The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-15
ALL ABOUT HEADACHES.
Pains Spring From Large Variety of Causes
advice to the Nervous.

PostO
When suffering from headache, tell
your physician all about these matters
and symptoms:
Location: Is the pain in the fore
head. on top of the head, or in the
rear? -
Is II one or two sided? Does it con-
| sist of pressure. sharp pains or merely
/ A feeling of discomfort or uneasiness
! Is il deep seated or boring, or do you
/ feel as If, your head were bursting
| Does Il feel as II your head were held
/ in a wise. or do you feel shooting pains
az intervals or permanently
! Some nervous people who consulted
me were quite sure that every ofalh
particle of theirs was lassoed by mil
! lion strings. and that something or
other was pulling at these strings every
little while. One woman was convinced
that a tiny steam drill was working in
her head. another that dozen or more
miniature sledgehammers were work
| ing there.
Minute statements as to time and
| causes are also essential. Does II come
In hts and starts? How bng do these
| fits last? Are you bothered at night
and are YOU especially plagued during
certain hours OF the day or nightf DO
| the aches increase or decrease when
you bow your head or lie DOWN. Do
food. work. light. anger and joy seem
10 exercise any influence over your con-
ditiOn?
Does your head feel cold or warm,
! damp or dry? Do you suffer with the
eyes, and are your eyes influenced oy
your headaches or vice VersA2 Does
| 10 he ga write
or read or otherwise exercise your
nerves of vision?
Do your nasal organs work freely or
do you suffer from constipation OF the
| nose. frequent sneeZing, etc? DO you
suffer from buzzing or tingling OF the
ears or earache? Is your headache ever
attended by sickness of the stomach or
| vomiting?
Are you a normal eater or have you
no appetite? Does eating prove bene-
fetal or the opposite when you have
the headache? If you drink, does beer,
wine. water. whisky, tea or coffee bring
on fits OF headache, increase or de-
crease the disease?
After going over the ground as above
the physician should ascertain: How
long have you been suffering from
headaches, for weeks. months or years
since your school days? Are any of
your relatives likewise afflicted?
/ People suffering from continuous head
ache are often victims of megrim. This
is particularly true of people in middle
| age who suffer from headaches period
| ically, on a certain day every few
weeks, etc. The majority of such suf-
| ferers coming under my observation
reported that their father or mother
used to be likewise afflicted. These are
the first symptoms of megrim: Fiery
lines dancing before the eyes. only one
half of things is seen by the sufferer,
one-half of the face or one hand goes
to sleep continuously. Second stage:
One-half of your hand aches for sew
eral hours in succession, usually fol-
lowed by vomiting which Is the third
stage. But not all megrim sufferers
vomit In many cases sickness of the
stomach alone is experienced.
Slight diseases of the nose often bring
on headaches. II your physician can
not help you. always consult a nose
specialist. Constipation of the nose
which is easily discernible even TO the
layman, is liable 10 create violent and
persistent headache, and IL a megrim
victim suffers from constipation of the
nose at the same time his headaches
are usually the more unbearable and
] a ODEIdIlOL
is necessary. but application Of salt OF
iodine may be tried with success in
all but extreme cases.
For some time American physicians
have insisted that a good many kinds
of headache are due to diseases of the
eyes and durable, therefore, by the
wearing of spectacles or similar meas
ures. Experience does not bear out this
somewhat fantastic diagnosis. Specta-
Giles never cure headache unless assist
ed by hypnotic suggestions.
Tiredness of certain nerve centers is
a very frequent cause of headaches
with healthy as we'll as sick people
Such tiredness may result from mental
| overwork, cares, anger, noise, bodily
exercise, and cold. This sort OF head
ache is always two sided and usually
located in the fore part of the head
Its staying powers depend on the
cause-how soon ii is remOved-and the
healthy person gets over it quicker
than the sickly man or woman.
Everything that leads TO the better
ment of social conditions benefits the
health and healthy people do not SUI
fer from headaches except from the
eVanescent sort mentioned under IN.
heading of tiredness. The first thins
that out TO be prescribed for a head
ache sufferer is fresh air. But we can
all go to the mountains or sea shore
certainly, but even city dwelers MAY
find far more healthy spots in Their
prison than their own rooms. Avoid
sitting in closed rooms as much as Dos
sible il you want to get rid of your
headache, walk the streets, lounge il
the parks, If you can't do better, bu
keep out of doors and always selec
"a oil nd
within reach. And if you must sit in.
side keep the window open if only &
little at the top. Headache sufferer.
should never sleep with closed Windows
winter or summer. Opening the win
dow in the next room is not sufficient
You must have fresh air from frs
hand.
The vegetarians say that their way O.
living fOrestalls headaches. but nv ex
peFience as a practicing physician fiat
ly contradicts that assertion. Though
had many patients who tried vegAtar
ianism and temporarily got rid of thei
headaches. the headaches came back
( and came back 10 stay after the frs
enthusiasm had worn OFF. spinach an,
peas Notwithstanding. Still. at III,
same time. always advise my patient
TO curb their appetite for meat-un
doubtedly too much meat is liable I,
cause headache in people otherwise pre-
disposed 10 the disease.
It's important that nervous peopI
suffering with headaches should eat ev
cry few hours-if their stomach 4
empty they become faint and headach,
is the result. But never lose sight O
the fact that constipation is one of tn
prime causes of headache. Headach,
people should make it practice [,
have prunes and honey cake around
also TO eat plenty of honey and rhu
barb and occasionally use sitz bath
tcoOD and chew tamarind. Salts shout,
be avoided except by very robust per
sons.
A barrel OF alcohol will cause NOR