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Neck pain or Cervicalgia, and the Migraine Syndrome
“My neck always hurts. Sometimes it kills me so bad, I cannot think and have to go lie down. It all started when I injured my neck years ago. When I get stressed out it is the worst. Well, it doesn’t take much to stress me out nowadays. It’s always the back of my head and neck. I wish I could cut it out. Then maybe I could think and remember better. The last time I had a massage she said my neck and shoulders were the tightest she had seen in months! Nothing seems to help for any length of time. I’m so frustrated!”
This is a very common presentation of the migraine syndrome. Frequently their problems are compounded by overmedication—either by self-medicating or prescription drugs. Often there is a history of injury to the neck, for example, whiplash. Often they have been to the chiropractor and have been told there neck is so far out of alignment that the curve in the neck is reversed. The curve in the neck is straightened or reversed because of painful spasm. The trigeminal nerve (sensation of the face) and the cervical (neck) nerves are adjacent to each other in the brain stem (the base of the brain). What affects one affects the other. Migraineurs who smoke usually will develop neck problems. It is absolutely essential for the migraineur who smokes to abstain! Smoke is a smell. The sensitivity to the smell is the problem! Also secondhand smoke and perfumes are major problems. The patient can develop extreme sensitivity to stress and after years with frequently develop fibromyalgia.
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Migraine Headache Medicine – Are There Side-Effects?
Migraine is a serious health condition from which thousands of people all over the world suffer. Migraines are painful recurring headaches, accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea, aura and visual disturbances. Migraine headache medicine can be prescribed to patients to heal or prevent the symptoms; depending on the severity of the problem they can be either migraine abortive medication or analgesics.
Migraine abortive medicines, also known as triptans, are used to manage moderate headaches; they do not relieve the pain itself as the analgesics but they counteract the causes of headache, mostly the dilation of arteries. This medication doesn’t come without side effects though.
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Holistic Medicine Secrets – Discover Why Heartburn Drugs Can Make Stomach Acid Worse
Ironically, many people take drugs such as Prevacid and Prilosec for reducing heartburn, but in reality, stomach acid declines as we age. People think they have heartburn, because their stomach acid backs up in the esophagus due to poor digestion caused by a lack of stomach acid.
Put another way, stomach acid is required for absorption. A lack of stomach acid can cause poor digestion which can cause the acid to move up the esophagus. This displacement of stomach acid causes people to think they have too. But in reality, we don’t have enough!
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