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Single Parents with Migraines

It is hard being a single parent. So what happens when you have a migraine and need help watching your child? Luckily for me, I live with family members who are usually able to help with my son when I’m sick. I have disabling migraines and it is very difficult to watch my son when it hurts to open my eyes. I woke up this morning with a horrible migraine. My head was hurting. My eyes were stinging. My neck was hurting and burning. I was absolutely miserable. I got up and made my son’s breakfast. I tried to take … Continue reading →

The Headache that Just Won’t Quit

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I’m no stranger to headaches. When I was in high school and college, I had one sinus infection after another — and a sinus headache just about all the time. Once I had sinus surgery to cut away the infected tissue (and fix a deviated septum), the first morning I woke up without a headache was like a miracle. My problems with sinus infections have been few and far between since then. Alas, sinus headaches aren’t the only type of headaches I get. Every once in a while, I wake up with a real whopper. When I was still in … Continue reading →

Don’t Ignore These Pains

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I was at work at the cats-only boarding facility over the weekend and twisted the wrong way, wrenching my knee. The pain about floored me, and I had to grab onto the nearest counter in order to stay on my feet. Sometimes, your body gives you signals you just can’t ignore! There are some pains that can signal serious health issues — so don’t talk yourself out of getting some help if you experience something like these. The worst headache of your life could be a serious problem — a classic sign of a brain aneurysm is when a patient … Continue reading →

Cold Relief Away From Home

Are you at home, close to your medicine cabinet every time a sore throat strikes? I’m not. I can remember coming down with a nasty upper respiratory infection while I was on a long car ride. With every mile, my throat hurt worse and worse until I was just about ready to cry. I didn’t even have a cough drop in my purse, just miles of misery. One of the best things you can do to relieve a sore throat is to gargle with warm salt water. But what can you do if you’re away from home or stuck at … Continue reading →

Painkiller Basics

Not all over the counter pain medicines work exactly the same way. Here are some tips to make sure you take the right medicine for your body aches, headaches, and other pains. For sore muscles, sunburn, and arthritis pain, your best bet is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (also known as an NSAID). Ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin are all NSAIDs. These types of painkiller block the body’s production of chemicals that cause swelling — and swelling is really the culprit for your sore muscles, sunburn, and arthritis pain. Fighting a headache? Look for pain pills that contain caffeine. Many people find … Continue reading →

Concussions And Kids

One of the biggest fear any parent faces when leaving their child in someone else care (day care provider, family member, friend, etc.) is the risk their “baby” will get hurt while they are gone. Unfortunately, I was recently faced with just such a scenario. My 3-year-old daughter was spending the day with a family member and returned with a HUGE bruise and laceration on her forehead. The cut sat in the center of a large bruise, which was located smack in the middle of her eyebrows. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. Apparently, my daughter slipped … Continue reading →

Taking your Headaches to the Doctor

Most of us have occasional headaches; we have learned to expect them as a normal course of life. It has become such a typical complaint that most of us will hesitate even mentioning that we have a headache. Unless it’s bad- really, really bad. Then the old saying “misery loves company” kicks in and we want everyone to know so they’ll leave us alone, baby us, bring us a cup of coffee, whatever we think will help. Not all headaches are created equal some are very mild and others are, well, more memorable. When are these headaches serious enough to … Continue reading →

Chronic Headaches Linked to Depression

A recently published study from the University of Toledo has found that women who suffer from chronic headaches are at a greater risk for depression. Approximately eighteen million women in America suffer from headaches. The University of Toledo-Health Science Campus study had more than a thousand participants from five states who visited headache clinics for treatment. More than half the women in the study (593) reported less than fifteen headaches per month; this is classified as “episodic” headaches. The rest of the participants (439) reported more than fifteen headaches in a month. More than fifteen headaches each month is classified … Continue reading →

Migraines and Magnesium

Some recent research from a team at the State University of New York shows that magnesium may have an impact on your migraine suffering. Migraines affect a lot of people in the United States — approximately eighteen million women and five million men. I can remember my mother being practically incapacitated by occasional migraines when I was a child; she would lie in a dark room and we couldn’t turn on the lights or make too much noise. Eighty percent of patients in the study done by the State University of New York responded positively to magnesium within fifteen minutes … Continue reading →

Managing Tension Headaches

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If you’re like me, you are no stranger to headaches. Up to eighty percent of all adults experience tension headaches. Call them what you will: stress headaches, daily headaches, muscle contraction headaches — they all stink. I used to get tension headaches frequently in my last job, and I blamed them on a lot of things. It was the fluorescent lights. It was the pressure of the deadlines. It was the critical coworkers. Tension headaches are usually caused by environmental or internal stress, and I was getting both at the office. You may get your tension headaches infrequently — maybe … Continue reading →