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“I Keep Taking Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen and My Migraines Are Getting Worse, Not Better”

October 1, 2006 by ChiroTrust

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It is difficult to not know someone who suffers from chronic headaches or migraines. In a 2004 study, researchers found 18% of adults experienced a severe headache or migraine during the preceding three months. Migraine headaches, which are characterized by painful, disabling, and recurring symptoms, have no known proven cause, treatment, or cure. They occur more often in women than men and in one ten-year period, the proportion of adults with migraine increased 64-77%.

Chronic migraine headaches are classified either as “common” or “classical.” Symptoms of the common migraine headache include nausea, dizziness, fever, and general malaise. The classical migraine headache is most noted for an aura that immediately precedes the headache. This aura could be visual or auditory. In addition, the classical migraine headache is characterized by a relatively short duration (less than or equal to twelve hours) compared with the common migraine headache (up to four days).

Although clinical studies have not clearly defined the cause of chronic migraine headaches, potential risk factors include diet, allergy, air quality, and stress.

Many patients use complementary treatments such as chiropractic care in an effort to better manage their headaches. Recent studies have shown that patients who have had neck trauma, such as whiplash, are at greater risk for headaches. Cervicogenic headache is a term for when the neck or cervical spine causes pain to be experienced in the head. Usually the neck or upper back region has muscle tightness and limited mobility.

In tension-type headaches, there is a great deal of muscle tension in the neck, and the headache begins as a band of tension around the head, rather than a severe pulsating pain on one side as seen with migraines.

Whatever the type of headache, most patients have suffered for years and have been taking many pain pills such as ibuprofen and aspirin with few results. Recent research has shown that when these medications are consumed for long periods, they can actually cause a rebound effect and increase headache frequency. The headache can initially get worse as the patient has the medication withdrawn. In addition to actually increasing the severity of the headache, long-term use of these medications can cause organ damage to the stomach, liver, or kidnies.

It is important to remember that a headache is a symptom that tells you something is wrong. Covering up the symptom will not solve the problem. Physical approaches involving spine posture are important to consider and are generally preferred to injections, sprays, and medications. A seeming endless diet of pain medications with unknown safety is not the answer for patients with headache.

Thousands of Doctors of Chiropractic across the United States and Canada have taken "The ChiroTrust Pledge": “To the best of my ability, I agree to provide my patients convenient, affordable, and mainstream Chiropractic care. I will not use unnecessary long-term treatment plans and/or therapies.”

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