1.Recognize the problem.
2.Learn about the negative effects of the overuse of pain relievers and what the alternatives are.
3.Stop the medication(s) causing the rebound.
4.Consider medicatons and/or non-drug strategies to help break the cycle of rebound headaches.
5.Consider medications and/or non-drug strategies to prevent further attacks.
6.Consider medications and/ or non-drug strategies to deal with any breakthrough migraine attacks that occur after cycle of rebound is broken.
7.Stay in touch with your doctor or doctor's at all times.
•Sinus Headache
Recurrent sinus headaches are relatively rare. Many people who think they have sinus headache are actually suffering from another form of headache.Sinus infections can cause pain in the face and adjacent areas of the head,but true sinus infections are almost always accompained by fever,nasal congestion,and a gerneral feelings of illness which may be more severe than the pain itself.
•Eyestrain Headache
In order to avoid eyestrain headache, it is important to take reguler breaks from tedious work or activities that involve visual concentration.
Regular eye examination are very important
Lupus Headaches
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a disorder that is usually believed to be quite separate and distinct from migraine.However the symptoms of lupus may mimic migraine,making the diagnosis tricky in some instances.Treatment given to address the symptoms of lupus often results in a subsequent redtn of both migraine and non-migraine headaches for lupus.
•Hangover Headaches
A headache linked to the consumption of alcohol, which dilates and irritates the brain's blood vessels.If anyone ever has one of these that should tell ya right there STOP DRINKING!!!! OR REDUCE YOUR ALCOHOL INTAKE AN PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!!
•Chronic Headache - Headache that occurs frequently over a period of time, generally at least every other day or 15 days per month for a period of at least six months.
•Rebound Headache - A chronic form of headache brought about by taking painkillers to excess (usually at least two days out of three). This is thought to be due to suppression of the body's own painfighting mechanisms.
MIGRAINE TYPES
•Aura - The warning symptoms, usually visual, that may sometimes occur shortly before a migraine headache begins. The word "aura" comes from the Greek word for wind, and just as a strong wind may precede a storm, an aura may precede the storm of migraine. Auras may occur without head pain.
•Basilar Migraine - A type of migraine that mainly affects children and adolescents. Associated with the headache are a number of symptoms related to the part of the brain supplied by the basilar artery. These include vertigo (spinning sensations), loss of balance, and sometimes, loss of consciousness as well as prominent nausea and vomiting.
•Intractable Migraine - A migraine headache that "just won't stop". By definition, any migraine that persists longer than 72 hours is referred to as "status migrainosus". Migraines may often become transformed into a chronic daily headache by too frequent use of either painkillers or ergots.
•Light Sensitivity - People with migraine may become very sensitive to light, a condition known as "photophobia", or literally "fear of light". A similar sensitivity to sound may also occur, and is known as "phonophobia".
•Abdominal Migraine - A type of migraine that mainly occurs in childhood, characterized by abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes diarrhea, but with little or no headache. Later in life, children with abdominal migraine may develop more typical migraine attacks.
•Menstrual Migraine - The terms "pure menstrual migraine" or "true menstrual migraine" refers to migraine attacks that occur only with menses. If attacks occur mainly but not exclusively with menses, this may be referred to as "mainly menstrual migraine".
•Migraine - 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. There must be no evidence of other disease and at least 4-5 attacks before a physician can be confident of the diagnosis.
•Migraine Equivalents - Symptoms such as unexplained flashing lights or visual disturbances, transient numbness, unexplained bouts of abdominal pain or nausea, etc., all of which are considered to be fragments of a full-blown migraine attack. Migraine equivalents tend to occur most commonly in either children or older persons. Other disorders that might explain these symptoms must be ruled out by appropriate tests.
•Ocular Migraine - A type of migraine with aura or "classical" migraine in which visual symptoms are prominent, sometimes with little or no headache component.
•Ophthalmoplegic Migraine - A very rare type of migraine in which there is weakness of one or more of the muscles that moves the eye. This is said to occur mainly in young people, and other, more common causes for painful paralysis of the eye muscles, must be excluded by appropriate diagnostic testing.Symptoms may include double vision.
•Retinal Migraine
In this type of migraine, the sufferer's aura involves a temporary blind spot or total blindness in one eye only,lasting less the sixty minutes.Rentinal migraine usually involves a headache before,during,or with one hour after the blindness ends.
•Unilateral - Affecting or relating to only one side.
•Vascular - Relating to the channels that carry body fluids, usually used in connection with the blood vessels.
•Vascular Pain - Pain caused by the dilation or constriction of blood vessels. Dilating (enlarging) the blood vessels in the head causes pain when the vessels exert pressure on surrounding nerves. Constructing (narrowing) the blood vessels reduces the supply of blood to the brain. The tissue around the blood vessels may become inflamed, and chemical irritants build up in the area.
•Vasoactive - Affecting the dilation or constriction of blood vessels.
•Verapamil - A type of calcium channel blocker medication which can be effective in preventing migraine.
•Vertigo - The sensation of spinning or whirling.
