2006-10-24 14:06:11 · 7 answers · asked by Michelle L 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Aspirin dulls pain (one of the causes of headahe) and opens up the veins for easier blood flow (it's a "vasodialator.")
2006-10-24 14:09:59 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asprin, its difficult, it helps with headaches, but not reali with migranes. But if you take asprin often and treat it as if it can cure anything and everything then it will NOT work as your body is too used to it and will basically **** it back out and not take it into the blood stream,
2006-10-24 14:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by mad-nutter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aspirin works by inhibiting prostoglandins and thromboxanes.
Prostaglandins are local hormones (paracrine) produced in the body and have diverse effects in the body, including but not limited to transmission of pain information to the brain, modulation of the hypothalamic thermostat, and inflammation. Thromboxanes are responsible for the aggregation of platelets that form blood clots. Heart attacks are primarily caused by blood clots, and their reduction with the introduction of small amounts of aspirin has been seen to be an effective medical intervention. The side-effect of this is that the ability of the blood in general to clot is reduced, and excessive bleeding may result from the use of aspirin.
2006-10-24 14:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by phantomlimb7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The active agent in asprin is a blood thinner. It thins your blood out so that when it passes through an area of your head that is a little swollen, it won't hurt as bad.
2006-10-24 14:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It relieves inflammation and tends to thin the blood thus allowing blood to flow easier in vessels that have become constricted.
2006-10-27 17:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by Just Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thins the blood, which allows more oxygen to the brain. But, that my opinion without the hoop-la. Ha!!!
2006-10-24 14:15:15 · answer #6 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it thins out the blood and so it reduces swelling in the affected area
2006-10-24 14:11:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋