Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Migraine Today

Todays happens to be another most feverish day for me. I found myself measuring my tongue temperature at 4 in the morning. Surprisingly it was only the body which got heated and the degree was lesser than normal body temperature.
 
No medications are entertained, neither any therapies nor excercises.. not even jogging or trolling nothing world on wheels. But let me write sometimes about this too.
 
I am searching for more blogs on migraine or headaches. Probably a good research is going to be organized... how do sick people (of course I am talking about migrained) get helped by online blogging... I have not yet received a kudo.. oops!
 
Please, refer to my previous post where few links that got produced on searching migraine produced by Google.
 
Migraine blog on blogger!

Migraine Oriented Weblogs

This site provides information on what causes headaches and migraines, treatments available, and statisitcs about the prevalence of the conditon>>> http://www.headache.com.au/
 

Migraine Weblogs

Weblogs Read different blogs written by people who experience migraines and severe headaches.
www.healthcentral.com/migraine/weblogs.html

Migraine News: Weblogs

Many of you who read the About.com Headaches and Migraine site don't always feel up ... Scientific Discoveries/Advancements · Tips for Living Well · Weblogs ...
www.migraineblog.com/migraine_news/weblogs/index.html

Migraine-inducing miniature arcade games - Joystiq

12. hate to be picky but I doubt that would cause a migraine. ... Joystiq is part of the Weblogs, Inc. Network, a network of more than 90 blogs. ...
www.joystiq.com/2006/02/09/migraine-inducing-miniature-arcade-games/

Migraine zapper stops headaches before they start - Engadget

Being a migraine suffer I welcome this advancement. ... Engadget is part of the Weblogs, Inc. Network, a network of more than 90 blogs. ...
www.engadget.com/2006/06/23/migraine-zapper-stops-headaches-before-they-start/

Biotech finds wine headache relief - 08/16/06 - The Detroit News ...

Migraine patients are commonly told to avoid red wine, said Marco Vespignani, a naturopathic doctor at the Institute for Restorative Health in Davis. ...
www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/LIFESTYLE03/608160331/1040/LIFESTYLE03 - 29k

Family Medicine Notes: Medicine Archives

About 4% of migraine sufferers may have celiac disease and symptom control ... Medical Weblogs Medlogs.com is now much more than a list of medical weblogs ...
www.docnotes.net/cat_medicine.html - 977k

Farewell noxious nasal spray. Hello chicken dansak with poppadums ...

CURRY MAY BE good for migraine. How could we not be cheered by this breaking medical news story? All we need to hear now is that chocolate digestives play a ...
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2324787,00.html -

Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest Launched

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest Launched:. » Migraine Medicine from Migraine Medicine ...
www.spiralvisions.com/archives/2006/03/migraine_and_he.html -

BlogArea - Annuaire de blogs et référenceur de weblogs

BLOGS, WEBLOGS, blogs, weblogs, journal personnel ... http://triggers-for-migraine-headaches.syssi.be/ triggers for migraine headaches ...
www.blogarea.net/Forum/post.php?tid=396&qid=20525 - 47k

 

 MigraineLad  is a blog of a migrained boy sufferring from 5 years and seeking some remedies over the blogosphere, if you think you can help him just comment on any of the post now or just sent an email to him.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Conditions unexpected!

Though I have to face the reality, I had not expected that my two precious weekend days will rot just due to migraine....trying to confiscate myself. Let's have a update fever blogs around 100 and medication sometimes goes on its way.
 
I googled migraine last night to check if any one could help me or is something being done to migrained people like on the web, on the blogger, or elsewhere. I just searched define: migraine to produce these results.
 

Definitions of migraine on the Web:

  • A disorder characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches that may be accompanied by dizziness, nausea, vomiting or extreme sensitivity to light and sound.
    www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/BN/00023.html

  • A particular form of recurrent headache that often runs in families. According to the International Headache Society, migraine headache pain must have four of the following characteristics: one-sided, pulsating or throbbing, at least moderate if not severe, and worsened by ordinary daily activities such as climbing stairs or housework. In addition, the pain must be accompanied by either nausea or else sensitivity to light and noise. ...
    www.achenet.org/resources/glossary.php

  • A headache characterized by throbbing head pain, often greater on one side; may be preceded by a warning (aura) and accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound; in rare cases, weakness, language problems, or other neurologic disorders are associated with migraine.
    professionals.epilepsy.com/page/glossary.html

  • A headache syndrome characterized by throbbing, usually one sided pain, that may be associated with nausea, vomiting and visual disturbances.
    www.advmedny.com/glossary.html

  • a severe headache, usually accompanied by vision problems and/or nausea and vomiting, and that typically recurs
    www.american-depot.com/services/resources_gl_m.asp

  • An often familial symptom complex of periodic attacks of vascular headache, usually temporal and unilateral in onset, commonly associated with irritability, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, and often photophobia. Attacks are preceded by constriction of the cranial arteries, often with resultant prodromal sensory (especially ocular) symptoms and the spreading depression of Leão; the migraines themselves commence with the vasodilation that follows. [Dorland]
    www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/EnglishM.htm

  • is a type of recurring headache that involves blood vessels, nerves, and brain chemicals. Sensations such as visual changes, called auras, may precede a migraine. The International Headache Society recently developed a new system that classifies migraines as one of two types: migraine occurring with an aura (formerly called “classic”) and migraine occurring without an aura (formerly called “common"). Migraines may occur several times a week or once every couple of years. ...
    www.wellnessctr.org/body.cfm

  • a vascular headache believed to be caused by blood flow changes and certain chemical changes in the brain leading to a cascade of events — including constriction of arteries supplying blood to the brain and the release of certain brain chemicals — that result in severe head pain, stomach upset, and visual disturbances.
    www.migraineaway.com/June52001/migraineglossary.html

  • a severe headache, usually in females, that causes vasodilatation of the arteries and veins in the head; etiology can be nerves, hormones, glands, diet or stress; at least 12 varieties established.
    www.ecdoctors.com/glossary.htm

  • a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
    wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

  • Migraine is a form of headache, usually very intense and disabling. It is a neurologic disease of neuronal origin. The word "migraine" comes from the Greek construction hemikranion (pain affecting one side of the head).
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migraine

  • Migraine is the first book written by Oliver Sacks, the well known neurologist and author with a practice in New York City. The book was first published in 1970 and revised in 1992.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migraine_(book)
 

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Dreary forehead!!!

Alas! nothing happened, no gentle shower or the morning prayer is going to work out. Got up early in the morning, even before the down. and got a good cool shower, I usually let water pour first at my head.
 
Head going cooler but nothing got better except for few hours after bathing. So, I reached the college after a hour. I was surprised the morning was so cool, was it colder.... But no later of 2 hours, got my head brusted... and things around got revolving dine.
 
I was finding it very hard to synchronise with he teacher but I had to manage after all. Return home after 2 hours of this disgusting phenom. Soon I find myself felt aslept in my bed when I woke up at 1 pm. Wow! I slept from 10 to 1.. but as usual stress is when you woke up and realise that you haven't slept. Anyway, I managed.
 
I haven't measured temperature yet, thinking it around 100. But eye drops are being engaged.
And till, I am able, able to write and email this post to blogger.
 
migrained desperate,

Monday, August 21, 2006

beta blockers

As the name suggests, but I am not to write about actual beta blockers. Hope one day, I will carry out on that.
 
I have come across new way of interpreting my day in form of this pesudograph of dots and what else.
 
 
Days and Hours of Degrees
 
|
|
|                        * * *
|*                  * *         *
|  *           * *
|     *  *  *
|
|_____________________
 
Y-axis: body temperature in Fahrenheit lowest measured 98.7 to max 98.7+3 ie each line for 1 degree
X-axs: time of the day in hour from 5 in the dawn to next 13 hours ie each astrish represent an hour
 
I have been wondering over the temperature variation caused by this bullshit migraine and hypertension and pessimist all enresulted.
No medication, I tried, have proven any positive results. How and what can I count on things like this?
 
I want the real comments so that I could show the world regrading your suggestions and advices, let me save your important lines and not delete them at once.
 
= Blogging migraine as it happens http://migrainlad.blogspot.com =

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Frontal Updates

Degree:
100.4 [quite
high nap]


Slept hours:


fortunately I got to sleep so long but stress is
when you get and realize that you haven't slept


Overall rating:

C
,
still do you believe?

Most effected time:


Morning 5 till 7:30 am





Medication:

Aspirin


5 tabs each of
150 mg and 2 tabs of

vitamin
B complex


each day but I
have been developing apathy against them. I don't
think I will consume them regularly but as I need.


After a
long hectic weekdays, I am having a lot of rest,
imagine an engineering student sleeping more than 15
hours a day!! Wow, how fantastic, really I don't
like writing this
post
but I have to as I have not written anything for so
long, excuse me on this part.




Friday, August 18, 2006

Medication that doesn't work for me!

Medication that doesn't work for me:
All sorts of common anti-pyrectics ie cetamols an dparacetamols, Aspirin Delayed Release Tabs ie Acetylsalicylic acid 150 mg which I just had.
 
I used all tabs as Excipients (qs) inspite of what physician recommends.Not for children below  12 yrs and during last 3 months of pregnancy was rated for all those I took, probably vaso-constrictor... a poor knowledge of medicine.
 
Supporting Medication: Becosules Capsules or B-Complex Forte with Vitamin C for therapeutic uses, one capsule daily or as directed Contains: thiamine mononitrate, riboflavine, pyridoxine hydrocloride, vitamin B 12, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, folic acid, biotin and ascorbic acid
 
Right now: Painkiller taged Ibuprofen and Paracetamol tablets combined as Brucet IP dosage 400+325 mg... oops! its only medicine and not fit for me.
 
No more, I am to test on medics....... let me blog all thru the migraine world.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Analgesic and et al

Analgesic, class of drugs that relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness. The drugs include the opium derivatives morphine and codeine, non-opiates (or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and paracetamol. Anaesthetics in low doses, or local anaesthetics such as benzocaine, are also analgesic in function. Analgesics are used to relieve a wide range of aches and pains, particularly headaches, toothache, period pain, and rheumatic pain. They may be used in combination—such as aspirin and codeine; ibuprofen and codeine.

Opiate analgesics affect the central nervous system, are addictive, and are used only for severe pain; synthetic opiates such as pentazocine (fortral) are less addictive but may cause hallucinations. The non-opiates act by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins in the body. Aspirin is a good anti-inflammatory agent and is useful for relieving mild and moderate pain and reducing fever, whereas acetaminophen is less effective against inflammation. Ibuprofen is an effective anti-inflammatory drug with a similar effect on prostaglandins as aspirin and has been found to be more effective than aspirin for period pain and toothache. Both ibuprofen and aspirin can irritate the stomach, as well as aggravate high blood pressure and damage the kidneys. Paracetamol is an effective analgesic, but it is still not fully understood how it works. It is thought to inhibit the release of prostaglandins in the central nervous system, rather than at the site of injury or inflammation, as do aspirin and ibuprofen. While paracetamol is safe at normal doses, and is preferred for patients with stomach acidity problems, it is dangerous when taken at doses only minimally higher than the recommended amounts (which may happen when more than one preparation containing the drug is being taken). This is mainly because of its toxic effects on the liver and because symptoms of overdose may be delayed, allowing overdosing to continue. Ibuprofen has been found to be safer than both aspirin and paracetamol in terms of side-effects.

Codeine is often combined with any of the above three. Although the doses available in tablets are known to have minimal analgesic effect, and despite the fact it is sometimes used for types of pain which do not respond to opiate mechanisms but which are prostaglandin-related, codeine combinations are claimed to work by the people who buy them.

Analgesics may also be applied to the skin in the form of gels for muscular aches and pains.

With the discovery of natural opiate receptors in the brain, and of hormones such as endorphins and enkephalins that bind to them, research has been devoted to ways in which these systems could be used to ease pain.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Migraine Clientele

 it's a migrained world!

 

Am to reveal that as a migraine sufferer what have I to do for? Classes in mornings, cool winds, speeded bike, same footage and else is mine everyday gadgets. Sometimes, it rule that as if I was a real freshner. Not much to work for the head but the hand, talking more specifically my heyday lie in personification.

 

For almost 4 years now, migraine has been ruling me and my world around. Standing motionless and restless for these precious years, I had to loose communal behaviors. Choosen at ostracised by myself to apt for social being. For me nothing matter at work except this dogged phenomenal sympathy. Tried many times but in vain for research over the controlled. Be it a virtual hospital or Opthamologist, none proved best for me. Or is that bio-feedback system or the plasmal. Whatever it may, I do never try to cure it for now.

 

I have a believe that someday, somehow this is going to be cured and I shall have some fresh air to breath, really freshness is what you pine for when opting a smile. This delayed blogger post is due to resume but for migraine I am pretending to blunder with prepositional paraphrases.

 

Help me get out of the hell.

 

Some enclopedias have to say for this much only:

“Migraine, severe headache that occurs periodically and is sometimes confined to only one side of the head. characterized by intense, throbbing, often blinding pain, and one or more of the following symptoms: sensitivity to light, nausea, vomiting, chills, facial swelling, tenderness of the scalp, sweating, frequent urination, irritability, visual hallucinations, and malaise. The headache may be preceded by a warning sensation, known as an aura, that may include flashes or patterns before the eyes, illusory tastes or odors, dizziness, tingling, or numbness.

More than 26 million people in the United States suffer from migraines, which can last for hours or days at a time and recur at intervals ranging from one day to several years. Women are twice as likely as men to experience these headaches, and some evidence suggests that migraines are inherited. They tend to affect people for the first time between the ages of 10 and 30; symptoms tend to become far less intense after the age of 50.

At the onset of a migraine headache, blood vessels within the head constrict, causing a decrease in blood flow to the surface of the brain. Swelling of blood vessels in the head and scalp then sets off a chain of reactions that result in the headache. Among the biochemical changes associated with migraines are a reduced level of the neurotransmitter serotonin as well as an insufficient supply of enkephalins, the brain’s pain-relieving chemicals.

Hormonal level changes (such as those experienced by women during menopause or menstruation), endocrine imbalances, and stress due to anything from overwork to loud noises are considered precipitating factors of migraine headaches in susceptible people. Other factors that may trigger attacks include allergies, excess carbohydrates in the diet, foods rich in the trace element iodine, and alcoholic beverages.

Several treatments have been successful in helping migraine sufferers. These include medications such as sumatriptan and ergotamine tartrate, both of which shrink swollen blood vessels, thereby aborting the acute phase of a migraine attack; and propranolol, which stabilizes blood vessel tone and helps prevent subsequent attacks. Other drugs often prescribed to migraine sufferers are amitriptyline, phenelzine, and verapamil. Biofeedback techniques have also proven useful.”

Aspirin

I have been using Aspirin for more than a month now, see my previous posts, but surprisingly like other medications this is not working. I am amazed why such things happen with me. Last year when I was at the dentist to fill my pre-molar, I was injected 2 synriges but this too failed. Since then and long ago I use medication with apathy, yes no hope from any medicines.
 
Please, support my this migraine blog and medico-physical complications, just blog about or comment on.
 
Aspirin, synthetic chemical compound, acetylsalicylic acid, one of the analgesic class of painkilling drugs. It is made from salicylic acid, found in the bark of the willow tree, which was used by the ancient Greeks and Native Americans, among others, to counter fever and pain. Salicylic acid is bitter, however, and can irritate the stomach. The German chemist Felix Hoffman synthesized the acetyl derivative of salicylic acid in the 1890s in response to the urging of his father, who took salicylic acid for rheumatism.

Aspirin is currently the first-choice drug for fever, mild-to-moderate pain, and inflammation due to arthritis or injury. It acts at the site of tissue damage rather than in the pain centres of the brain, as do opiates such as codeine. It is a more effective analgesic than codeine. Aspirin causes insignificant gastrointestinal bleeding that can over time, however, cause iron deficiency; gastric ulcers may also occur with long-term use. Complications can be avoided by using enteric-coated aspirin, which does not dissolve until reaching the intestine. Aspirin should not be given to children because it increases the risk of contracting the rare and frequently fatal Reye's syndrome, a disease of the brain and some abdominal organs. An alternative anti-inflammatory analgesic, ibuprofen, does not carry this risk.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Rejuvenative fever


Today's rating: C [min A, max E]
Fever: 100 F
Hours Slept: 02:45


I woke up not so early but with bulged heavy eyes. More of anything I was totally evacuated today, all about empty mind nothing new to think or remember. Is that what I should call a dizziness or what you name it... it's just a migraine woe.

Blurred vision, oh yes, something creepy white little mass has been oozing out of my both eyes for fairly long time but it's not so much a trouble than anything so called cephalopyrox.

posted at http://migrainelad.blogspot.com

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Biofeedback

 
Biofeedback, a technique by which patients monitor their bodily functions in an attempt to alter those functions. Primarily used in treating painful or stress-related conditions, biofeedback helps a patient control physiological processes that are normally considered to be under involuntary control.

In biofeedback training, electronic or mechanical instruments attached to the patient measure physical functioning, such as the degree of muscle tension. The machines then transform this information into amplified signals that the patient can hear or see—for example, a beep or a flashing light—thus enabling the patient to know when internal responses are abnormal. This feedback information can then guide the patient in trying to gain control over the internal condition.

Biofeedback learning has been likened to that involved in mastering an athletic skill. Although this kind of learning may occur in biofeedback, its benefits are often largely the result of relaxation induced by the procedure. Most treatments include training in formal relaxation techniques, which when used alone, often produce benefits equal to the biofeedback-assisted relaxation.

Biofeedback was developed in the late 1960s by scientists studying learning and the control of neuromuscular disorders, the autonomic nervous system, and mental states. Their work led to exaggerated claims that biofeedback would enable people to alter states of consciousness, lower blood pressure, and regulate heart functioning at will. Research has shown that although some degree of control is possible, it can be too limited to correct abnormal conditions.

Biofeedback is used to treat many disorders brought on or aggravated by stress, such as tension and migraine headaches, Raynaud's disease (abnormally cold hands and feet), tics, and muscle tension. It has shown particular promise in helping patients to recover the use of paralysed limbs.

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Getting worse: Migrain Complications

I could never imagine my health conditions will deteriorate in such a bad way that I am not able to type few words for this post. To sum up, today's brief

Degree: 102.3 [but I bet t was burning sensation]
Effective ache: 0500 - 1600 [imagine a student with 11 hours of non-stop headache]
Hours Slept: 0420 [one of the longest and weird sleep ever]

Medication: Aspirin 150mg + Vitamin B complex with Biotin and Vit C get their way back into my life.
Therapy: Certain medicinal herbs are chocking but let me test a while before I disclose anything to You.

I am not hoping for any improvements for my pyrectic bow-head. Please, help this blog live alive, huh huh if I got cured I still promise to blog this post marked as "Life after Migraine" and I want to write on that than this.
Happy Day!


Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Headache, do you have one?

 
Headache, pain in any part of the head. Although the condition is widespread, less than 1 per cent of all headaches indicate serious physical problems. This small percentage includes headaches caused by, or occurring after, concussion or injury to the head, meningitis, encephalitis, stroke, or brain tumours. Headache may also accompany misalignment of the jaw or teeth. Short-lived headaches may occur after eating very cold foods or foods high in nitrites or monosodium glutamate. Caffeine withdrawal may also provoke headaches.

The majority of headaches belong to one of three main groups: migraine, a recurrent, severe headache, usually with throbbing on one side, accompanied by nausea and sometimes impaired vision; cluster, similar to migraine, but of short duration, occurring daily in a series over weeks or months and predominantly in the area of one eye; and tension, a headache without consistent location thought to result from obscure causes, not being necessarily due to muscular tension in the face, scalp, or neck. Vascular changes are thought to underlie the tension headache.

Most tension headaches respond to mild analgesics such as aspirin and acetaminophen. Severe migraine and cluster headaches do not respond to aspirin, but can be relieved by a variety of medications that affect the expansion or contraction of blood vessels. Headaches of all three major categories have been relieved in many cases with biofeedback techniques.

Stress: Cope up with!

Degree: 103.4 [quite high na]
Slept hours: unfortunately the day was so hectic that I couldn't get asleep
Overall rating: C+, still do you believe?
Medication: Aspirin 5 tabs each of 150 mg and 2 tabs of vitamin B complex each day commencing yesternoon

Stress (medicine), in medicine, a physical, chemical, or emotional development that causes strains that can lead to physical illness. A pre-eminent authority on stress, the Canadian doctor Hans Selye identified three stages in the stress response. In the first stage, alarm, the body recognizes the stress and prepares for action, either to fight or escape. Endocrine glands release hormones that increase heartbeat and respiration, elevate blood sugar, increase perspiration, dilate the pupils, and slow the digestion. In the second stage, resistance, the body repairs any damage caused by the alarm reaction. If the stress continues, however, the body remains alert and cannot repair the damage. As resistance continues, the third stage, exhaustion, sets in, and a stress-related disorder might result. Prolonged exposure to stress depletes the body's energy supplies and can even lead to death.