Seeking Medical Advice For Headaches 2

Give your doctor a complete list of the all the medicines that you consume. You have to remember that some of these medicines might be altering your vascular system leading to a headache.

The medicines that you have to take particular note of are birth control pills, medicines for blood pressure and any hormone supplements.

You doctor might ask you to "measure" your migraine to give him or her some idea just how bad they are. Your migraine can be measure in terms of the following criteria

* Frequency: How often do you get the migraine?

* Intensity: How severe is the pain?

You can measure this yourself using a 5-point scale. 0 stands for no pain at all, while 5 means that you have the worst pain that you have ever had.

* Duration: How long does the pain last. Does it go by itself or you have to get a deep sleep before you get any relief.

* Medication: Do you have to take any medicines before you get any relief from it and if you have to do how many medicines do you take and in what quantity?

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