HEADACHE & MIGRAINE TREATMENT & RELIEF:
OPTOMETRISTS
Optometrists provide essential primary contact with patients presenting with a range of eye problems.
Most problems can be addressed through simple procedures such as prescription lenses, eye exercises and advice.
Optometrists are also able to diagnose and detect eye diseases which may require further intervention by a General practitioner or Ophthalmologist, via referral.
There are a number of common eye conditions which can contribute to head-pain, so it is important to consider this as a possible source of irritation, even where other more obvious causes can be identified. Eye-Strain is among the most common eye conditions leading to head pain, and may result from problems with focus. Headache treatment or migraine treatment in such cases, should consider examination and prescription of corrective lenses which often assists in some cases.
Other cases may be as simple as improving lighting conditions at work, or more complex requiring specialist care.
An examination is recommended where the eye, or vision is a problem.
All cases of headache & migraine need to be properly diagnosed by a trained health care professional first. Your family doctor is ideally positioned to help make decisions with you and co-ordinate any therapeutic trials. Many cases have a number of causes (not just one), so it is important to consider a combination of therapies / or approaches when this is the case.
Head Pain Articles by Head Pain Experts
Eye Pain
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Nose and Sinus Pain
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Dental and Jaw Pain
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Brain and Nerve Pain
Post Trauma Headaches and other problems Post Trauma Headaches and other problems Post trauma headaches are a common result of ‘concussion’, where there has been a blow to the head or sudden jolting of the head (ie: car accident, falling off a horse). It is very important to get these headaches properly investigated by a… Read More
Ear Pain
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Dietary Triggers & lifestyles-HeadPain
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Pain Relievers
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Neck Pain and Headaches & Migraines
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Other Causes of Headache & Migraines
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Pain Reliever Medication Overuse syndromes
Overuse of symptomatic medications among chronic (transformed) migraine patients: profile of drug consumption. Chronic daily headache and chronic (transformed) migraine (TM) patients represent more than one third of the subjects seen in specialized headache centers. Most of these patients may overuse symptomatic medications (SM) taken on a daily basis to relieve headache and associated symptoms. This can… Read More
