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    101 Tips For Preventing Headaches (49-57)

    49.

    Try steam inhalation. This is especially true for those who have a sinus problem. Steam inhalation is an great way of clearing all the spaces inside. If you have an infection too, a steam inhalation can be very soothing. But there is a word of caution that I have to offer here.

    Be very careful about you eyes. Remember that it's not advisable to expose your eyes to steam and so take care to protect your eyes when you're inhaling steam.

    Another thing that you should be careful about is the temperature of the steam. You just need reasonably hot water and not scorching hot, sizzling vapors of water. The object is not to scald your skin but to send some warm vapors up your nose. Actually steam inhalation is one of the the bulk recommended therapies for people who obtain sinus associated headache.

    The point that you should keep in mind is that the sooner you inhale once you obtain the headache, the better. If you wait for long hours before you inhale, you're going to have to inhale longer and at shorter intervals for the inhalation to have any effect on the headache.

    50.

    Menthol vapors too can be of some relief. Menthol vapors too can aid towards clearing your sinuses. Try dissolving a balm or ointment in the hot water that has to be inhaled. Then inhale the vapors. This is the best technique of inhaling menthol vapors.

    51.

    Quit smoking if you can. Smoking can influence your head in a very bad way. Actually smoking affects the functioning of every part of your body. When you smoke you're actually submitting your body and the several mechanisms that go on to the power of a very strong alkaloid that is nicotine. So if you could quit smoking by all means do. It will aid you survive a better life and can add much towards eliminating your headache.

    In fact, if your headache goes away when you beginning smoking it means that your body has already become dependent on nicotine. In that case your headache may be a withdrawal symptom.

    There are a lot things that are identified with substance abuse. Alcohol is one of them, narcotic drugs are another and tobacco is in no technique to be left behind. The problem, or let us say that the similarity among all these materials is that once one gets used to them, breaking away is not easy.

    Contrary to in favor belief, it's not the fear of deprivation of the pleasantly high feeling that drives the person to use the substance again and again so that it's used, misused and ultimately abused. The person returns for his or her everyday shot because of certain altered conditions in the body. These materials are indeed very potent and they influence certain clear cut spots or centers of the brain.

    The brain quickly gets used to these alterations and then before we know it, these centers of the brain cannot do without the everyday doze of the substance. The brain did not ask for the substance in the first place but we gave them to it. When we experience that pleasantly high feeling we do not bother about the modifications that are taking place within.

    It is average knowledge that the entire techniques carried about in the brain are maintained by a delicate balance of the several chemical slats there. Once we beginning using materials like the above mentioned tobacco, narcotics and alcohol, the balance of these chemical salts gets altered.

    The body as I mentioned earlier is a self adapting machine and so this new chemical balance is established and it takes no time for the brain cells to obtain adjusted to the new balance.

    Then when the brain cells do not obtain what is needed to maintain the new balance (read that as the everyday puffs) things go hay wire. The old balance was upset and altered and a new balance was set up.

    But this new balance is not the real natural thing. It is something that has to be artificially supported and when that daily, or timely dose of nicotine does not obtain to the brain, the new balance gets upset.

    52.

    Coffee is actually bad for you. Just like nicotine, caffeine in coffee is bad for you. If you have the custom of drinking a cup of coffee at a fixed time every day, you will in all possibility end up with a headache if your body does not obtain that needed dose of coffee.

    The point to ponder about is this, why do you have to make your body dependent on external materials when it can function very well without these substances.

    53.

    Drink a good deal of water. Water is the the bulk important substance that your body needs. If you're not drinking ample water, you may suffer from a dehydration headache. For a person to remain healthy he or she must drink at least ten glasses of water a day. If your consumption of water is less than this then by all means drink more water.

    Water is indeed the elixir of life. The more water you drink, the better you will feel. If you do not drink ample water, the water balance of the body would be completely disrupted. Make no mistake about this. Te main content of all the cells in your body is indeed water. And when your body does not get ample water, it will end up dehydrated. This will invariably result in a headache.

    54.

    Do not let water obtain into your ears. This is especially true if you take dips in a pool. In this case, the best thing you could do is cover your hair and ears with a bathing cap. In the bulk pools chemicals are added to the water to keep it clean and disinfected. These chemicals however are not the best thing for your body and hair. So it's always advisable to cover your head with some protective material.

    If water does go into your ears try and take it out as soon as you can. Other wise you will develop a ringing sensation in your ears which is next door to a headache. The best technique to obtain rid of the water in your ear is to pour in a little more water and then tilt you head to the side of the ear that has water in it. The result is that all the water will come out of your ear.

    55.

    Cool your eye muscles with slices of cucumber. This is a excellent way to relax yourself. If you have had a difficult day or have had to be out in the sun for long, the best thing that you could do to soothe yourself is to apply a slice of cucumber to each of your eyes.

    This is a 100% natural procedure of cooling your eyes and you would be surprised at how refreshed you feel when you eradicate those slices after a couple of minutes.

    56.

    Eye exercises are wonderful for you. Below you could find tips on how to exercise your eyes.

    1. Stare straight ahead of you preferably at a distant object.

    2. Close your eyes and let any glimmers of light fade away.

    3. Now open your eyes and move your eye balls to the extreme top of your eye sockets and keep them there for a few seconds.

    4. Now move them down to the extreme bottom and keep them there for a few seconds.

    5. Next, move them to the extreme left.

    6. Then bring them to the extreme right.

    7. Finally bring them towards your nose.

    8. Repeat this exercise three or four periods a day.

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