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Many people arrive at the conclusion that they suffer from Barometric Pressure Headaches through a process of elimination, having initially had the medical profession rule out more serious medical conditions. Others begin to suspect a possible link to the weather but feel unable to pin-point the exact relationship and so are unable to predict and reduce the frequency of their headaches re-occurring.
Therefore, “how can a person gain control and reduce the frequency and misery of Barometric Pressure Headaches so they manage their headaches rather than having their lives run by their headaches?”, given that a significant number of headaches and migraines are:
- Weather or Altitude and therefore barometric pressure related.
- Complex and subject to a highly personal response regarding headache:
- Frequency.
- Severity.
- Duration.
- Trigger parameters.
- Symptoms.
This section will aim to clarify the situation by covering:
- Keeping a headache diary in order to ascertain whether you suffer from Barometric Pressure Headaches and under what conditions they occur.
- Western treatments.
- Eastern and alternative treatments.
- Caffeine and its effect on headaches.
- Magnesium and its effect on headaches.
- Other possible ways to tackle headache symptoms.