The Doctor looked weary when I visited him again about my migraines. I can’t blame him - he’d suggested various common triggers for me to avoid, and none of the conventional remedies he’d tried had had any effect. But this time I was bringing a new theory to him. A friend had heard that changes in the weather could trigger migraines.The doctor looked at me with something resembling interest for the first time.Imagine my surprise, and relief, when he said “Yes, I heard that at a medical conference recently”. “Changes in barometric pressure, eh? We might be able to do something about that.”Well, he was the only doctor I’d ever met who said that, I thought. Things suddenly looked brighter. Although he hadn’t promised a cure, at least he hadn’t totally dismissed my theory…~(Anonymous Migraine Patient)Many migraine sufferers have attempted for years to tell doctors that they don’t seem to have any of the triggers on the migraine list; rather, their vicious headaches seemed linked to weather patterns. This usually leads to skepticism, if not outright disbelief and dismissal of migraine claims.Usually they then ask “Well, what sort of weather conditions cause your migraines?”?”Problem with that question is, they don’t […]
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If you were to ask the average person what it means to have rheumatoid arthritis or RA, they would probably think first of deformed joints and pain. Modern therapies have greatly reduced the amount of joint damage for the vast majority of patients, but pain is still an issue. Some medications take considerable time to work and pain control is important early on as well as during flares.Of course, the best treatment for pain is eliminating the cause of it. In the case of RA, this means controlling the disease and the underlying inflammation. Doing this reduces pain and reduces damage that leads to chronic pain. For about 90% of RA patients, good control of RA symptoms means good pain relief as well. However, that still leaves the newly diagnosed and the unfortunate 10% in need of analgesics and other pain control measures.Acute pain is usually treated with traditional analgesics including opiates like those found in codeine, hydrocodone and morphine to name a few. Less severe pain may be treated with over the counter medications and also by the use of NSAIDs or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. These are the drugs like ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, piroxicam, Celebrex and the like. These […]
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Joint pain and fatigue are the common symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Nearly 3.7 million Americans are affected by the illness, most of who are women. Most people are ignorant of these symptoms and tend to ignore symptoms in patients as psychological complaints. Invariably the pain is real and is caused due to chronic neurological dysfunction. The symptoms can vary in different patients but the pain is usually the same.Fibromyalgia causes pain in the joints and other parts of the body and is essentially a muscular pain in the joints. It can cause centralized pain in the spinal chord and brain, which can often be misinterpreted. The joints may feel inflamed and the skin - tender. Shooting pain experienced along with giddiness and memory fog. This muscular pain causes various other symptoms in the person.Depression, fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, extreme mood swings, restless sleeping are some of the effects of Fibromyalgia.The pain felt in Fibromyalgia is in specific points called trigger points. It can be the neck, spinal chord, upper back, knees, elbows, shoulders etc. The areas surrounding this pain can feel tender and sometimes a burning sensation.Memory loss or memory fog is common in these patients and so […]
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