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If you have a sinus problem, blow your nose often. Blowing your nose helps to get rid of the mucus that accumulates in the sinuses. It is better if you can blow your nose after a steam inhalation.
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It is also a good idea to water rinse your nose. This is a very effective way of clearing your sinuses and saving your self from a bout of dust allergy as well. All you have to do is cup your hand and hold a little bit of water in it. Dip you nose in and inhale the water very gently.
The water must only ascend the passage of your nose and must not go any further. You can control the ascent of the water by controlling your breath. After this breathe out and let the water out. Repeat this a couple of times. You might snort the first two or three times but after that you will soon get the hang of it.
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If you have an allergic condition like a dust allergy, stay away from dust as it can trigger of the sinus infection. Make sure you change your air filters regularly, and consider buying special filters for people with dust allergies.
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If you find it impossible to stay away from dust at least wear a gas mask.
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Foods containing monosodium glutamate and caffeine are bad so stay away from them. They too can start a migraine.
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Fermented and pickled food can be bad for you, especially if you suffer from frequent headaches.
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Contraceptive pills can trigger headaches because these pills actually interfere with the hormonal functioning in the body. (Then again, last time we checked, screaming babies trigger headaches as well.)
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Maintain a headache diary. I know that the idea might sound strange but I really mean it. This is something that every one who suffers from headaches should do.
The person should closely monitor himself or herself. The factors that person should take into account are food and beverage intake, weather conditions, stress and menstrual cycles.
Try to identify the causes that lead to the headache or in other words the causes that trigger off the headache. Find out how often and how frequent the aches are and whether they are related to any external condition like the weather perhaps or travel. It is really not very difficult to do this.
This exercise will help the person find out if there are definite causes and then all that the person has to do is to avoid those causes.
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Consult the doctor specifically for the headache. Many people feel queasy about going to a doctor with something as insignificant as a headache. But the fact is that there is nothing insignificant about a headache.
It is one of the most maddening things in the world. Every year the nation loses millions of dollars worth of productive days because good workers go down with headaches.
There is nothing to feel bad about consulting a doctor about a headache. In fact many practitioners do a thriving business by setting up headache clinics g here and there. If you have a headache diary like the one we mentioned in the above point, it would be very useful to your doctor in reaching a good diagnosis.
But you may however tell you doctor that the last thing you would prefer would be OTC medication. You know what OTC stands for don’t you? It stands for Over the Counter medication.
Try to help your doctor reach a better diagnosis and follow the suggestions of your doctor as well.
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 not of are birth control pills, medicines for blood pressure and any hormone supplements.
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