Is Your Migraine in Your Face?

What I mean is… are migraines part of your genetic facial blueprint? Can you tell just by looking at people whether they are migraine sufferers?

I decided to find out and look up face readers and came across a video about a lady who can tell you your life’s purpose just by looking at your face.

She says that your blueprint is indeed written all over your face and if you knew how to decipher it, your face will reveal to you your life’s purpose. She also claims that face reading will give you an immediate understanding of your client, boss, coworker, friends and family. Her name is Naomi Tickle and has been on CNN, NBC and Good Morning America talking about Personology. It’s a fantastic tool to validate yourself and to understand other people better, she says.

I was intrigued (I love to learn) and the skeptic in me decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. I was also curious to see if she would talk about specific conditions, such as migraines. The lecture was very interesting and for the most part illuminating for me, personally.

She talked about what the size and shape of the head, ears, eyes, nose, and forehead meant in terms of your personality and admitted that she only touched on general characteristics in an hour which if she were to go in details, would be 92.

For example she talks about how people with eyes that are closely set don’t like tardiness, are detail oriented and are a bit intense while those with a wide set eyes are very easy to get along with and more relaxed. Exposed eyelids when your eyes are open means that you are a person that cuts to the chase and will interrupt or get irritated if whoever you are listening to, takes too long to get to the point. While she quickly pointed out that when she worked with one set of clientele for example in prisons, there are no features that are common to ‘criminals’, it is possible to tell if someone is competitive, wants harmony, is unpredictable or if someone had an ear for music.

Here’s the link to the lecture I listened to.

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I found myself wondering if these were the set of features for migraine sufferers?

I browsed through her website (what else would you be doing on a Sunday?) to see if she writes about migraines.

Nothing on migraines but I found out that face reading is indeed a very ancient skill. Aristotle had one of the first known system for understanding faces. Since then the skills have been rediscovered many times during the past 4000 years.

According to Naomi, I have one of those noses that like to get to the bottom of things, so I sent her an email to ask her that very question, not really expecting a reply until possibly sometime next week by one of her staff. To my surprise she answered in less than 20 minutes and here is an extract of what she wrote:

Hello Sile,
There is no feature in the face that indicates some people may suffer from migraines. It may be people with close set eyes focus on situations until they are bigger than life. Plus they find it hard to turn off from the anxiety. The close set eye could indicate you tend to worry more on that side. This would also indicate one of your parents is less tolerant than the other.

I also noticed your teeth slant inwards which indicates someone who keeps their feelings to themselves. This is a habit that is formed when people shut themselves off. Orthodontists have tried to correct this, but until the behavior or thinking pattern has changed then the teeth will stay that way. The latter is a developed trait.

You might observe when people share with you they suffer from migraines, if they have close set eyes. My daughter suffers occasionally from migraines and she has close set eyes and a big worrier. She takes after my husbands side of the family and I believe my sister-in-law who has the same trait also suffers from migraines. One would have to do a study of at least 100-500 people before coming to any conclusion.

Ok, so no conclusive evidence but maybe there is something to Personology. What do you think? How closely set are your eyes, how much of a perfectionist are you, how much do you worry in a week? Please leave a comment below and let’s get a discussion started.

One thing for sure is that I am now a fan of Naomi who has the best customer service of any celebrity/expert I’ve seen so far!

For more information on Naomi Tickle and personology, here’s her website http://www.naomitickle.com

Is Your Medication Giving You Migraines?

When you feel that throbbing pain on one side of your face, the first thing you do is reach for your migraine medication, certainly not natural migraine relief products. After all, you think that migraines medication will get rid of your migraine faster than anything else and you certainly don’t want to waste a day cowering in pain. But if you’re experiencing migraine headaches more often or your migraines are getting steadily worse, your pain relief pills could be to blame.

Taking too many pain medications too often – as little as three times a week or 10 times a month – can put your migraines in a rebound cycle. Your body becomes accustomed to the pain medication being in your system, so when it wears off, you start to get another headache – prompting you to take more medication. Any painkiller can cause rebound headaches, though doctors think that drugs containing caffeine, aspirin and acetaminophen, and ergotamines and triptans carry the most risk.

Migraines on the rebound!

How can you tell if you’re suffering from rebound headaches? Most patients with rebound migraines experience low-grade headaches almost continuously. Many wake up with their head already hurting. Some find that their headaches get worse within a few hours of taking medication.

If you’re experiencing frequent migraines while taking pain medication, your best option is to go cold turkey – stop taking painkillers, and you will break the rebound cycle. Of course, giving up pain medication makes many patients nervous. Migraines are excruciating, and facing them without medication can seem like a terrifying prospect.

However, some all-natural remedies can provide relief without creating the rebound cycle caused by over-the-counter and prescription medications. Lipigesic-M, a migraine pain reliever, uses a unique sublingual delivery method to send its medicinal ingredients into the bloodstream quickly for fast relief. The individually packaged dosages contain migraine-fighting ingredients, including feverfew and ginger. Best of all, none of the ingredients are associated with rebound headaches, so you can relieve your migraine pain without worrying about making your headaches worse.

For more information, visit www.lipigesic.com.

How Eram Finally Got Rid of Her Migraines

I love seeing how people achieve what they thought was impossible, like getting rid of your migraines forever and never having to rely on pills ever again.

I am especially grateful to Eram who shares her story with you below.

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I had suffered from migraines since childhood, until only few weeks ago. Migraines were like a part of life, a very strong reality for me that I thought I just have to live with all my life. As a kid I used to really get scared when I had to go to a party because it always ended with a strong headache and nausea for me. This was really tough because I always looked forward to any family gatherings but I associated any gathering of people, with bad headaches. Perfumes have been a major trigger of migraine for me which obviously used to be in abundance in any gathering.

My migraines got really worse during teenage. I had to skip school for 2 to 3 days almost every 3 or 4 weeks. That is when my parents started to take me to doctors and we got to know that I have complex migraines. The doctors gave me a lot of pills which lessened the occurrence of migraines but once it attacked it used to last for 2 to 3 days.

As I grew up more triggers came into play. Boredom and stress being the major ones. I used to get really exhausted with boredom and stress and then I would have a migraine. I have been to a lot of different doctors and have taken a zillion pills, some of which had really bad reactions but nothing got rid of the migraines.

During the last four or five years my migraines became worse as my ability to cope with stress lessened. I used to get a headache on a slight hint of tension. This is when I stopped any treatment and started taking pain killers only. However, I got too desperate to get rid of my stress and looked for ways other than medicines.

This is when I came across the Natural migraine relief website. I signed up for the top 10 tips and amazingly they worked. I started making notes of my feelings, conditions and triggers of migraines. I could figure out more triggers and could avoid them. Increasing my water intake really helped and so did yoga and specially the hand mudras. I actually learned more about hand mudras and now use many mudras regularly for various benefits. The blogs also helped. I started using the ice therapy mentioned in one of the blogs and it so quickly vaporized the migraine. I also became aware of my sleeping habits and started taking proper naps. This not only reduced the occurrence of migraine attacks but also made me less stressful and less anxious.

Then I read the book Living Deliberately (which you get once you sign up for Sile’s top tips) and after being inspired by Sile who is an Avatar master, I went for the Avatar training course.

This is what really transformed my life and helped me in actually getting rid of the migraines. I now have only minor headaches that I can get rid of through Avatar tools but I haven’t had a migraine since the course.

Avatar is truly the most powerful self development course. It surely is a guide to one’s own self. I had a chance to journey through my self and see what troubles me, what causes stress and how easily I can choose not to be stressed.

During this 9-day course I had a chance to look at my beliefs that I had constructed. These beliefs were just there operating my life and causing stress and anxiety in my experiences. The Avatar tools helped me to free my attention and once I realized what believes I was operating with, I began to change them.

The tools made it so easy. I learned how I could dis-create my stress, my fears, my judgments of others and myself, my fixed attentions, my lost concentration, every negativity that was stopping me from loving and experiencing and eventually my migraines.

Even the frequency and intensity of the minor headaches that I am left with is decreasing. Being migraine-free is a huge blessing. Also being medicine-free is a huge blessing.

Love
Eram

Sile’s note: I hope to bring you many more stories about people who are migraine-free in the near future. Question is: do you want to read about it or write about it?! What would your life be like without migraines?

PS The next dates for the Avatar courses are:

May 1-9, 2010 – Berg en Dal, Netherlands

June 12-20, 2010 – Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands

July 3-11, 2010 – Orlando, Florida, USA

When Tummy Aches are Abdominal Migraines

Abdominal Migraines in Children

Migraine headaches usually involve head pain, but there’s another category of migraine that affects children known as abdominal migraine syndrome. Abdominal migraines in children are not as uncommon as most people believe. Children aged between 5-9 years old are most prone to this form of migraine. According to an article published in Family Practice News, abdominal migraines in children may account for a full 15% of unexplained, abdominal pain that recurs on a regular basis.

What is Abdominal Migraine Syndrome?

This is a frequently under diagnosed condition where a child experiences recurrent abdominal pain that lasts for anywhere from an hour to three days at a time. The child usually describes the pain as a dull soreness that’s difficult to pinpoint – although it’s most common in the mid-abdominal region. A child with abdominal migraine syndrome may vomit and be unable to eat. He or she may appear pale and experience episodes of flushing – although this isn’t always seen. Some kids experience sensory symptoms such as numbness, tingling, and sensitivity to light – similar to that seen with a migraine headache.

Why is It Called Abdominal Migraine Syndrome?

It’s called an abdominal migraine because many children who have this condition go on to develop typical migraine headaches. In fact, children who are diagnosed with this condition are four times more likely to develop migraine headaches later on in life. Many children with this syndrome have a parent who also experienced migraine headaches.

Although this form of abdominal migraine is primarily seen in children, it can occur in adults as well. The abdominal pain is severe enough to interfere with nomal daily activities. The pallor is often accompanied by dark shadows under the eyes.

Other disorders such as peptic ulcer, urogenital disorders needs to be ruled out by the physician before concluding it as abdominal migraine.

What Should You Know About Abdominal Migraines in Children?

It’s important to remember that the diagnosis of abdominal migraine is made only after other causes of abdominal pain are ruled out. Conditions such as appendicitis, peptic ulcer disease, obstruction of the intestines, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and viral and bacterial infections of the intestines can be difficult to distinguish from abdominal migraines. Some of these conditions can be life threatening if not treated – so always have a child evaluated by a doctor if he or she has abdominal pain.

How is Abdominal Migraine Syndrome Treated?

Treatment depends on the age of the patient, but usually consists of anti-inflammatory medications to reduce the pain and medications to relieve nausea. Most of the emphasis is on prevention of abdominal migraines which means avoiding stress and determining foods that seem to trigger the symptoms and avoiding them.

In children, acute attacks of abdominal migraine are treated with rest and this frequently resolves with sleep.

Abdominal migraine symptoms

The patient suffers from recurrent ( more than 5 attacks ) of Abdominal pain lasting between 1-72 hours. Symptoms including pallor, vomiting and nausea or anorexia is experienced.

The child suffers from recurrent Abdominal pain with one or more symptoms of vomiting, nausea or anorexia. The pain occurs mostly in the mornings on awakening and can also include sensitivity to light and sound.

If its not related to any other gastrointestinal or such disease, the diagnosis is made by the pediatrician. There is no diagnostic test to conclude abdominal migraine.

Most children with abdominal migraine will later develop migraine headaches.
They are also likely to develop migraine with aura or migraine without aura.

Abdominal Migraine Syndrome: The Bottom Line?

Any child who has abdominal pain needs evaluation. Don’t assume it’s an abdominal migraine until other causes have been ruled out. Most kids outgrow abdominal migraines, but, unfortunately, go on to develop migraine headaches later on.

How Can Yoga Help Manage Migraines?

What is Yoga? Yoga is an ancient Hindu discipline aimed aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility. This is achieved through a system of exercises practiced as part of this discipline to promote control of the body and mind.

The actual word is Hindi for Union between mind and body.  Its wisdom is as relevant today in understanding the human condition as it was over five thousand years ago. Perhaps even more so as the 21st century being is subjected to more stimuli in one year than our early ancestors had in all of their lifetime.

Yoga can be practiced by anyone regardless of age or fitness levels because there are so many practices to choose from or adapt to suit the individual. Yoga self awareness practices help us to identify our “trigger” habits to enable us to disarm them. Yoga teaches us to live in the present moment, an ability that promotes healing at all levels or our being.

I believe that stress is an important (and not fully discussed) trigger for migraine headaches. Whether you believe stress is unavoidable or not, it may help you to know that how it is managed can defuse the trigger – yoga stretches, breath work, meditation and relaxation all help us to manage stress. Yoga will help you develop an emotional suit of armour against all kinds of stress.

Yoga breathing practices will help sufferers manage, relieve and reduce pain. Poor posture produces chronic muscular tension, particularly in the upper back, shoulders and neck. Chronic neck tension often causes headaches. Regular practice of yoga relieves neck tension. An experienced yoga teacher will show you how to adjust and realign your posture to avoid neck tension.

Can yoga cure or prevent migraine headaches, and if so, what postures are recommended? If you have had a recent migraine headache or feel the start of a new one, yoga instructors will recommend a restorative practice.

Establish a regular home practice where you are in charge of determining your level of effort from day to day, and find an experienced teacher to guide you when difficulties arise. This will lead you on the road to better health, especially when it comes to coping with a health condition such as migraines.

Preventative Pose–Wide-Legged Forward Bend
Stand with your feet one leg length apart. Bend forward at the hip and place the palms of your hands on the floor. Rest the top of your head on the floor and relax into the pose. If you are unable to reach the floor, you can rest your head on a chair or bend your knees to assist the stretch. Hold the pose for 10 to 20 seconds.

Preventative Pose–Downward-facing Dog
Start on your hands and knees, with your hands directly beneath your shoulders. Lift your hips toward the ceiling so that your body forms an inverted V. Press both heels and the palms of your hands into the floor. Hold the pose for 10 to 20 seconds, then release back to your hands and knees. Repeat if desired.

Preventative Pose–Extended Puppy Pose
Start on your hands and knees and extend your arms forward and lower your forehead to the floor. Your hips should be in the air, and there should be a slight arch in your back. Hold the pose for 10 to 20 seconds, then release back to your hands and knees. Repeat if desired.

Restorative Pose–Legs Up the Wall Pose
Lie on your side, approximately 5 inches from a wall, with your hips facing the wall. Turn over onto your back and extend your legs up the wall. You should be able to relax and have your legs remain upright without any effort. If not, then adjust your position until your legs stay in place on their own. If needed, support the neck with a pillow or stack two folded blankets under your lower back. Rest your arms at your sides or on your belly. Cover your eyes with a cool compress or an eye pillow. Relax into the pose for up to 10 minutes. To release, roll onto your side and sit up.

Restorative Pose–Reclining Bound Angle
Sit with your legs extended and bring the soles of your feet together, making a diamond shape with your legs. Support the knees with pillows if the stretch is too intense. Lie back and rest your hands on your belly. Cover your eyes with a cool compress or an eye pillow. If needed, support the neck and lower back with pillows. Relax into the pose for up to 10 minutes.

Restorative Pose–Corpse Pose
Lie on your back with your legs extended and your arms relaxed at your sides. If needed, support the lower back and neck with pillows. Cover your eyes with a cool compress or an eye pillow. Relax into the pose for up to 10 minutes.
Practicing Yoga With a Migraine: When experiencing a migraine headache, certain forms of yogasanas and in particular Pranayama are helpful postures in relieving the pain. It is important to practice yoga in a calm and composed environment with dim lights. Always remember to conclude your yoga session with shavasana with the help of an eye pillow or a small piece of clean (preferably cold) cloth over the eyes. Before you initiate the corpse pose, get started on the Dirga Pranayama which involves Oslo and deep breathing technique that arises from the stomach and the chest. It is important that you understand and examined the reasons for recurrent headaches or migraines.  Yoga can help to deal and control headaches related to migraines or cluster headaches. A number of yogasanas help to release the tension and the stress in the neck and shoulders, while encouraging blood circulation to their head and stimulating the nervous system. This can help in relieving headaches. In a majority of cases, headaches are the result of mental trauma such as depression and acute stress. Due to major imbalances, the brain is deprived of oxygen and the requisite amount of blood. Due to the lack of oxygen and blood in the head, the muscles then to contract and the consequent results take place in the form of a headache.
Deep breathing techniques as well as mental relaxation are known to be effective steps in curbing the occurrence of migraine headaches. Important yogasanas for relieving headache are the easy yoga posture, the downward facing dog position, the Cobra pose, the seated forward bend, the knee press, the reclining posture etc. One of the most easiest and common practices of yogasanas is the easy yoga posture which helps in straightening the spine, regulating the metabolic rate and keeping the mindset is. The shoulder stretch as well as the spinal twist are other forms of yogasanas and are important in containing headaches and relieving them. Other useful poses include the cow and cat position, the bridge pose, the reclining twist, the child’s pose, the corpse position and the pose that involves the movement of the legs up the wall. All these yogasanas are simple and safe and can be done during the day; especially in the mornings on an empty stomach. The daily practice of the above-mentioned yogasanas will greatly help in reducing the occurrence of headaches and neck pain.

Meditative Poses Deep breathing and meditation can help relieve migraine pain. Sukhasana is a standard meditative pose designed for relaxation. Individuals sit cross-legged on the ground with their hands on their knees and backs straight. With the eyes closed, slow, deep breaths are taken. This pose helps straighten the spine, open the hips, relieve fatigue and slow breathing, heart rate and metabolism. It also has a calming effect on the nerves and allows the user to keep her mind still and find inner tranquility.

Stretching Poses Because migraines can be caused by stress, it is important to relieve stress daily. Stress is often carried in our upper back, shoulders and neck. Yoga shoulder stretches can alleviate any tension in the upper body. A basic premise in yoga is the benefit of lengthening the entire body and muscles. A long, lean body is thought to function better. When the body is compressed, our organs and systems can suffer because they are not allowed to function properly. Stretching poses also relieve tension from the ribs and core, allowing you to breathe easier. Basic shoulder stretches are done by sitting on the floor, with a straight back and calves tucked under the upper legs. Holding a towel with both hands, individuals bring the arms straight out in front of the chest, then overhead and behind the neck in one sweeping motion. The idea is to make a half-circle around your head and release tension in the shoulder area.

Inversion Poses According to The Daily Headache website, “If you have a migraine or headache at the time of your practice, never do an inversion, which is any posture that raises your heart above your head. Blood rushing to your head during a headache or migraine will make it worse. For some people, doing inversions at all can trigger a headache.”

What types of yoga is best for me? There are many types of yoga that can help migraine sufferers. Hatha yoga practice can help reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine headaches. One contemporary theory of how migraines occur states that the arteries that feed the brain narrow temporarily due to a variety of factors, stress and muscular tension being two common ones. For a migraine sufferer, there is then a sudden shift in the blood vessels and they abruptly dilate, increasing the blood flow to the head. This sudden shift results in the intense pain of the migraine episode.

If you can somehow keep your body’s nervous system more relaxed from day to day, the initial narrowing of the blood vessels that predisposes someone to a migraine might be eliminated and the chance of the migraine minimized. A yoga practice can be of any intensity that you desire, as long as there is a conscious effort to keep it steady and even, and as long as you spend time gradually increasing the activity and then gradually cooling down through the course of a given practice.

Finding the yoga practice that suits you is an exercise in itself of trial and error.  I like an intense workout that brings 100% of oxygen to my body and found my ideal workout with Bikram Yoga.  www.bikramyoga.it

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Cold Laser Kills Your Migraines… Naturally

In searching for new posts on alternative and natural migraine relief, this organisation caught my eye. If results are as good as it claims, I wished it had been around when I was looking for effective treatment!

BioVeda Technologies is a two year old company founded by a small group of doctors and practice management professionals that have over 50 years of combined experience in the holistic and alternative health care industry.

They specialize in scientifically integrating holistic medical philosophy with modern technology providing an alternative, non-invasive and natural approach to health and wellness.

This pioneering technology and medical devices to licensed health care practitioners seeking to expand their practice by providing therapeutic relief to their patient’s acute and chronic conditions.

They claim that thanks to their unique understanding of how environmental substances can impact and influence normal body function, they are able to provide assessment and therapy for a wide range of acute and chronic systemic conditions by utilizing NSRT or Neurological Stress Reduction Therapy. The technology is patented, FDA cleared and fully automated. Neurological stress reduction is achieved using their proprietary LASER (Light And Sound Energy Relaxation) technique that first assesses the specific substances that cause stress on the nervous system followed by positively conditioning the body to react neutrally or appropriately to the identified harmless substances.

Watch this video:

Their goal as a company is to help as many people realize improved health and relief using our technology by getting our medical device into as many capable doctor’s hands as possible. They are guided by a patient before profit approach and look for doctors that share their principles and ideology.

For more information, their website is http://biovedawellness.com

If anyone has used this service, I’d be very interested to hear from you.
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Oranges Can Cause Magnesium Deficiency… and Migraines

The next post is brought to you thanks to Amber Stephenson  who is a member of my facebook page aptly called Natural Migraine Relief. She found the part about oranges causing magnesium deficiency in some migraine sufferers, interesting. I have to say I was intrigued as well.

Here is the article:

The idea that oranges are considered a possible trigger for migraine has surprised many of us, as orange juice is usually considered to be beneficial in our diet.

Not if you are sensitive to citrus. The citrus group of foods is a known allergen, including fruits such as oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit. Additionally, a lot of commercial orange juice is squeezed with the rind on, subsequently bruising it and releasing synephrine, a vasoconstrictor.

There have been links between migraine headaches and synephrine as well as related vasoconstrictors, so it makes sense that this could be a trigger. Many patients found that freshly squeezed orange juice made at home had no adverse effect.

A 2004 study found that: “In migraine patients, plasma levels of octopamine and synephrine were higher compared with controls, although in migraine with aura, the difference was not significant”.(1)

Synephrine is a stimulant that raises blood pressure, which can also cause migraines. The theory being that migraine sufferers with a citrus allergy can gain relief from a low dosage of daily blood pressure medication.

Citrus fruits also cause magnesium deficiency in some patients, and magnesium deficiency has been linked to migraine without aura. In a study where thirty migraine patients were treated with magnesium versus ten treated with placebo, the number of patients experiencing relief was so high that the possibility of the test results being coincidental was less than a 1 in 1000 chance.(2) The magnesium was administered as a magnesium citrate supplement, 600mg per day, orally. Patients were assessed by computerized tomography before and after the three month treatment period.

Citrus fruits also contain histamine, another suspect in food related allergies. A study at Texas Tech in El Paso TX found a correlation between high histamine levels and migraine attacks in susceptible persons.

An unhappy relationship between hypoglycemia and migraine can be heightened by drinking of orange juice, lemonade or other citrus juice in an attempt to raise the blood sugar – the orange juice can actually increase the migraine pain and the blood sugar level is blamed instead. This justifies the importance of maintaining a food diary and testing for food allergies.(3)

One woman related how she had taken migraine medication daily for years, washing it down with an 8 oz glass of orange juice each morning. Finally, when her sons were diagnosed, it became apparent that by giving them juice daily, she had simply been stimulating the cycle of migraines. Incidentally, orange flavored drinks such as Tang and Sunny D also contain migraine triggering substances similar to the natural fruits, so if citrus is a problem for you, avoid them as well!

Elimination of citrus is much simpler than many other migraine trigger foods, and is relatively easy to live without. For people suffering severe food intolerance migraines, living without orange juice, lemonade and key lime pie was a minor exclusion from their diet.

Sources:

(1) pubmed15159465.do, Cure Hunter, 05/25/2004
(2) Magnesium Research, Jun 2008;21(2):101-8. PMID: 18705538, by Koseoglu E, Talaslioglu A, Gonul AS, Kula M. Erciyes University, Medicine Faculty, Neurology Department, Kayseri, Turkey
(3) Leira R, Rodriguez R, Revista de Neurologia 1996 May;24(129):534-8

Research by Grace-Alexander

When I used to have migraines, bananas would give me migraines and I thought it was the excess potassium but I couldn’t find any back up in science.

I was allergic to a number of foods (any kind of cheese except cottage cheese, coffee, chocolate, tuna fish, grapes, not gluten or wheat though etc) Since I got completely rid of my migraines, I also got rid of my food allergies and thankfully now can eat anything.

I believe that you can too.

Amber told me she’s researching all types of foods that trigger migraines and that don’t and that she’s really starting to go head over heels into Migraine Research which is GREAT because there is a lot of information on the web and I would love all the natural solutions, remedies and treatments be listed on one website (err.. this one!) for your benefit.

So thank you again Amber  for sharing this with everyone.

How to Relieve Stomach Migraines Naturally

Migraines are usually known as severe headaches but there are also stomach migraines, which if untreated, are also as painful. Although rare, this kind of migraine is treated via medication and other easy steps.

Stomach migraines are conditions of the health that can bring about extreme pain to a person. There are varied causes, signs, and treatments of such migraines and those will actually depend on an individual’s lifestyle. This kind of migraine should not be viewed as an illness, as it is one of your body’s way to inform and warn you that there is something wrong with your health.

How does one then identify a stomach migraine? The symptom that is usually experienced by a patient is internal aching in the stomach. This is because the muscles of the stomach vigorously contract to ease the pain. Other people may feel bloated or otherwise experience an acidic tummy, even for those non-hyper acidic folks.

There are also those who occasionally vomit and feel nauseous. It is also possible that the stomach pain may spread to key muscle areas located in the torso, making you feel weak all of the sudden, like you are about to faint. The pain chemical prostaglandin is actually responsible for the feeling of pain spreading throughout.

Some may suffer more than just stomach pains, as headaches may concurrently occur, which can sometimes immobilize the patient. Because of this, many of those who suffer from stomach migraines have high anxiety levels, which cause them to also increase their level of adrenaline. This actually makes the situation worse.

Children are the usual victims of this ailment, especially those between three to ten years of age. This often makes it difficult for parents to identify it as a stomach migraine because their kids have a hard time describing what they are experiencing. To address this, consult your pediatrician when the problem occurs.

To treat a stomach migraine, the first thing you have to do is minimize your consumption of food that is loaded with artificial flavor and substances. This will ease the options of the stomach in order to stabilize its activities. Next on the to-do list is to drink beverages that are not acidic, nor should they contain substances that are acidic. It is also beneficial to consult a gastroenterologist to avoid attacks in the future. And when visiting the doctor, make sure that you explain clearly to him or her what type of food you have eaten as well as other activities you have been taking on so that proper evaluation can be done regarding your condition.

Article from: www.healthbulb.com/migraines/how-to-treat-migraines-of-the-stomach/

Sile’s personal note: I found that drinking room temperature Seven Up or Sprite in very small quantities actually relieved my stomach when I had stomach migraines. Alternatively warmed water with a spoonful of sugar and lemon calmed the compulsive hiccup sensation in my stomach.

Alternative Supplements for Natural Migraine Relief

I came across this video where this jaded migraine sufferer describes her initial reluctance to try out a specific type of vitamin and mineral supplements for natural migraine relief. In the video below, she explains the types of migraines she has had such as chronic headaches and stomach migraines. Her description of her journey from doctors to chiropractors to medications to pain killers to finally how regular use of the supplements have worked for her is quite inspiring for anyone who thinks they are destined to be chained to their migraines.

Watch this video below and then take action!

The supplement is also suitable for children and has an effect on mood swings and temper problems.

Ice therapy: Fast and Effective Migraine Relief

Cold packs or cold face towels are a fast and effective way to prevent and relieve the pain of a Migraine Headache, naturally. The application of ice causes the blood vessels in the area to constrict (or get smaller). Constricting the blood vessels has a strong anti-inflammatory effect that stops the pounding sensation common in vascular headaches like migraines.

Ice therapy works especially well in the first stages of the migraine – before the pain has become intense.

In searching the web for more information on ice therapy, I came across a novel product to treat migraine headaches using a natural and proven alternative to drugs or medication. Introducing the Headache Ice Pillow. This pillow uses time-honored and medically recommended cold therapy in treating dull, moderate and severe headaches, like migraine and tension headaches.

The advantages of the pillow is that it:

• Helps relieve headaches and neck stiffness.
• Uses medically accepted cold therapy.
• Clinically proven.
• Designed to support your neck and head in their most natural positions.
• Great for travel.

This pillow uses a unique, compact design to help relieve headaches by providing support to your neck while sleeping or resting. An anatomically designed, soft-frozen gel pack can be inserted into the pillow for added relief. Great for travel, reading or sleeping, this pillow also can provide relief from pinched nerves, stiffness, sprains, neck injuries or other traumas. The gel pack stores in your freezer until needed. An optional massage unit provides gentle massaging action for added comfort and relief. Clinically proven to relieve headaches, this pillow was shown to categorically help nearly 80% of uses.

Not surprisingly, you can order an ice pillow from China (where I think 95% of this planet’s products are now manufactured) and I am considering ordering one. I would be interested to know if you or anyone you know tried it and how well it worked.

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