Headache treatment for 4 familiar types

There are many causes of a headache and many types of this disease. With each type of a headache, there is a different headache treatment.

Tension headaches

You can use painkiller without prescription such as ibuprofen or naproxen for this type. But to prevent a tension headache, you need to avoid potential risks such as stress, the tension of your face and neck muscles, wrong position when sitting or lying or teeth grinding phenomenon.

Trying a headache treatment for reducing stress such as zen, meditation, biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy. If your tension headaches last constantly for 15 days for many days in a month, it could be chronic headaches which you should go to the doctor for a stronger painkiller or preventive drugs.

Migraine headaches

Although 2 to 3 pills of ibuprofen can stop a headache in some people but if you have migraine headaches for several days in around 2 weeks, you should go to the doctor immediately. Headache treatment such as triptans drug group helps the contraction of blood vessels in the brain.

Medicines for preventing migraine headache include beta blockers, antiepileptic drugs, antidepressants, calcium channel blockers and Botox injections (only for a chronic migraine). Natural headache treatmentincludes vitamin B12 and magnesium or coenzyme Q10 and another herb, but you should ask for a consultation with your doctor before using.

High technology: Cefalu is a device which was approved by FDA for stimulating nerve branches on the eye to prevent pain and transcranial magnetic stimulation, an electromagnetic pulse generator to the back of the head to reduce a migraine with aura.

Obviously, the most important headache treatment is to define and prevent factors of a migraine, which may include stress, skipping meals, changing of sleeping cycle, chemicals, preservatives (such as glutamate or nitrates) in food and beverages, caffeine (too much or too little), season changes and hormones. Stress reducing in headache treatment which can make a huge difference are doing Yoga, mindfulness meditation, and biofeedback.

Cluster headache

Cluster headaches are not related to any factor, they may be related to abnormalities in the hypothalamus. When using oxygen therapy (inhaled oxygen through a face mask high flow) and sumatriptan injectable pain medications, it can relieve pain on your head. Doctors can use calcium channel blockers medications, corticosteroid injections, and nerve blocks to prevent headaches later.