If there is one common experience shared by all people in the world, it is headache. Be it afternoon headaches, pounding migraines, tension headaches or sore temples, this problem occurs frequently in one form or the other. So, what are headaches and migraines?
A headache is basically any kind of pain that occurs in any region of the head. Meanwhile, migraines are recurrent throbbing headaches that are often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision.
What are the types of headaches and migraines?
Ninety percent of headaches and migraines are medically declared as primary headaches and migraines, meaning there is no discernable cause for them. Tension headaches, cluster headaches, etc. are some of the examples.
The other types of headaches are classified as secondary headaches and migraines. The name itself describes their occurrence; these headache and migraines are secondary to another disease or condition.
What causes headaches and migraines?
For a primary headache, the etiology or the origin is completely unknown. There is no possible cause behind these headaches because the mechanism of having a headache is universal. Your brain itself has no pain receptors, and thus, does not feel any pain. It is only the surrounding blood vessels, nerves and tissues around the brain and in the head, the eyes, and the sinuses that can actually feel pain. The causes of these headaches can be anything, from hormonal imbalance or organ dysfunction to stress related nerve response.
When it comes to the secondary headaches, there is a definite cause, because these headaches and migraines are secondary to another disease. For instance, a headache accompanied with a brain tumor, or a headache caused due to some event that might have taken place, a car accident or perhaps some spinal injury.
How do we solve migraines and headaches?
The first step is to find out why your headaches are happening. In every situation of headaches, there are usually specific organ dysfunctions and nutritional deficiencies that exist in combination with the health problem. So, we have to find out what your organ deficiencies are, and what nutritional deficiencies are causing the organ dysfunction.
Imagine an equilateral triangle, with perfect sides of the same length. If you pull one of the sides of this triangle, it immediately throws off the other two sides. Now imagine a health triangle whose points are headaches and migraines, organ dysfunction and nutritional deficiency. The same principal applies. If you have a headache, it is a physical problem. Thus, you can be sure that you have certain nutritional deficiencies. Since these nutritional deficiencies are the fuel for your organs, you can assume that your organs are not working 100%. And if your organs are not working at 100%, their ability to absorb, digest and utilize nutrition is impaired. The less nutrition your organ gets, the worse the symptoms become. As the symptoms become worse, it puts more stress on your organs and further impairs their ability to receive nutrients. It becomes a vicious cycle. You might use the help of pharmaceutical medicines after consulting your doctor, yet still you notice that the cycle continues.
So, what do we do?
What we need to do is to put a halt to the entire cycle. We need to stop any further erosion, stabilize the situation and began to rebuild. What we need to do is to identify your organ dysfunction and nutritional deficiencies, as well as the underlying causes of the problem. We do this through a system of analysis called Nutrition Response Testing, a clinically proven nutrition program tailored specifically to your individual needs, because what your organs lack is probably different from your neighbor. Proven effective with thousands of patients, this approach corrects the nutrition deficiency, which has led the organs to the dysfunctional state that caused the headaches in the first place. Thus we are addressing the root cause of the issue.