Migraine Tips

[lomex32]

Thanks all. I will make an FR. oops ... I mean MR (Medical report) and LR (Lab Report)

[black cat]

Low blood ako pero may migraine ako.

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ang mingraine po have many causes....

*nalipasan kayo ng gutom....

*nasisikmura po kayo lagi...parang may kabag tyan nyo

*kung minsan tawag nyo sa sinus headache mingraine...umaatake yong sinus siguro may sipon kayo or may naamoy kayo na di nyo kaya

*kulang sa tulog at kagigising lang naligo na agad. ito rin makakastigma at kung palagi ginagawa nagkakaroon ng eye tumor , nagkatarrah ng yong mata, or mabubulag.

*pagod kayo naligo like galing kayo sa paggym, laro, trabaho or anything na kung asan tired kayo at open pores ng balat nyo yong pawis ka ang tendency noon papasok yong tubig sa pores ng balat mo then magstart na yong sakit ng ulo

*sometimes sobrang pag iisip na walang relaks ang sarili at mental stress or mental fatigue

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What is Blood Pressure?

Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of your body in vessels called arteries. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats (about 60-70 times a minute at rest), it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest when the heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When the heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure.

 

Blood pressure is always given as these two numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Both are important. Usually they are written one above or before the other, such as 120/80 mmHg. The top number is the systolic and the bottom the diastolic. When the two measurements are written down, the systolic pressure is the first or top number, and the diastolic pressure is the second or bottom number (for example, 120/80). If your blood pressure is 120/80, you say that it is "120 over 80."

 

Blood pressure changes during the day. It is lowest as you sleep and rises when you get up. It also can rise when you are excited, nervous, or active.

 

Still, for most of your waking hours, your blood pressure stays pretty much the same when you are sitting or standing still. That level should be lower than 120/80. When the level stays high, 140/90 or higher, you have high blood pressure. With high blood pressure, the heart works harder, your arteries take a beating, and your chances of a stroke, heart attack, and kidney problems are greater.

 

What causes it?

In many people with high blood pressure, a single specific cause is not known. This is called essential or primary high blood pressure. Research is continuing to find causes.

 

In some people, high blood pressure is the result of another medical problem or medication. When the cause is known, this is called secondary high blood pressure.

 

 

 

What is high blood pressure?

A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher is considered high blood pressure. Both numbers are important. If one or both numbers are usually high, you have high blood pressure. If you are being treated for high blood pressure, you still have high blood pressure even if you have repeated readings in the normal range.

 

There are two levels of high blood pressure: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (see the chart below).

 

Categories for Blood Pressure Levels in Adults*

(In mmHg, millimeters of mercury) Category Systolic

(Top number) Diastolic

(Bottom number)

Normal Less than 120 Less than 80

Prehypertension 120-139 80-89

 

High Blood Pressure Systolic Diastolic

Stage 1 140-159 90-99

Stage 2 160 or higher 100 or higher

 

 

* For adults 18 and older who:

 

Are not on medicine for high blood pressure

Are not having a short-term serious illness

Do not have other conditions such as diabetes and kidney disease

 

Note: When systolic and diastolic blood pressures fall into different categories, the higher category should be used to classify blood pressure level. For example, 160/80 would be stage 2 high blood pressure.

There is an exception to the above definition of high blood pressure. A blood pressure of 130/80 or higher is considered high blood pressure in persons with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

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Patients with migraine who believed that red wine but not alcohol in general had a headache-provoking effect on them were challenged either with red wine or with a vodka and diluent mixture of equivalent alcohol content, both consumed cold out of dark bottles to disguise colour and flavour. The red wine, which had a negligible tyramine content, provoked a typical migraine attack in 9 of 11 such patients, whereas none of the 8 challenged with vodka had an attack. Neither red wine nor vodka provoked such episodes in other migrainous subjects or controls. These findings show that red wine contains a migraine-provoking agent that is neither alcohol nor tyramine

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Patients with migraine who believed that red wine but not alcohol in general had a headache-provoking effect on them were challenged either with red wine or with a vodka and diluent mixture of equivalent alcohol content, both consumed cold out of dark bottles to disguise colour and flavour. The red wine, which had a negligible tyramine content, provoked a typical migraine attack in 9 of 11 such patients, whereas none of the 8 challenged with vodka had an attack. Neither red wine nor vodka provoked such episodes in other migrainous subjects or controls. These findings show that red wine contains a migraine-provoking agent that is neither alcohol nor tyramine

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Migraine Headache Causes

 

The exact cause of migraine headaches is not clearly understood, though experts believe they are due to a combination of the expansion of blood vessels and the release of certain chemicals, which causes inflammation and pain.

 

The chemicals dopamine and serotonin are among those involved in migraine. These chemicals are found normally in the brain and can cause blood vessels to act abnormally if they are present in abnormal amounts or if the blood vessels are unusually sensitive to them.

 

Various triggers are thought to bring about migraine in certain people prone to developing migraine. Different people may have different triggers:

 

Certain foods, especially chocolate, cheese, nuts, alcohol, and MSG, bring on headaches in some people. (MSG is a food enhancer used in many foods including Chinese food.)

 

 

Missing a meal may bring on a headache.

 

 

Stress and tension are also risk factors. People often have migraines during times of increased emotional or physical stress.

 

 

Birth control pills are a common trigger. Women may have migraines at the end of the pill cycle as the estrogen component of the pill is stopped. This is called an estrogen-withdrawal headache.

 

 

Smoking may cause migraines or interfere with treatment.

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The best solution for mingraine and high blood is massage

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CAUSES OF MINGRAINE

Allergic reactions

Bright lights, loud noises, and certain odors or perfumes

Physical or emotional stress

Changes in sleep patterns

Smoking or exposure to smoke

Skipping meals

Alcohol or caffeine

Hormonal fluctuations (related to menstrual cycles or use of birth control pills, for example)

Tension headaches

Certain foods like those containing the amino acid tyramine (red wine, aged cheese, smoked fish, chicken livers, figs, and some beans), chocolate, nuts, peanut butter, some fruits (avocado, banana, and citrus), monosodium glutamate (a food additive commonly called MSG), onions, dairy products, meats containg nitrates (like bacon, hot dogs, and salami), and fermented or pickled foods

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CAUSES OF MINGRAINE

Allergic reactions

Bright lights, loud noises, and certain odors or perfumes

Physical or emotional stress

Changes in sleep patterns

Smoking or exposure to smoke

Skipping meals

Alcohol or caffeine

Hormonal fluctuations (related to menstrual cycles or use of birth control pills, for example)

Tension headaches

Certain foods like those containing the amino acid tyramine (red wine, aged cheese, smoked fish, chicken livers, figs, and some beans), chocolate, nuts, peanut butter, some fruits (avocado, banana, and citrus), monosodium glutamate (a food additive commonly called MSG), onions, dairy products, meats containg nitrates (like bacon, hot dogs, and salami), and fermented or pickled foods

 

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I KNOW HOW TO APPLY FIRST AID ON THIS KIND OF SICKNESS THRU MY EXPERTISE ON MASSAGE

Edited February 22, 2006 by Maribel-R18

[lomex32]

I missed my PE because of the National troubles lately

 

Thanks all. I will make an FR. oops ... I mean MR (Medical report) and LR (Lab Report)

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[vanillasky]

My Migraine is related to my highblood... Doctor prescribed ang gamot ko... I take Therabloc for my HB and ARCOXIA for my migraine.. Medyo may kamahalan yung gamot... Arcoxia cost more than P50 per tablet... Pero guaranteed effect naman... IInumin ko lang daw kapag splitting headache talaga...

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tip ko lang po pag umaake mingraine nyo

[Green Lantern]

My Migraine is related to my highblood... Doctor prescribed ang gamot ko... I take Therabloc for my HB and ARCOXIA for my migraine.. Medyo may kamahalan yung gamot... Arcoxia cost more than P50 per tablet... Pero guaranteed effect naman... IInumin ko lang daw kapag splitting headache talaga...

 

 

Have you tried it?

Did it work for you?

[Green Lantern]

How about that Fr...este MR?

[Lilyblue]

i usually take AVAMIGRAN for migraine.... prob now... ayaw na nila magbenta ng walang prescription.. drug regulated na daw ng PDEA just want to ask lang po ung arcoxia ba ok lang lang prescription?

 

thanks

[pussycatdoll]

i usually just try to sleep off my migraines, but if i can't, i try to take the lowest drug dosage i can, mainly because i don't like bombarding my body with drugs. i usually try medicol or 250mg of dolfenol, and if it persists, i just try to ignore the pain. pag talagang di ko na kaya, i up my medication.

 

i had a migraine attack yesterday afternoon that lasted until around 2pm today. i even woke up whimpering from the pain at 4:30am. hay, i hate getting migraines.

[casanova010]

You can also try cold compress in your head or at the back of your head

[Green Lantern]

I have had patients use Sumatriptan, Mefenamic Acid, Acetyl Salycylic Acid, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, and even Tramadol but in my experience, I have seen good results with a drug sold in the U.K. called Migraleve - which is actually 500mg of Paracetamol and 8mg of Codeine. I don't know if you can purchase something like this in the Philippines. I have seen a comprable drug in Australia which has 500mg of Paracetamol and 10mg of Codeine. These two drugs act synergistically to produce a much better level of analgesia than when taken seperately. Check with your local GP, he may be able to give you a prescription for this.

[lml_sete]

Nice thread very imformative, im also having troubles with high blood pressure for a weeks now i thought it's just an ordinary headache but due to persistent headcahe and stiff neck plus dizziness i decided to go for check up....the damn doctor and nurse gladly says its just mild headache and given me pain reliever...but when i ask for the BP the result is 190/40 and they both agreed its normal "what the heck" i confonted them saying it's not normal but since i have limited knowledge when it comes to med... i agreed, but adopting to the message posted 190/40 is the early stage of hypertension which bothers me most is there any medecine to suppress HB...anyone?

 

I think i better change my eating habit too coz most of the time i eaten fatty and oily foods which rich in cholesterol the only thing is can't avoid eating those stuffs since it's been a long time that our caterer serve those kind of meals.

 

Kudos to the expert

[ChiliMac]

i has a bad case of headache last year around july, i was at work doing nothing strenous and all of a sudden i felt a throbbing pain inside my head, parang buhay sya and sumasabay sa pulse mo. after that nagpawis ako ng malamig and i saw stars? parang after image ng flash sa camera. then i went to the doctor and they check my blood pressure and it was 140/100 taas nga, they gave me calcibloc ba yon? anyways when i told the doctor what happened sabi nya Migraine raw, so ayun tigil yosi, softdrinks and coffee and monitor ko raw kung babalik kung uminom ako ng pinagbabawal sa akin.

[Smooth T]

I have had patients use Sumatriptan, Mefenamic Acid, Acetyl Salycylic Acid, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, and even Tramadol but in my experience, I have seen good results with a drug sold in the U.K. called Migraleve - which is actually 500mg of Paracetamol and 8mg of Codeine. I don't know if you can purchase something like this in the Philippines. I have seen a comprable drug in Australia which has 500mg of Paracetamol and 10mg of Codeine. These two drugs act synergistically to produce a much better level of analgesia than when taken seperately. Check with your local GP, he may be able to give you a prescription for this.

Last I checked, Codeine was NOT on the list of available drugs on the philippine pharmaceutical index. Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[vanillasky]

My doctor diagnosed my BP as already hypertensive... Nung pumunta ako sa doktor koMy BP 4 months ago was 140 over 110.. But the day before that, it was 150 over 120... Sabi nya hpertensive na daw ako... Kaya pala madalas sumakit ang ulot ko.. Niresetahan nya ako ng Arcoxia for my headache and therabloc for my BP.. Maintenance drug na sya so I have to take it every day for the rest of my life daw...

Edited September 9, 2006 by vanillasky

[vanillasky]

Have you tried it?

Did it work for you?

 

so far naman since i've taken therabloc for my hypertension hindi na ganun kadalas sumakit amng ulo ko. but yes mas mabilis ang effect ng arcoxia compared to other mefenamic acid medicine for head aches. . yun nga lang pag splitting head ache ko lang talaga ginagamit dahil sa ang mahal nga...

[ej_qn]

Buti wala pa akong nae-experience na ganyan except if I have a hangover or I didn't sleep at all. Just take a dip in a bathtub with luke warm water, not too hot coz that'll elivate the pain kaya masakit ang ulo mo at nararamdaman mo throbbing yung head mo eh papaano pa kaya kung mainit talaga na tubig odi mapra-praning ka sa saket. That happened to me a lotta times pag na jet lag ako I forgetfully dip myself in hot water kaya throbbing talaga yung ulo ko.

 

Don't take pain killers too much kasi once nasanay na yung body mo at may dumating na time na talagang masakit talaga yung ulo mo na di mo kaya there's a very big chance that the pain killers won't help you. Kaya nga when you have migraines or pains and you visit a doctor the doctor will ask you how painful it is from a rating of 1 to 10 according to your pain threshold.

 

If you experience it too often and it's really painful then don't hesitate to see a specialist. Madalas 2 specialist lang yan, either a neurologist or a cardiologist. My father's friend had brain aneurysms and didn't even know it. Gulat nalang siya nung nakita yung results sa CT-Scan. Ok na siya kasi nagpa-opera sa Thailand and India at tinanggal yung aneurysm. But don't get paranoid.... migraines could be just as simple as being stress-oriented or even pinched nerves in your neck and shoulder area or even a jaw problem like TMJ.

 

Lie down on an elevated position and NEVER ever lie straight down... just trust me on this, health hazzard reason.

Drink lots of fluids. May nagsabi dito that they drink Gatorade at nawala yung headache nila... I know Gatorade is also used for electrolyte imbalance. Most people with stress migraine I recommend that they go to a rehab clinic or a physical theraphy clinic and have a massage or rehab done. That's what I did when I was stressed for working 3 weeks straight na halos walang tulog. I developed MPS or air inside the muscle areas that caused my nerves to pinch and my muscles to strain thus giving me a headache. Rehab relieved my tensed neck, shoulders and back. They even give you exercise routines you should religously do at home or at work. Kaya nga when it comes to physical fitness, don't consult with your gym instructor(unless doctor siya), talk to your P.T. or Rehab doctor.

[ej_qn]

those 2 are the most marriaged symptoms of any illness I know.

Generally, it can be narrowed to:

1)heart disease

2)diabetes

3)obesity

4)unhealthy lifestyle

5)hypertension/stress

 

Some people have high bad cholesterol and then back to normal ranges within a couple of weeks/months. I once had high bad cholesterol according to my blood test so I did a lifestyle change. I became a vegetarian for almost half a year, had an exercise routine and took vitamin supplements. Good thing I don't smoke or drink beer but I drink moderate doses or red wine from time to time. Sa mga concerned about their health... eto ang mga medical procedures that I underwent this year kasi sabi daw ng isang doktor saken na may saket daw ako sa puso, arrythmia.

 

I took:

1)blood test

2)2D echo with doppler on the heart area

3)treadmill stress test

4)check-ups twice a month with my cardio.

 

Sabi ng MGA cardio ko na sira-ulo daw yung doktor na nagsabi may arrythmia ako and even gave me a medication, Verapamil, a medication that could literally give me panic attacks, arrythmia not to mention a heart attack or stroke kasi I was just 26 back then. Mas accurate pa yung 2D echo ko and specially my treadmill stress test to determine kung may saket ng ako sa puso or wala. Subjective daw kasi yung ECG/EKG kasi some patients are anxious when they take it kaya madalas may nakikita talaga eventhough walang saket yung patiente. Iba naman magulo or nadi-distract like saken napa-ubo ako noon at napa "ahem" ako dahil I had colds. Statin drugs are good for lowering bad cholesterol aka low-density lipoprotein (LDL) but nothing beats a good healthy lifestyle.