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Headache Relief for Women: How You can Manage and Prevent Pain
Fred Sheftell, M.D. Alan Rapoport, M.D.
Little, Brown and Company, Boston Although about 90% of the adult population is likely to suffer a headache in any calendar year, women are more than three times as likely as men to have migraines and may suffer other types of headache more frequently, too. This may be a result of women's hormone cycles and other biological factors. That's why Drs Rapoport and Sheftell wrote a headache book especially for women. Headache Relief for Women tells women what they need to know about headache, picking up where other books leave off without sacrificing the basics. In the first chapter, Drs Rapoport and Sheftell dispel common myths about headache. Each myth is followed by facts and provide good arguments for anyone who tells a headache sufferer that her headaches are "all in her head" or that her headaches suggest an underlying personality disorder. Not so! Headaches are a valid medical illness. The doctors discuss the four major headache categories -- migraine, tension-type, cluster, and chronic daily headache, with special attention to migraine's relationship to pregnancy, the menstrual cycle, menopause and headache "triggers" such as foods, disruption of sleep patterns, and weather. Ever hear of the B.A.D. (Benign Autonomic Dysfunction) headache, a female problem? If you haven't, you'll find it here, along with a discussion of its relationship to mitral valve prolapse, a defect in which one of the heart's valves closes incompletely. And there's more. Drs. Rapoport and Sheftell offer comprehensive information about headache management, with advice on nutrition and vitamins; behavioral techniques such as biofeedback, stress relief, and relaxation techniques; and an overview medications and what they do. Headache Relief for Women is the woman's definitive guide to headache. 242 pages: Publisher's price |
