 Image credit: Carolina Heza from Unsplash The throbbing, pulsating sensation that is felt during a migraine is unbearable. Anyone who suffers with migraines knows this feeling too well, usually felt on one side of the head, it is often accompanied by nausea, sensitivity to light, sound or movement. Migraines can last for hours to days and the pain can be so intense that it interferes with your daily activities.
Migraines are extremely different from other types of headaches. For some people, a warning symptom known as an aura occurs before or with the headache. An aura may have visual disturbances (like seeing light spots and “floaters”), light sensitivity, motion sickness, and difficulty speaking. Medications can help ease the symptoms of migraines, and in some cases, prevent migraines all-together. Medicating isn’t the end all be all to living with migraines though. The proper medications, with self-help routines, IV therapy, and lifestyle changes, can help obtain relief from migraines. Debilitating Pain Headaches are no comparison to migraines. There is nothing worse than feeling an unclenching pain in your mind, causing you to be unable to do even the most basic tasks. Most migraines last about 4 hours. When they are not treated, they can last for days. In fact, The World Health Organization listed them as one of the ten most disabling medical illnesses. What Triggers Migraines? There are a lot of different factors that can trigger migraines. These can include a lack of sleep, stress, dehydration, smells, foods, and hormone changes. Sometimes it is easy to pinpoint what caused a migraine, while other times it may take a few years to understand. A random trigger might occur one day and never occur again. There are many options of pain and preventative medication for people, but some people fail to obtain relief. Learning the Symptoms Migraines can start as early as childhood and may progress through different stages: prodrome, aura, attack and post-drome. 1. Prodrome One or two days before a migraine, you may notice these symptoms:
For some people, aura might occur before or during migraines. Symptoms of migraine aura include:
A migraine usually lasts from 4 to 72 hours if untreated. Symptoms that may occur during a migraine:
After a migraine attack phase, a person may experience mood changes between exhaustion and confusion, to happiness and euphoria. A dull headache may linger. Eventually, you feel back to normal in a few hours. Not everyone who experiences migraines goes through all of the phases, just like not everyone will experience the same symptoms. How to Find Migraine Relief Living with constant migraine fear and symptoms is not something any individual should have to go through. A treatment plan can help manage your symptoms and stop a migraine from happening in the first place. With all the over-the-counter pain and preventative medicines, doctors may also suggest lifestyle changes that can help ease migraine pain. A proactive combination of migraine relief may include include:
IV Therapy for Migraines: How It Helps The access to different wellness modalities has increased over the past 10 years. Intravenous therapy is one of those wellness options that has become more accessible for everyday use. IV therapy can help aid in migraine relief in a few different ways. Studies have shown that IV therapy can help with migraines and headaches because of the ingredients, electrolytes, and general hydration used. This treatment is extremely easy and reliable because all the water and nutrients are going directly into the bloodstream. This means faster relief than taking oral medications. Nutrients such as electrolytes, vitamin B12, and magnesium all pose possible benefits to reducing and preventing migraines. All beneficial to migraines and so many other health issues.
If you experience migraines, you are probably already seeking guidance from a healthcare provider. OTC medications and lifestyle changes may drastically reduce the occurrence of migraines as well as some other complementary modalities. Please consult your doctor before making any changes, and ask if IV therapy is something you can add to your migraine treatment plan. This article was originally published at iveeapp.com.
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 Image credit: Bruno/ Germany from Pixabay Buying toothpaste can be a bit of a nightmare because there are so many options available. Most people just pick a brand they like the look of and stick with it, without really thinking about whether it’s the best option or not. The price of toothpaste ranges a lot, but are the expensive ones really any better or is it just fancy packaging? Some people assume that there is no difference, but that isn’t actually the case. In fact, if you want to take care of your family’s dental health, you need to start paying attention to the toothpaste you buy. Here are some of the key things to look out for.
Ignore Packaging And Buzzwords Toothpaste packets always have lots of fancy pictures and buzzwords to make it look like they’re better than the other options. Often, they’ll say things like ‘7 in 1’ toothpaste and list all sorts of benefits. But if you consider these things, they’re often a stretch and it just amounts to cleaning your teeth and gums. For example, eliminating bacteria and preventing bad breath are basically the same thing because the bad breath is caused by bacteria. So, ignore all of that stuff and look closer at what is actually in it and what the benefits are. Check The Ingredients When you are comparing different brands, always look at the ingredients in the toothpaste. The main thing you should be looking for is fluoride because that is what will clean and protect your teeth, especially if your family has a sweet tooth. There are a lot of herbal brands that market themselves as natural alternatives that are better for you, but they don’t contain any fluoride, so avoid these. Ideally, look for toothpaste that has between 1400 and 1500 parts per million. Consider Your Specific Needs When picking a toothpaste, you should consider your specific needs. Do you have a lot of problems with staining? Do you have very sensitive teeth? Different formulations can deal with these specific dental problems, so take this into account when making your decision. If you buy from a specialist dental supplies company instead of the supermarket, you can get a bigger range of medicated toothpaste to help with your dental issues. If you are using the wrong toothpaste for your teeth, you are more likely to experience dental problems in the future. Ask Your Dentist Often, people don’t really know what kind of toothpaste they need and they end up making the wrong choice. For example, whitening toothpaste can be quite abrasive, so if you use this when you have sensitive teeth, you will only make the problem worse. If you don’t really know what you should be looking for, ask your dentist for some advice. They will be able to recommend the right type of toothpaste for your teeth and they will also have a better idea of which brands are good and which ones aren’t. If you just pick the cheapest toothpaste every time, you could be causing yourself more problems. So, consider all of these factors and be prepared to pay a bit more for the good stuff.  Image credit: Dyland Gillis from Unsplash Are you tired of walking around with flabby arms? Why not get a nice set of washboard arms! Well there is good news and bad news. The good news is that you can begin to build washboard arms in the comfort of your own home with a combination of strength training and body sculpting exercises.
The bad news is that they take some time, and then a lot of effort. Building washboard arms will take you about 3 months or longer. To have washboard arms you have to burn a lot of fat and lean muscle mass. The best way to burn the fat is to combine aerobic exercise and strength training into a single workout. If you are not used to working out then you will need to start off slowly. The good thing about strength training is that it also strengthens muscles which burn fat. When you start the process of fat burning with strength training you will find that you can burn a lot more fat at rest than you ever could while working out. You will find that a combination of aerobic exercise and strength training is the best way to burn fat and build good looking washboard arms. The aerobic exercises that you should incorporate are walking, jogging, cycling, swimming and skipping. These exercises will help you to develop lean muscle mass and maintain it for the rest of your life. You will find that if you want washboard arms you have to burn the fat off of your arms. The best way to do this is to combine the aerobic exercises that include walking, jogging, skipping and cycling with the strength training exercises that include weight lifting. The combination of aerobic exercises and strength training will help you to burn the fat of your arms much more quickly and effectively than just walking or cycling alone. The best thing about strength training is that it allows you to work muscles at different rates thus allowing them to burn the fat more efficiently. Combining the strength training and aerobic exercise will allow you to burn the fat and build lean muscle mass more quickly than doing them on their own. A good way to begin is to do 2 days of aerobic exercise and then 2 days of strength training. This is called interval training and is the fastest way to burn the fat of your arms much more quickly than doing either exercise alone. Another way to begin is to do 1 day of aerobic exercise and 1 day of strength training. The advantage of this is that you can combine the aerobic exercises with the strength training exercise at different rates thus allowing the aerobic exercises to burn the fat and the strength training exercise to build lean muscle mass. Combining aerobic exercises and strength training exercises will allow you to lose the fat and build lean muscle mass much more quickly than doing them on their own. The exercises to combine with strength training are the exercises that allow you to apply a very heavy amount of resistance to your arms and you will have to use different rates for the aerobic exercises and the strength training exercise. The best example of an exercise that allows you to do this is circuit training. Circuit training is the combination of aerobic and strength training exercises. There are several circuits that you can use. A good example of a circuit for beginners is to combine walking and running. You will have to use a very heavy amount of resistance and you will have to sprint to increase the amount of resistance and then jog to decrease the amount of resistance. You can use the same routine for beginners and advanced. This is a good way to begin interval training because this is a low intensity exercise. Once you get comfortable with the routine, you can increase the amount of resistance and you will jump over and get under the level of resistance that you have used in the previous exercises. Once you are comfortable with the jump over and get under the heavy resistance, you can use the routine that trains you to jump over and get over the low resistance. The same principle applies to getting over the higher level of resistance. |
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