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Hot shower for migaine

You can also get relief from migraines by taking a hot shower. Whilst in the shower put your head, or at least the back of your neck, under the running water. This helps to expand the blood vessels that are constricting and let more blood flow.

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great Comments By: anon I've had migraines since 19 and I always end up taking a hot shower and it really relieves the tension of the migraine. Plus after you shower you sleep very comfortable..   Migraine Comments By: Anon I would have thought that a hot shower would make a migraine worse, I always go for the ice bag and cold breeze. Any sort of heat makes the nausea worse.   Migraine Relief from Hot Shower Comments By: Anon Agreed, the hot shower with water focused on the back of my neck and head coupled with taking a few Advil seem to help me when an attack occurs.   cures my worst migrane in five mintues. Comments By: Lot THis works everytime for me, though it might vary with the specfic syptoms of your headache. I get pain across the eyes and forehead and find light intolerable. No nausea like the person above. It's absolutly worth a go if you've never tried it though, it makes even my worst migrane dissapear in 5 minutes   Heat makes it worse for me Comments By: Migraine sufferer I'd like to hear from someone who has nausea, goes to the emergency room and has to take injections to get relief. Six Advils would do nothing for my pain.   Yes works amazingly Comments By: Nathan To those who say "My pain is so bad I have to go the emergency room" I say you probably have a very low pain tolerance level and yes I get the nausea and the whole nine yards. For me the reason a VERY VERY VERY HOT even to the point of scolding hot showers work is because it is soo painful it almost drowns out any other possible pain. My mother is one that has had migraines all her life and cant handle the pain and she is now hooked on all kinds of meds for migraines and others for the side effects of those migraine pills as in sleep meds, heart meds, and many others. An actually hot shower will not only help the pain but clear the mind almost like a good hour of mediation which will defiantly help you sleep much much better.   I agree! Comments By: Anon I have suffered migraines since childhood. And Hot water shower does ease and relieve the pain. Plus you will sleep well.   will it ever end Comments By: sean nothing cures migraine only time, relax forget everything and eventualy it goes. everybody has a different way to relax no two people are the same, they tell you its in your head what they realy mean is "we have no idea"