Migraine Sufferers Share Top 12 Tips for Dealing with Post-Holiday Headaches
Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) December 29, 2008 -- Stay hydrated, find time to sleep, and when all else fails, break out the Imitrex. These are some of the most highly rated tips posted in the Migraine data-sharing community at CureTogether (full list below).
Migraine is a disease that affects 30 million Americans. The Migraine Research Foundation estimates that every 10 seconds, someone in the United States goes to the emergency room with a headache or migraine. And with the added stress of the winter holidays, some migraine doctors see a 30 to 40 percent increase in office visits, according to the Headache Institute.
To help manage their migraine pain and find solutions for it, a community of migraine sufferers is growing at CureTogether (http://www.curetogether.com/Migraine). People are sharing treatments, rating their effectiveness, and writing reviews of their experience. This data is continually gathered into live statistical charts that show how many people have tried a given treatment and how effective it was, on average. One member commented that the statistical data was "very useful"; another said "It's helpful to see what triggers other people have and what they've tried, and a good reminder to focus on avoiding my triggers as much as I can over the holidays, and afterwards!"
The top 12 tips for dealing with migraines as suggested and ranked by CureTogether members are*:
1. Reduce stress
2. Sleep
3. Ibuprofen
4. Avoid dietary triggers
5. Avoid caffeine
6. Imitrex
7. Don't stare at a computer/screen too long
8. Stay hydrated
9. Neck massage
10. Maxalt
11. Chiropractic treatment
12. Magnesium
For more migraine treatments, visit http://www.curetogether.com/Migraine/_treatment/ .
CureTogether, a Mountain View, CA startup, launched in July to help patients living with chronic conditions collaborate anonymously with each other and with scientists to accelerate research. Starting with 3 conditions - Migraine, Endometriosis and Vulvodynia - its members have since expanded it to support 178 conditions.
*Please note that this list of tips and all other information on CureTogether.com does not constitute medical advice.
For more information, please contact Alexandra Carmichael at 650-533-2163
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