Migraine And Headache Relief Through Hypnosis
- By:Alan Densky
Even if the brain itself is insensitive to pain, numerous regions of the skull such as the scalp, face, mouth and throat have pain-sensitive nerve fibers, which can ache. Headache - or cephalgia - ordinarily means any sort of pain that would be felt in these sensitive regions of the skull.
Headaches can be belong to one of two categories: Primary headaches, such as stress headache, cluster headache and migraine headache, which are not caused by any other condition; And Secondary headaches which are due to a disorder.
Headaches are the most common nervous affection. Everyone will be affected by headache at least once in their life, but for 55 million Americans, it is an everyday experience. According to the World Health Organization, one adult in 20 suffers from recurrent headaches, with females being more at risk than males.
Headaches can be severely disabling and are able to very negatively affect the lives of persons who suffer from them. Work capacity is reduced for such persons, which can negatively affect their economic situation.
Social skills are also diminished as the pain, or the fear thereof, may make people more irascible. Some people with migraine even have to always be careful about what they eat, what they see, and last but not least what they smell, as certain strong or unpleasant sensations may be hurtful.
Because headaches are perceived as such an usual, benign condition, people who suffer from them on a constant basis also have to deal with the incomprehension of their friends and relatives. This social barrier can also prevent people from trying to get the attention of a doctor and getting an appropriate treatment. But before it can be treated, your headache has to be "identified".
We have seen before that there are two major types of headache: Primary and Secondary, each subdivided into numerous other subcategories. Their symptoms can change as well as their causes and, obviously, how they should be cured. That is why they need to be effectively identified by a specialist in order to receive appropriate treatment.
Stress headache, also known as tension headache, is the most common type of primary headache and accounts for almost ninety percent of headaches. It is commonly considered to be related to stress or related to muscular and skeletal problems in the area of the neck.
Tension headache is mainly momentary and can persist from several minutes to several hours, but can sometimes persist for several days in the most severe cases. It is generally described as a constant pressure, most commonly on both sides of the head, or spreading around it, on occasion also affecting the neck.
Migraine is slightly different and is reckoned to almost certainly have a genetic cause. Migraines are caused by the release by the brain of substances that cause pain, that spread around the nerves and vessels in the head. Migraine most often happens once a month and lasts for a few hours, with other symptoms like nausea and intolerance of normal levels of light and noise.
Cluster headaches generally happen frequently and are short lasting. They are also extremely painful. They happen in clusters of 6 to 12 weeks every one or two years, generally at the same time of the year. The pain is extremely severe and affects all of the head, typically beginning with the eye, and then affecting the forehead, nose and mouth. It is much more rare than other sorts of headache and primarily affects the male population.
Headaches are usually treated using over-the-counter pain killers such as aspirin, ibuprofen or paracetamol. A doctor may also tell you to avoid some common causes of headaches such as noise or some sorts of foods.
Caffeine, Magnesium and Vitamin B2 have also proven useful in order to treat migraine. Drugs however are not cheap and can have undesired side effects, particularly for people who must use them on an everyday basis. That is why you might want to think about another way of preventing and fighting the several sorts of headache.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnosis were indeed proven to be effective and can help you to eliminate pain anywhere in your body, including your head, as well as trying to be more relaxed at the same time. Stress is one of the first causes of headache, and specific hypnotic techniques have been developed to eliminate both stress and headaches in a few seconds.
People who suffer from migraine or cluster headache can generally feel the first symptoms before it actually occurs, and may learn self-hypnosis techniques to get rid of them before they become too painful. Hypnotherapists who understand how disabling a headache can be have created these therapeutic methods.
Hypnotherapy is a drug free method of treatment and will help you find the break you are looking for. Headache is a serious condition with various variations, concerning millions of people worldwide. Learn to fight it and to relax with the appeasing method of self-hypnosis.