There are over 150 diagnostic categories for headaches, but most people don’t know one from the next. Like any medical problem, proper diagnosis is half the battle. So assuming you’ve already tried drinking more water and turning off the loud music, this series will help you identify and treat your headaches, while teaching you everything you need to know about the pain in your head that becomes a pain in the ass.

The Girly Girl: Hormone Headaches

Hormone headaches are for women only, because they are a direct result of menstruation and the concurrent hormonal changes. There are two main types: PMS headache and menstrual migraine. A PMS headache comes right before your period along with the rest or your PMS symptoms (fatigue, acne, joint pain, constipation, cravings, etc). For obvious reasons there’s not much to be done about a PMS headache, except consider yourself lucky that they only occur a few days a month.

A menstrual migraine can occur before, during, or after your period, or during ovulation (doesn’t seem like there’s many days left, huh?) Menstrual migraines have all the same signs of a typical migraine (throbbing head pain, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound) but are less likely to include the blind spots and wavy lines of an aura.

Just like with a regular migraine, talk to your doctor about what treatments might be best for you.

JBNI is the producer of this blog and maker of over 33 Herbal Naturaceuticals that help with everything from migraines to PMS to everyday aches and pains.

Online Sources:

http://www.medicinenet.com/

http://www.headaches.org/

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There are over 150 diagnostic categories for headaches, but most people don’t know one from the next. Like any medical problem, proper diagnosis is half the battle. So assuming you’ve already tried drinking more water and turning off the loud music, this series will help you identify and treat your headaches, while teaching you a bit more about the pain in your head that becomes a pain in the ass.

Sinus Headaches: The Misdiagnosed

A true sinus headache is caused by inflammation of the sinuses, which are found on the forehead and cheekbones, and in the nose (picture an hourglass shape being pinched by your eyes). A sinus headache will be caused by an infection, which will also cause a fever. Thus, a fever is a good sign that you’re suffering from a sinus headache.

People often misdiagnose headaches that they feel in their sinuses as sinus headaches. For example, you might get headaches with your seasonal allergies, but they are not technically sinus headaches.

If you suspect a sinus headache, talk to your doctor to confirm. If you do have one, they are likely to recommend antibiotics to fight off the infection. After all, it’s no use getting rid of the effects if you’re going to keep the cause.

Online Sources: http://www.medicinenet.com http://www.headaches.org

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There are over 150 diagnostic categories for headaches, but most people don’t know one from the next. Like any medical problem, proper diagnosis is half the battle. So assuming you’ve already tried drinking more water and turning off the loud music, this series will help you identify and treat your headaches, while teaching you everything you need to know about the pain in your head that becomes a pain in the ass.

The Self-Deceiver: Rebound Headaches
The most sinister type is the rebound headache, which is pain you accidentally give yourself. If you suffer from frequent headaches and treat with run of the mill, over the counter medications, your body can build up a resistance and eventually cause headaches on its own. Think of it like a junkie going through withdrawal. This is why some headaches medicines list ‘headache’ as a possible side effect.

The best way to avoid rebound headaches is to never take more than the bottle says. Six hours means six hours, no matter how you feel! If it’s not working at the correct dosage it means you need a new (and doctor recommended) treatment.

JBNI is the producer of this blog and maker of over 33+ Herbal Naturaceuticals including “Migralin” for your head.

Now, you can ask all your most serious medical questions at JBNI’s Team of Scientists and Physicians http://jbni.us/forum

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Online Sources:

http://www.medicinenet.com/

http://www.headaches.org/

There are over 150 diagnostic categories for headaches, but most people don’t know one from the next. Like any medical problem, proper diagnosis is half the battle. So assuming you’ve already tried drinking more water and turning off the loud music, this series will help you identify and treat your headaches, while teaching you everything you need to know about the pain in your head that becomes a pain in the ass.

The Red Flag: Organic
The scariest kind of headache is the one with the nicest sounding name. The organic headache is a symptom of something far worse: brain trouble. “Organic” is the friendly sounding name we give to the headache you get as a result of tumors and aneurysm.

Fortunately, less than 5% of headaches are organic, and they tend to come with a few other obvious “go to the doctor” signs, like difficulty speaking, loss of balance, inappropriate behavior, and seizures. So don’t run to your local oncologist just because you’re coming down off of your caffeine high.

JBNI is the producer of this blog and maker of over 33+ Herbal Naturaceuticals including “Migralin” for your head.

Now, you can ask all your most serious medical questions at JBNI’s Team of Scientists and Physicians http://jbni.us/forum

How to Diagnose Your Own Headache??? | Ugh! As if “Rebound” love affairs weren’t bad enough!

Online Sources:

http://www.medicinenet.com/

http://www.headaches.org/

There are over 150 diagnostic categories for headaches, but most people don’t know one from the next. Like any medical problem, proper diagnosis is half the battle. So assuming you’ve already tried drinking more water and turning off the loud music, this series will help you identify and treat your headaches, while teaching you everything you need to know about the pain in your head that becomes a pain in the ass.

The Headache Staple: Tension
Episodic tension headaches account for 78% of all headaches. They occur randomly and are usually a result of some temporary stress. Tension headaches are the kind you get when you fight with a lover, when your boss asks too much of you, or when you go too long on too little sleep. They tend to encompass the whole neck and head like it’s in a vice.

Unsurprisingly, the easiest way to get rid of a tension headache is to get rid of the tension. If the cause is beyond your control, giving yourself even temporary relief can get rid of the pain for at least a few hours. Go for a walk, take a nap, step outside for a few deep breaths. Check in with yourself if there’s anything else your body might be aching for: a drink of water, a bite to eat, a moment in a chair and off your feet. Compromise with yourself. Give your body a bit of what it needs and you might find that your body is happy to hold off the headache until you’ve finished your assignment or made up with your boyfriend. If none of these work and the headache persists, or returns regularly, talk with your doctor as it may be a different kind of headache.

For example, chronic tension headaches are a different story. They don’t respond well to regular relaxation treatments, and over the counter drugs don’t seem to help. They occur regularly, almost daily. In this case your best (and only) option is to talk to a doctor about treatment options.

JBNI is the producer of this blog and maker of over 33+ Herbal Naturaceuticals including “Migralin” for your head.

Now, you can ask all your most serious medical questions at JBNI’s Team of Scientists and Physicians http://jbni.us/forum

WAIT! I thought Organic was supposed to be a good thing! | Ugh! As if “Rebound” love affairs weren’t bad enough!

Online Sources:

http://www.medicinenet.com/

http://www.headaches.org/

There are over 150 diagnostic categories for headaches, but most people don’t know one from the next. Like any medical problem, proper diagnosis is half the battle. So assuming you’ve already tried drinking more water and turning off the loud music, this series will help you identify and treat your headaches, while teaching you everything you’ve ever needed to know about the pain in your head that becomes a pain in the ass.

Hollywood Superstar: The Migraine
One question we get all the time is, “How can I tell if my headache is a migraine?” In short, know that while a headache is just pain, a migraine is a surround sound, full Technicolor experience. Like any good story, a migraine has a beginning, middle and end. It changes and evolves, and is usually followed by an awful sequel.

The clearest indicator of a migraine is aura, a term given for the way a migraine messes with your senses. Bright flashing dots, wavy or jagged lines, blind spots, trouble tasting or smelling, and other strange and scary neurological effects are attributed to the constricting and dilating blood vessels that define a migraine. Many people report the aura happening up to thirty minutes before the onset of actual pain.

Next comes the head pain, usually starting as a dull, throbbing feeling that sometimes moves onto being sharp and piercing.

More than 70% of migraine sufferers are women

What really brings it home is the nausea and vomiting, fatigue, and sensitivity to light, sound, and smells.

Finally, while people can go through life only experiencing the occasional tension or sinus headache, a migraine is almost guaranteed to return as seldom as twice a year or as often as four times a week.

More than 70% of migraine sufferers are women, and there is little conclusive evidence on how best to treat them. Many report than they simply had to trust in each new and different treatment option, until they found the right one for them.

JBNI is the producer of this blog and maker of over 33 Powerful yet Gentle Naturaceuticals including their curiously effective Fountin for Severe Menopause and Migralin.

Online Sources:

http://www.medicinenet.com/

http://www.headaches.org/

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Of course, there are lots of ways to share a vacation with another person and many of those ways are fun.  But let’s face it, some of them are not.  Some people have a hard time vacationing or traveling for whatever reason and if you are or are traveling with one of those people this article is for you.  Here are some tips that will help you have a less stressful vacation:

Try to avoid being too time managed. Rather than having a daily agenda, plan to spend at least a few days in each location.  Make a list of activities that are available in the area and visit one or all of them at your leisure.  Include a couple of restaurants you know you don’t want to miss but find most of your meals by exploring and asking locals.  If you’re not having fun at the museum, go get some street food and sit on the grass or something.  Don’t be ruled by expectations – follow your nose.

Choose the right destination. Hate pasta?  Don’t go to Rome.  If one of you has an issue with hygiene, don’t go to a country where showers and toilets are scarce.  Just be wise and don’t pick a place where you know complaining will be unavoidable.  If complaining is imminent no matter where you go, consider whether the trip is likely to be worth taking.

Missing flights and trains as a matter of habit is super lame. If it happens once okay, get over it in the spirit of tip number one.  But if you are habitually late you’d better learn to pack and shower the night before or hope your travel companion lied to you about the time.  If you are traveling with a habitually late person, use your powers of deception and tell them the train is leaving an hour earlier than it is.  Or better yet choose a destination where you’re comfortable enough to rent a car and drive yourselves leisurely about.  Waiting around and rescheduling travel plans is frustrating and expensive, and it’s better to avoid it altogether.

let us know your secrets to a nice vacation

Basically, commit to your flaws and work around them.  Don’t try to quit smoking or go on a diet, just focus on having an enjoyable experience.  Don’t feel guilty if you didn’t hike the Grand Canyon like you planned – have fun reading on the porch if that’s what you feel like doing.  If you have stories or advice about traveling with someone difficult please share them in the comments below and let us know your secrets to a nice vacation.

People trust aspirin. It’s exceptionally common and widely used. It’s been on the market for many years. It has been tested safe by the FDA. It works.

However, if people are anything like me (and they so often are) there’s a lot they don’t know about aspirin. So, some facts you didn’t know you didn’t know:

The basis of aspirin is a chemical called salicylic, and it is nothing new. The ancient Egyptians got it from the leaves of the myrtle bush, Native Americans took it from birch bark, and Europeans got it from the willow tree.

So how does aspirin work?
Well, we don’t know, it just does.

At least, that was the answer for the first 70 or so years. It wasn’t until 1971 that a sexy scientist by the name of John Vane figured out that aspirin inhibited the enzymes known as COX-1 and COX-2. Why does this matter? Well, these enzymes make prostaglandins, which are sort of like a hormonal Pony Express, relaying messages throughout the body (actually they don’t move around the body, so they’re more like hormonal switch board operators, but I didn’t want to use such an archaic and outdated reference).

This is where things start to get ironic. COX-1 is vital for normal stomach and kidney function, so inhibiting it with aspirin can cause big stomach problems. But, because COX-1 is being blocked, regularly taking aspirin can reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. Of course, the same blood thinning work aspirin does to prevent regular stokes increases your risk of hemorrhagic strokes (bleeding in the brain).

That’s right, you can actually cause one kind of stroke by preventing another.

This is because the body is all about balance. Just like cheesecake and children, COX-1 is only bad for you when you have the wrong amount.

With COX-2 things seem simpler. COX-2 is responsible for sending messages about pain, inflammation, and fever. So when you block COX-2 none of those messages get to your brain (remember that just like most over the counter stuff, aspirin treats the symptoms and not the disease. It doesn’t actually cure your arthritis, it just makes you forget about it for awhile).

So wait, if messing with COX-1 causes all these problems why not make a medicine that only inhibits COX-2? They did. And it gave people heart attacks.

Once again, it’s about balance. When taken straight from the willow tree, salicylic inhibits both COX-1 and COX-2, but when they are separated, all hell breaks lose. If by ‘all hell’ we mean massive and unexplainable cardiovascular problems, which sounds like hell to me.

Cox blocking aside, aspirin is still completely safe. That’s because in the United States safe means less than 16,500 deaths a year, which is how many people die from the side effects of aspirin. By these standards, you really should stop worrying about sharks, bears, and being struck by lightning.

I don’t mean to say that aspirin is evil. Far from it. I’m just using it as an example. It’s easy to take something like aspirin for granted. It’s easy to distance it from its natural roots. It’s easy to assume there’s no down side. It’s easy to think it must work since it’s been around so long. It’s easy to believe we’d never take medicine that we don’t understand.

The fact is that just because something’s not evil doesn’t mean it’s good for you, and just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. Just don’t forget to keep your body balanced. And seriously, stay away from the sharks.

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