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Question: How can acupuncture help treat migraines?
Answer: In this ancient Chinese technique, practitioners insert fine needles into points on your body. They say it helps ease headaches by correcting energy imbalances and making your body better able to resist or overcome illness. Research shows acupuncture may cause your body to release chemicals that block pain, like endorphins. It also may tell your brain to give off other chemicals and hormones that send signals between different types of cells, including those of the immune system.
Question: Is acupuncture effective in treating migraines?
Answer: Acupuncture seems to help with a variety of health problems. The World Health Organization recognizes more than 30 conditions it can improve, from allergies to tennis elbow. Other studies, though, suggest it mainly helps people because they believe it will work.
Question: What is the best way to change my diet in order to treat my migraines?
Answer: Your best bet is to eat a well-balanced diet. Don't skip meals or fast. Each can trigger a migraine. Talk to your doctor before you start a new diet or take any new medications, including vitamins, herbs, and supplements.
Question: Are dietary changes used to treat migraines?
Answer: Certain foods, such as chocolate, aged cheese, citrus fruits, and red wine, may trigger headaches for some people. If this is true for you, try to identify and avoid food-related headache triggers. ( The same goes for other things that bring on headaches, including stress, lack of sleep, and fatigue.) You can start by keeping a careful diary of your headache symptoms and eating habits.
Question: How can I learn how to use biofeedback?
Answer: A specialist in psychology, psychiatry, or integrative medicine can teach you how to use relaxation training.
Question: Who can teach me effective relaxation techniques?
Answer: A specialist in psychology, psychiatry, or integrative medicine can teach you how to use relaxation training.
Question: How can stress management help treat migraines?
Answer: Life events that increase stress, anxiety, and depression have been linked with chronic migraines and other headaches. Studies show that a combination of stress management and some antidepressant drugs ease headaches and the use of pain medications. Along with a regular practice of relaxation, it may also help to get enough sleep and eat a healthy diet.
Question: Are dietary changes effective in treating migraines?
Answer: Researchers have done only a few studies to test if diet changes can ease headache pain. Some found that people who ate less fat had fewer migraines. Others suggest adding omega-3 fatty acids to your diet. Supplements that might help include magnesium, riboflavin, coenzyme Q10, and melatonin.
Question: How can acupuncture help treat migraines and headaches?
Answer: In this ancient Chinese technique, practitioners insert fine needles into points on your body. They say it helps ease headaches by correcting energy imbalances and making your body better able to resist or overcome illness. Research shows acupuncture may cause your body to release chemicals that block pain, like endorphins. It also may tell your brain to give off other chemicals and hormones that send signals between different types of cells, including those of the immune system.
Question: How is biofeedback used to treat migraines and headaches?
Answer: Some tried and true methods include: Electromyographic ( EMG) biofeedback Botox Stress management Acupuncture Massage Herbs Aromatherapy Diet changes Biofeedback helps you use information (feedback) about muscle tension, skin temperature, brain waves, and other body signals to ease your stress. A technician places small metal sensors, called electrodes, on your skin to measure those signs. A machine shows that data as numbers, electrical waves, or sounds on a screen.
Question: What should you do when considering acupuncture for migraines and headaches?
Answer: If you try this approach, be sure to look for an experienced, well-trained acupuncturist who uses sterile needles. Many states require a license, certification, or registration to practice it, so check the laws in your area.
Question: How can stress management help treat migraines and headaches?
Answer: Life events that increase stress, anxiety, and depression have been linked with chronic migraines and other headaches. Studies show that a combination of stress management and some antidepressant drugs ease headaches and the use of pain medications. Along with a regular practice of relaxation, it may also help to get enough sleep and eat a healthy diet. A specialist in psychology, psychiatry, or integrative medicine can teach you how to use relaxation training.
Question: How can you learn to use biofeedback to treat migraines and headaches?
Answer: A specialist in psychology, psychiatry, or integrative medicine can teach you how to use relaxation training.
Question: How can aromatherapy help with migraines and headaches?
Answer: In this type of treatment, you breathe in essential oils or rub them on your skin to help you relax and change how you perceive pain. Many people say that lavender, ginger, or peppermint oils may help relieve tension headaches.
Question: Are herbs used to treat migraines?
Answer: People use a variety of herbs for migraine and headache treatment and prevention. Most of the studies on effectiveness and safety have looked at two: Feverfew is the most popular herbal way to prevent migraines, and studies have shown that it may be helpful, with only mild side effects. But there are no convincing data that it is more effective than a placebo (a fake pill). Scientists need to do more research on these treatments. Talk to your doctor before you start a new diet or take any new medications, including vitamins, herbs, and supplements.
Question: Is biofeedback effective in treating migraines?
Answer: What makes acupuncture a unique pain treatment is that its effects may be long-lasting. Most of the studies on effectiveness and safety have looked at two: Feverfew is the most popular herbal way to prevent migraines, and studies have shown that it may be helpful, with only mild side effects.
Question: Are the effects of acupuncture treatment long lasting?
Answer: In general, its effects seem similar to many drugs that treat headaches, and it can be part of early treatment for migraines. In one study, it eased chronic pain in the neck and shoulder areas and the headaches it caused, and the effects lasted for months.
Question: What are alternative treatments for migraines and headaches?
Answer: So scientists have studied alternative treatments aimed at stress reduction, such as biofeedback and relaxation, and found that they often work well. Some people get relief from nontraditional headache treatments -- including acupuncture, massage, herbs, and diets -- but others don't. Studies show that a combination of stress management and some antidepressant drugs ease headaches and the use of pain medications.
Question: What makes acupuncture unique as a treatment for migraines and headaches?
Answer: In general, its effects seem similar to many drugs that treat headaches, and it can be part of early treatment for migraines. Acupuncture seems to help with a variety of health problems. The World Health Organization recognizes more than 30 conditions it can improve, from allergies to tennis elbow. Other studies, though, suggest it mainly helps people because they believe it will work. In one study, it eased chronic pain in the neck and shoulder areas and the headaches it caused, and the effects lasted for months.
Question: Why should you make an appointment for Alzheimer's now?
Answer: The sooner you know, the better. Starting treatment may help relieve symptoms and keep you independent longer. It also helps you plan better. You can work out living arrangements, make financial and legal decisions, and build up your support network.
Question: What are warning signs of Alzheimer's?
Answer: Words and conversations are frustrating Vocabulary becomes hard.
Question: What are symptoms of peripheral artery disease?
Answer: It can affect different muscle groups, including: Buttock and hip Calf (most common) Foot (less common) Thigh Some people have a sense of burning or numbness. If you have an advanced form of peripheral artery disease, your toes or feet might hurt even while you're resting. Other signs and symptoms of peripheral artery disease include: Changes in the color of your legs Erectile dysfunction Leg weakness Legs that are cooler than your arms Loss of hair on your legs Fainter pulse in your feet Shiny skin on your legs Slow toenail growth Wounds or sores on your toes or feet that don't heal well You can also have severe blockages with no pain at all. This usually is because your body grows blood vessels around the blockages.
Question: Can I prevent peripheral artery disease?
Answer: You might get other tests, including: Angiogram, in which your doctor uses a needle to put dye into your bloodstream before taking an X-ray to find blocked arteries Ankle-brachial index, which compares blood pressure in your lower leg and your upper arm Blood tests to check for risk factors like diabetes or high cholesterol Ultrasound to check blood flow and find blocked arteries Some simple things you can do to manage your symptoms and keep peripheral artery disease from getting worse include: Control your cholesterol and blood pressure Eat a healthy diet Exercise Don't smoke You also might need medical treatments including: Angioplasty.
Question: How is peripheral artery disease diagnosed?
Answer: This type of pain is called claudication. You might get other tests, including: Angiogram, in which your doctor uses a needle to put dye into your bloodstream before taking an X-ray to find blocked arteries Ankle-brachial index, which compares blood pressure in your lower leg and your upper arm Blood tests to check for risk factors like diabetes or high cholesterol Ultrasound to check blood flow and find blocked arteries Some simple things you can do to manage your symptoms and keep peripheral artery disease from getting worse include: Control your cholesterol and blood pressure Eat a healthy diet Exercise Don't smoke You also might need medical treatments including: Angioplasty. Your doctor might also put a mesh tube called a stent into your artery to keep it open. You also might take medicines to lower your cholesterol, blood pressure, or blood sugar.
Question: Which muscle groups are affected by peripheral artery disease?
Answer: You may have muscle pain or cramping because there's less blood flow to your legs. You usually feel it when you walk or climb stairs, but it stops when you rest. It can affect different muscle groups, including: Buttock and hip Calf (most common) Foot (less common) Thigh Some people have a sense of burning or numbness. When it's inflated, the balloon pushes plaque out to widen the artery and restore blood flow.
Question: Are disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs safe or are there side effects?
Answer: The FDA has approved all DMARDs. Many people take them without ever having problems. But because they work throughout the body to fight RA, their powerful action typically does cause some side effects, commonly: Stomach upset.
Question: What are the side effects of using hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) and sulfasalazine (Azulfidine) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
Answer: Hydroxychloroquine ( Plaquenil) and sulfasalazine ( Azulfidine) are used for mild rheumatoid arthritis. They are not as powerful as other DMARDs, but they usually cause fewer side effects. In rare cases, Plaquenil can adversely affect the eyes, and patients taking this medicine should be seen by an ophthalmologist at least once a year.
Question: How are the side effects of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) minimized?
Answer: To minimize side effects, DMARDs are sometimes started one at a time and increased gradually. The goal is to minimize both rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and medication side effects. It often takes more than one DMARD to get control of active rheumatoid arthritis.
Question: What are the effects of using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
Answer: DMARDs slow down rheumatoid arthritis and improve quality of life for most people. Some will even achieve a remission while taking them. More commonly, the disease activity continues, but at a slower, less intense pace. While taking one or more DMARDs, you may have longer symptom-free periods, or flare ups that are less painful or stressful. Your joints may take less time to loosen up in the morning. At a check-up, your rheumatologist may end up telling you that your most recent X-rays are free of any new damage. Taking a DMARD regularly makes you less likely to have long-term damage to your joints, too.
Question: What is cyclosporine and how does it treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Cyclosporine ( Neoral ) is a powerful drug that often works well in slowing down joint damage. But because it can hurt the kidneys and has other potential side effects, it is usually used for severe RA after other drugs fail and is not in widespread use at this time.
Question: What are the side effects of azathioprine (Imuran) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
Answer: Azathioprine ( Imuran) is used for many different inflammatory conditions, including RA. The most common side effects are nausea and vomiting, sometimes with stomach pain and diarrhea. Long-term use of azathioprine is associated with an increased risk of cancer.
Question: Do liver problems occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: These are less common than stomach upset. Your doctor will check blood tests on a regular basis to make sure your liver is not being harmed.
Question: What biologic drugs are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Biologic drugs: abatacept ( Orencia), adalimumab ( Humira), anakinra ( Kineret), certolizumab ( Cimzia), etanercept ( Enbrel), etanercept-szzs ( Ereizi), golimumab ( Simponi, Simponi Aria), and infliximab ( Remicade). These are the newest drugs for RA and are either injected under the skin or given directly into a vein. They work by neutralizing one of the immune system's signals ( TNF) that lead to inflammation and joint damage. Rituximab ( Rituxan) and tocilizumab ( Actemra) are biologics, but do not block TNF. Rituxan target B cells and actemra affects IL-6.
Question: What is azathioprine and how does it treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Azathioprine ( Imuran) is used for many different inflammatory conditions, including RA. The most common side effects are nausea and vomiting, sometimes with stomach pain and diarrhea. Long-term use of azathioprine is associated with an increased risk of cancer.
Question: What is minocycline and how does it treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Minocycline ( Minocin) is an antibiotic that is not often prescribed. But it may help RA by stopping inflammation. It can take several months to start working and up to a year before the full effects are known. When taken for long periods, minocycline can cause discoloration of the skin.
Question: What is leflunomide and how does it treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Since Arava is known to cause harm to a fetus, women must take special precautions to prevent pregnancy. This is because it has been shown to work as well or better than any other single medicine. These drugs are thought to have fewer side effects than other DMARDs. DMARDs sometimes cause nausea, sometimes with vomiting, or diarrhea.
Question: Do people with multiple sclerosis have tremors?
Answer: Many people with multiple sclerosis ( MS) have some form of tremor they can't control, in different parts of their bodies, like their head, arms, or legs.
Question: I have multiple sclerosis (MS), what drugs can help with tremors?
Answer: These problems are one of the hardest MS symptoms to treat. There aren't any drugs made just to treat MS tremors. Your doctors will probably prescribe drugs for another condition, like: Acetazolamide ( Diamox), which treats a type of glaucoma and altitude sickness Buspirone ( Buspar) and clonazepam ( Klonopin), which are anti-anxiety drugs Hydroxyzine ( Atarax, Vistaril), an antihistamine Isoniazid ( INH), a drug for tuberculosis Primidone ( Mysoline), a seizure medicine Propranolol ( Inderal), which treats heart problems, high blood pressure, and migraines Braces: These can hold your joint still and stop extra movement.
Question: What causes multiple sclerosis-related tremors?
Answer: Tremors result from damage to a part of your brain called the cerebellum.
Question: What are psychological ways that multiple sclerosis tremors can affect someone?
Answer: Tremors can be tough to handle in social situations. You may feel like you want to be alone, but that can make you feel lonely and depressed.
Question: I have multiple sclerosis (MS), how can my tremors affect my life?
Answer: Tremors can be tough to handle in social situations. You may feel like you want to be alone, but that can make you feel lonely and depressed.
Question: Are tremors normal with multiple sclerosis (MS)?
Answer: Many people with multiple sclerosis ( MS) have some form of tremor they can't control, in different parts of their bodies, like their head, arms, or legs.
Question: What are the different types of tremors caused by multiple sclerosis?
Answer: Intention tremor. There's no shaking when you're at rest. It starts when you try to reach or grasp something or move your hand or foot to a precise spot. This is the most common form of MS tremor, and it usually causes the most problems in day-to-day life. Postural tremors. You shake when you sit or stand, but not when you lie down. This is more common with Parkinson's disease than MS. Nystagmus. This type causes jumpy eye movements.
Question: What are medications to treat multiple sclerosis tremors?
Answer: This is the most common form of MS tremor, and it usually causes the most problems in day-to-day life. Your doctors will probably prescribe drugs for another condition, like: Acetazolamide ( Diamox), which treats a type of glaucoma and altitude sickness Buspirone ( Buspar) and clonazepam ( Klonopin), which are anti-anxiety drugs Hydroxyzine ( Atarax, Vistaril), an antihistamine Isoniazid ( INH), a drug for tuberculosis Primidone ( Mysoline), a seizure medicine Propranolol ( Inderal), which treats heart problems, high blood pressure, and migraines Braces: These can hold your joint still and stop extra movement.
Question: What are the advantages of LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: LASIK has many benefits, including: It has been around for over 25 years and it works! It corrects vision. Around 96% of patients will have their desired vision after LASIK. An enhancement can further increase this number. LASIK is associated with very little pain due to the numbing drops that are used. Vision is corrected nearly by the day after LASIK. No bandages or stitches are required after LASIK. Adjustments can be made years after LASIK to further correct vision if vision changes while you age. After having LASIK, most patients have a dramatic reduction in eyeglass or contact lens dependence and many patients no longer need them at all.
Question: What are the disadvantages of LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: Despite the pluses, there are some disadvantages to LASIK eye surgery: LASIK is technically complex. Rare problems may occur when the doctor creates the flap, which can permanently affect vision. This is one reason to choose a surgeon who is very experienced at performing these surgeries. LASIK can rarely cause a loss of "best" vision. Your best vision is the highest degree of vision that you achieved while wearing your contacts or eyeglasses.
Question: What is LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: LASIK, which stands for laser in-situ keratomileusis, is a popular surgery used to correct vision in people who are nearsighted, farsighted, or have astigmatism. All laser vision correction surgeries work by reshaping the cornea, the clear front part of the eye, so that light traveling through it is properly focused onto the retina located in the back of the eye.
Question: What happens during LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: During LASIK eye surgery, an instrument called a microkeratome or femtosecond laser is used to create a thin flap in the cornea. The cornea flap is then painlessly peeled back and the underlying corneal tissue is reshaped using another laser. After the cornea is reshaped so that it can properly focus light onto the retina, the cornea flap is put back in place and the surgery is complete. LASIK is performed while the patient is under local anesthesia in the form of eye drops (no shots, no needles) and usually takes about 10 minutes to complete.
Question: What are the benefits of LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: LASIK has many benefits, including: It has been around for over 25 years and it works! It corrects vision. Around 96% of patients will have their desired vision after LASIK. An enhancement can further increase this number. LASIK is associated with very little pain due to the numbing drops that are used. Vision is corrected nearly by the day after LASIK. No bandages or stitches are required after LASIK. Adjustments can be made years after LASIK to further correct vision if vision changes while you age. After having LASIK, most patients have a dramatic reduction in eyeglass or contact lens dependence and many patients no longer need them at all.
Question: How should I prepare on the day of my LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: On the day of your surgery, eat a light meal before going to the doctor and take all of your prescribed medications. Do not wear eye makeup or have any bulky accessories in your hair that will interfere with positioning your head under the laser. If you are not feeling well that morning, call the doctor's office to determine whether the procedure needs to be postponed.
Question: What are the potential side effects of LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: Other side effects, although rare, may include: Glare Seeing halos around images Difficulty driving at night Fluctuating vision Dry eyes Before LASIK eye surgery, you will meet with a coordinator or eye surgeon who will discuss what to expect during and after the procedure. You will revisit the doctor for an evaluation 24 to 48 hours after LASIK eye surgery, as well as at regular intervals within the first six months.
Question: Will I be sedated during my LASIK eye surgery?
Answer: During this session, your medical history will be evaluated and your eyes will be fully examined. Patients may also request mild sedation. Plan to have someone drive you home after surgery.
Question: How effective is cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib)?
Answer: Nonsurgical and less invasive ablation are successful for many people with AFib. If the first procedure is not successful, often a second will be. With those options, you'll be able to recover and get back to your normal routine quickly.
Question: When do people have a surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib)?
Answer: There are three kinds: Maze procedure: This is usually done while you're having open-heart surgery for another problem, like a bypass or valve replacement.
Question: How do you know if cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib) is right for you?
Answer: Cardiac ablation may be right for you if AFib symptoms are more severe and make it hard to do daily tasks It depends on what type of procedure you have: Catheter ablation: You may need to spend a night in the hospital, but most people go home the same day.
Question: How is atrial fibrillation (AFib) treated?
Answer: The doctor will take your risk factors into account before he suggests a treatment. If you have no symptoms, or they're mild, he may watch and wait. But he might prescribe warfarin or another blood thinner to protect you from strokes.
Question: Can you go home after a cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib)?
Answer: The plan will depend on: The cause of your AFib Whether you have symptoms Your chance of having heart disease Different types of ablation target different parts of your heart. You may be able to go home the same day, or you may need to stay a night or longer in the hospital.