How to get rid of Migraine Headaches

Migraine Headaches

We all get migraine headaches and the vast majority of them and nothing to worry about in this article I'm going to teach you how to get rid of them and when you should seek medical attention. So, what can we do to stop headaches well drink plenty water six to eight glasses a day avoiding missing meals avoid drinking alcohol and when you can exercise now you can also take paracetamol or ibuprofen to help with the pain but always speak to your pharmacist and read the information leaflet to make sure that it's suitable and safe to take it also remember that if you're taking the painkiller for 15 days or more per month it can actually be causing your headache, this is something called medication overuse. Now, there's also many things that can either bring on a headache or make it worse and these are often overlooked by many patients so let's run through them

Tip number 1:

Now you may find that you work ten hours a day Monday to Friday you get no headaches and on a weekend you wake up with a pounding headache now this is all because your stress hormones are dropping and you're getting a rapid release of neurotransmitters so to avoid these weekend headaches you need to try and sleep for seven to eight hours on a weekend I know you're tired I know you've worked really hard but this oversleeping is causing the headaches. Also try and incorporate relaxing time during your weekdays don't just save it all for the weekend so try and incorporate something like yoga. Throughout the week as well and this will help which moves us on to.

Tip number 2:

If you think housework is giving you headaches then you could be right because many cleaning products perfumes air fresheners contain chemicals that can bring on headaches. So, I guess it could be an excuse for you not to do the cleaning now to fix this it's pretty simple just avoid using heavy smelling cleaning products and perfumes and air fresheners and things like that also leave as many windows open as possible and it's gonna help get more fresh air in and more of the heavy smells out.

Tip number 3:

Bright lights flickering lights and even glare these can actually induce migraines by increasing certain chemicals in the brain which activate the migraine center now to fix this try wearing sunglasses polarized lenses also help with the glare from monitors you can also try adjusting the brightness on your monitor this will help with the glare or use a glass screen now if you're working in an office or somewhere that has fluorescent lights these tents of flicker. So, try and use an alternative light source which will help with this which moves us on to

Tip number 4:

Posture: Now bad posture can cause tension in your back in your neck and even in your shoulders and this can bring on headaches so instead try not to sit down or stand up for long periods in the same position try to move around more and try to sit upright as much as you can.

Tip number 5:

It is all about anger now we all get angry it's normal but remember when you do get angry the muscles in the back of your neck in your scalp they tense and this can cause tension headaches so you need to find ways to relax more so when you feel like you gonna get angry take a deep slow breath in through your nose and out of your mouth I'll also leave some really useful links of different relaxation techniques all of these are gonna help relax the muscles and reduce your risk of getting these tension headaches.

Tip number six:

Food triggers: Now we're all different and different foods can affect us all differently whether common triggers for headaches are cheese fizzy drinks and processed meats so keep a food diary on your phone write down everything you eat when you eat it and when you get a headache or a migraine then try and find a correlation and then eliminate them foods for a month or two now I wouldn't advise you to eliminate a food forever until you consult your doctor and make them aware of this now with headaches there are sometimes what we call red flags and these are symptoms that you should look out for and seek medical attention for now there's quite a lot of these and it's going to take me forever to explain.

I'd advise everyone to read it and that's the end of this. I really hope my tips help you

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