I'm currently having severe headaches every day. My doctor seems to think that it is a food trigger but I've cut out everything that he recommended already and the headaches continue. I'm looking for a list of foods that are known headache triggers. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.
2007-02-21 02:48:29 · 5 answers · asked by Terry T 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
with me is very cold orange juice
2007-02-21 03:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by dandyl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
While things like pork certainly trigger problems for me .... Muscles get knots called trigger points. These make the muscles tight causing them to press on nerves and other thing.
Pain can be referred from places other than the head.
#1 The first thing is to take a couple swigs of molasses or eat a couple of bananas. They contain magnisium and potassium both of which muscles need.
#2 WATER she should be drinking 1/2 gallon minimum. The head of neurology at UCDavis likens a body running low on water to a car running low on oil (the engine can seize).
Get a good (deep tissue) massage (to loosen the trigger points) on the back, shoulders and neck. Make sure to press up at the base of the skull where it meets the spine.
You rub or lightly scratch everywhere on your head. You will hit spots that are tender these are trigger points. The idea is to rub across them 6-12 times per session up to six times per day until they go away.
For more information on trigger points read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies.
2007-02-21 13:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My triggers are:
cheap red wine, white sugar, aged cheese, chocolate :(, bananas, wheat, pickles.
You should try to keep a pain diary. Rate the pain each day and keep track of the foods you eat. Hopefully you will find a pattern. (NB sometimes you won't react to the food for a day or two. So it can be tricky.)
Also, keep track of the weather systems. My biggest trigger is change in weather systems (espc. low pressure systems.) I now try to avoid doing stuff when the nasty weather is coming my way.
2007-02-21 07:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by s2pified 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually food that triggers headaches are heaty ..
so..i think that you should avoid eating fried food/junk food/ and chocolates..
take more water, porridge and non-oily food..
hope it works for u
2007-02-21 02:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eggs.,
2007-02-21 02:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by chicago cub's bat bunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋