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Occipital Stimulation For Cluster and Migraine Headache
Both cluster and migraine headaches, when chronic and severe can be very difficult to treat. Cluster headaches are characterized by severe stabbing one sided headaches, with pain behind the eye. They usually occur either the same time every day or are seasonal and when the attacks happen they last a few minutes to and hour. Many people want to move around when they have cluster headaches. Migraines on the other hand, have throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head. Light and sound are painful and nausea and vomiting may happen. Migraineurs as a result, want to be lying down in a quiet room as movement makes the pain worse.
So what do these two headaches have in common that may allow one treatment to work for both? Well, according to research from headache specialists at the American Headache Society, there is an area deep inside the brain responsible for registering headache pain. This part of the brain connects back to the nerves in the upper part of the neck which then connect to the nerves just under the skin at the back of the head. The nerves at the back of the head are called the occipital nerves and if they are over stimulated to the point of blocking impulses, this feeds back to the areas deep in the pain and blocks pain of both cluster and migraine headaches.
Two new systems have been developed recently for occipital stimulation. One is a hand held stimulator that is placed at the back of the head at the onset of a migraine headache. It is supposed to stop the headache through the feedback system. The stimulator is rather bulky and may require two hands to hold it in place. This may be difficult for some people but most should be able to manage it.
The second system involves a surgical procedure. This is a combination of implant stimulators and a battery pack that keeps the stimulator on. Two strips that contain the stimulators are surgically placed over the occipital nerves, just under the skin at the back of the head. Lead wires are run under the skin and connected to the battery. The system allows the patient to control the amount of stimulation depending on their pain levels. The most common problem so far with this type of system is breakage of the lead wires and the fact that the battery only lasts a year or two. Battery and lead wire replacement require another surgery.
As of 2008, two clinics are doing the procedure as a research trial. The clinic sites are the Michigan Head and Pain Institute in Ann Arbor, MI and the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Both of the trials are closed and are not accepting new patients, however new trials may open elsewhere in the country since the results have been so promising. At this point 67% of cluster patients responded with eradication of their headaches and over 40% of migraineurs responded.
So what to do until the surgery is more readily available? Your doctor may be able to do occipital nerve blocks which may also serve the same purpose in treating the headaches. Similar research from the American Headache Society has indicated that even if you do not have pain at the back of the head, occipital nerve blocks may treat your cluster headaches or migraines effectively. Nerve blocks consist of a small amount of an anesthetic like lidocaine, mixed with a steroid and injected around the nerve.
Generally, with a severe headache profile, it is best to be assessed by a headache specialist to determine if an occipital stimulator or a nerve block is best for you.
About the Author
Mary K. Betz, MS RPA-C is a practicing Physician Assistant who specializes in headache medicine. For more information visit
www.headache-adviser.com
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How to deal with cluster flies Home
Group Flies are a nuisance true for both the fall and spring, because the fall Property next to the heat and hibernate during the winter and activity is again in the spring when they begin to leave the property.
Group flies Pollenia rudis is a large fly up to 10 mm in length with a wingspan of up to 20 mm. It seems very similar to Fly, but his chest is gray with distinctive golden hair. The abdomen is generally checked in the model. Cycle life of the cluster fly is easy, the female lays her eggs in the soil, often to the point of entry earthworm burrows, larvae hatch and the worms find. Once the larvae of the worm has found its entry into the worm and develop within it. They leave the earthworm and pupate and the adult fly emerges.
Cluster flies are not a real problem for pest control. Rarely diseases, but they do not become excessively large swarms irritating. Fighting cons cluster fly is very simple, but complete elimination year after year, is almost impossible. Group flies are often in areas loft and often on the south side of the property where it is warmer. With the treatment of cluster flying first, we must be careful not to disturb Bat infestation. If the attic is free of bats, the bats must inform the Trust if current conservation of bats. The next step is to decide on the control method. In fact, there are three real forms of success for the treatment of infestations of cluster flies. First, the use smoke generators or smoke bombs. These small boats emit an insecticide in the mezzanine was killing everything that is flying or crawling. Mini AGROPHARMA Children can produce smoke that covers up to 120 cubic meters of space for flying insect infestations is ideal for cluster flies. We recommend you treat the loft space of approximately 7 hours and request one week after initial treatment. Generators and smoke bombs smoke to cover open water tanks and follow the label accordingly. The second method of dealing with the group flies flying machine is to install an electronic insect exterminator. Flies are attracted to UV light and immediately killed instantly. Reinforcement UV fogging machine is recommended initial and is preferred to fall rapidly. A good fly-killing UV unit is our preferred method, because no chemicals are used after the initial spraying. The third solution is a product called the distributor kit Swakara. Kit dispenser dispenser works automatically Swakara a natural insecticide in the atmosphere. Once in contact with the cluster fly kills immediately.
Cluster Flies are a real nuisance to both the wet and the summer of 2008 does not really help things. As I mentioned before the initial treatment is very simple, yet complete eradication of every year is almost impossible.
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About the Author
Fred Walker is the author of this article. He owns and manages one of the top three DIY pest control suppliers in the country. This article was produced with help from his colleague Matthew Johnson, whom has over 10 years of professional pest control experience with some of the largest companies in the UK.