Migraine Headache Prevention

Written by admin on January 8th, 2009

Migraine is so annoying. If you suffer the disease, see the doctor for migraine diagnose. We should take care our body from this migraine headache attack. The disease also can reduce body immune system. To prevent the emergence of migraine attacks, sufferer must change the life-style, below are some tips as migraine headache prevention:
1. Avoid the trigger from a certain food.
2. Sleep with enough time (7-9 hours at night) but not excessive.
3. Aerobic sports regular because it will reduce the stress / strain the brain and muscles, such as walking, cycling, swimming.
4. Reduce the using of estrogen hormone for female with consultation to the doctor.
5. Do relaxation exercises by progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, yoga, etc. or at least a half hour to do activities that make us to be relax such as listening to music, gardening, and read.
6. Make a note when the attack occurred, how long and how many degrees of pain for treatment evaluation has been done.
7. Avoid stress.

What should be done when migraine attacks?
When the attack comes, rest in dark place quiet. Compress with ice packs wrapped in the neck and back massage slowly on the skin of the head and location of the pain. Then do breathing to make body and mind become relax, and sleeping moment, when is available drink pain-killer migraine medicines.

For headache, what drugs is given by doctors and suggesting?
Given pain-killer drug (analgetic) that only drink when the headaches attack comes and also provided drugs for the prevention of attacks (Triciclic anti depression, serotonin Enzyme inhibitor, NSAID, Anti-convulsant, Beta -blocker, Calcium channel blocker). Treatment should be done regularly. Its normal after more than two months will shows the results. The using of caffeine or pain-killer excessively would reduce the effects of drugs prevention. The using of pain-killer should be reduced gradually.

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