves to the calm theta waves of deep sleep. Production of this hormone is also linked to light and darkness. Our body will increase the production of melatonin when it is dark and suppress its production in the light.

So try to make your room as dark as possible to mimic night-time and increase production of your sleeping hormone. It is also wise not to spend your last hour before getting into bed under bright lights. This will hinder the secretion of melatonin and make sleep more difficult.

• Exercise: Try to avoid vigorous exercise in the evening, as this is likely to increase cortisol and other stimulatory hormones, which will make relaxation difficult.

• Food and drink: Eating early (between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. if you plan to go to bed around 10 p.m.) will allow your food to digest before sleep and maximise the fat-burning time between dinner and breakfast.

Avoid a large meal late in the evening, as it is likely to give you a higher than normal peak in glucose levels due to the inactivity that follows as you wind down for the evening. This will increase your hunger hormones, making you want to snack again before bed.

Alcohol is also known to increase hunger hormones, so avoid this if you are having trouble sleeping. Caffeine in tea, coffee or soda can have a long-lasting stimulant effect, interfering with restful sleep. Try to avoid them after lunchtime and certainly during the evening.

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And I did want to add, that i’ve had an Mri and cat scan and my results came back normal

They don’t hurt on a particular side of my head and are not migraines. My vision is fine still.
They happen in the same place, middle of my forehead and sometimes the pain is quite unbearable.

I am 16 and I have exams coming up which i’m extremely anxious about. I went to the doctors and he basically didn’t help at all.. he said i should make a diary and write how long they last, when the next one is etc to see if theres a pattern. I’m just annoyed because I told him i’ve been having these daily headaches for months and he’s making me wait a whole month before I see him again.

I get them when it’s noisy, or when i’m on my own and it’s peaceful.. usually in midday to evening.. very occasionally at night but never had one when i’ve just woken up yet.

Does anyone know what’s wrong with me?

I’ve looked up about Tension-type chronic headaches, this may be the case as i’m very stressed and worry all the time about exams because I want to do well..
But.. i don’t have tender or aching muscles.

What do you think? And do you think they’ll prescribe anything for me or am I too young?
i have glasses for reading and have recently been to the opticians. It’s not related to my sight and I drink lots of water daily.

Thanks so much for the help.:)