Migraine Headaches

I am only 21 but have noticed two age spots so I suppose it can be any age. Ways to prevent them are to minimise your sun exposure and wear sun cream. Ways to get rid of them are Intense Pulse Light or other laser therapies or perhaps bleaching by a qualified practitioner.

that's how people get rid of them but it costs money.

i am only 10 and i already have spots, to avoid them don't have any thing to sugury or fizzy.i drink water and most have gone away.don't try to rub them off it makes it worse.

Hydrochlorot or hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic. This means that it expells water from the body.

Doctors who prescribe diuretics for headache problems are usually treating pseudotumor cerebri, which is a condition where there is a build-up of cerebral spinal fluid around the brain, causing increases of pressure which can cause headaches as well as other migraine-related symptoms. The only way for sure to be diagnosed with this is to have been given a spinal tap. This is not a common condition, and chances are - if you are only having migraines during your menstrual cycle - pseudotumor cerebri is not the problem.

However, if your doctor things that high blood pressure is a possible cause your migraines, some doctors do prescribe hydrochlorothiazide along with a medication like a beta blocker as a preventative. (Beta blockers and calcium channel blockers are used as migraine preventatives as well as used to treat high blood pressure)

Menstrual migraine is not brought on by too much fluid in the body, or the bloating associated with PMS. Menstrual migraines are triggered by the sudden drop of estrogen in the body, the increase in prostaglandins when the endometrial lining is shed (which increase pain signals and inflammation in the body), and the drop of magnesium which occurs prior and during the cycle.

Hydrochlorothiazide is not a migraine abortive. Either you take it every day to affect things like high blood pressure or high intracranial pressure - which means you pee out extra fluid consistently, or you only take it at the time of your period - which will relieve bloating, yes - but will not take action on a migraine in progress.

As for weight loss- yes, you will see a drop on the scale, but it will not be fat loss, only water weight that you have expelled out through urine.

There is a triptan available (a medication like Imitrex) which is longer acting, and because it is longer acting - it is thought to work on menstrual migraine better. This is because, for women in their menstrual cycle - they can be in a state where migraines are easily triggered for several days. So, a medication like Imitrex - which only lasts a few hours - may not be enough to stop the migraine from coming back. Therefore, a longer-acting triptan, called Frova, is recommended.

Other things you can try, is to take two Aleve (or prescription Naproxen - same thing) for several days BEFORE and DURING your period. This reduces prostaglandin formation and the inflammation they can cause that can trigger a migraine and increase its pain.

You can also begin supplementing with magnesium.

• I, too, am allergic to sulfa drugs. I have arthritis in my upper back and neck, and the doctors have diligently been trying different non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs to treat the arthritis. I have had about 15 bouts with an allergic reaction that causes (1) redness and itching in the neck area, spreading to the entire facial area, (2) severe headaches, (3) severe swelling in the eye areas, (4) eventual flaking of the skin in the affected areas as the swelling goes down. We kept thinking these reactions were the result of the Celebrex, Viox, etc. Then I took a steroid drug to get rid of the swelling and inflammation and then I didn't take any of the NSAID drugs for two weeks. During that time the whole thing started over again, so I began to suspect something else. I realized that this problem began when I started drinking Diet Cherry Coke as opposed to regular Diet Coke. I checked the labels on the two beverages, and the only difference is that the Diet Cherry Coke contains Acesulfame Potassium. So I am going back to my doctor to see if this could be the cause. I quit drinking the Diet Cherry Cokes, and my allergic reaction is beginning to clear up, but I will have to wait and see if it comes back again.

• A couple of weeks ago on the day before my sister's wedding I, too, had a SEVERE reaction to what I believe to be from drinking Diet Cherry Coke.

Small, circular and sometimes spotted welts developed on my hands, and then a few days later on the sides of my thighs, and them over a course of 2 hours spread over my entire body (red, itchy, inflamed protutions of flesh). I didn't know what was wrong (and neither did my doctor). I had been drinking Diet Cherry Cokes and Diet Lime Cokes) over a period of a couple of weeks, and I guess the allergen had built up over time in my system.

What was I to do!? I was the maid of honor, and had to drive 7 hours with the groomsmen to the S.C. coast!! The night before leaving my doctor gave me a steroid shot, and a prescription for a 6 days of oral steroids. I was ALSO on Benedryl, Pepcid AC (!), and using topical medication. The shot was still taking affect the next day, and my swellings and rashes continued to spread up from my legs and to my chest, back, and eventullay to my nose and around my mouth. I looked in the mirror and was a horror of horrors. During the wedding rehearsal, I was given something that FINALLY caused the swelling to subside. What eventually helped me was simple-- (ALLEGRA)! Who would have known? If anyone else has had this reaction to Diet Cherry Coke, I'd appreciate knowing what helped them.

• Absolutely! I have been drinking diet A&W Root Beer, and diet Pepsi, both of which contain acesulfame potassium. I have been having mild sulfa allergy symptons, such as severe itching. Even though the companies claim it is not the same form that causes sulfa allergies, it certainly causes a sulfa reaction to me! Stay away from all diet products with acesulfame potassium is you react to sulfa! Also, there is sulfa in celebrex, so if you are allergic to sulfa, stay away from Celebrex!