Migraines can be crippling when they occur. While there is not much to celebrate about these debilitating headaches, many individuals suffering from them may have some warning that they will occur. Others may be able to determine specific environmental triggers that they can then avoid. Incorporate these tricks into your daily life to help you avoid migraine pain.
From Visually.
My Experience – Daith Piercing
One of the most enduringly popular blogs we have ever posted was a poll on daith piercings for pain (migraines in particular). You can check out the results here. For more detail on how daith piercings help with anxiety please do have a look at this post.
So we thought it would be interesting to find out the views of people who have actually had the procedure. So we are sharing this fascinating video from Tina who recently got a daith piercing!
Daith Piercing for Migraine
Daith Piercing for Migraine
We have covered Daith Piercing before but this is an excellent video.
June is Migraine Awareness Month
June is Migraine Awareness Month – please like and share this Facebook cover on social media! But what are the facts about migraines? Migraine Action , a UK based charity, told us ?
1. One in seven people in the UK suffer from migraine.
2. Two thirds of people who have migraines are women.
3. It affects people of any age including younger children.
4. Migraine costs the UK more than £2 billion per annum.
5. The WHO consider it to be a major cause of disability.
6. An attack can last for between 4 and 72 hours. However other migraine symptoms can last for longer as they can occur before or after the main attack phase.
7. Sufferers experience an around of 13 attacks each year.
8. Other symptoms of a migraine can include:
visual disturbances (flashing lights, blind spots in the vision, zig zag patterns etc).
nausea and / or vomiting.
sensitivity to light, noise and smells
tingling / pins and needles / weakness / numbness in the limbs.
9. At least 60% of sufferers never consult their GP because they mistakenly think that nothing can be done to help them. There are a wide range of effective treatments now available including new products introduced during the past year.
10. Migraine is triggered by a wide variety of factors! For most people there is not just one trigger but a combination of factors which individually can be tolerated but when they all occur together a threshold is passed.
Now Updated
Daith Piercing
If you had asked me this question 24 hours ago I would look at you in a dazed and confused fashion.
But the subject has been brought up twice yesterday in two of the Facebook pages we run. On one page Kim asked “Has anyone tried a daith piercing for migraines? Has it helped?”
It turns out that a Daith piercing is getting your ear pierced through the ear’s innermost cartilage fold also called the crus of the helix. You know the bobbly bit.
Anyhow it seems that some people are claiming it as a treatment for migraines. You can read an article which was posted on one of our pages here.
In fact you can see a picture of a Daith Piercing via the link.
Anyhow it does seem to me to be a bit of a far fetched claim. It also occurred on the best people to ask were you. You know the wisdom of crowds and all that!
So I’ve set up a quick poll to find out. so please feel free to take part even if you have not had the piercing.
If you would like to share your experiences of getting a Daith Piercing please feel free to use the comments section below.