Dontmindme wrote:
Great mood today, sun is bright outside and I can see no clouds! I'm a bit tired because I read up too late yesterday, I like reading too much and chinese novels really know how to grab your attention. Been reading Emperor's Domination lately, good way to escape reality.
Also my parcels never ever, postal services are fucked up these days.
Backlash wrote:
Haah~, today's a big day for Backy-chan: She's finally getting better treatment for her migraines. Granted~, first round's just a prelim, and getting poked in the face by three dozen needles is a bit of a pain, but I'm still pretty excited. Wish me luck, 'kay? ^~^
Pretty interesting stuff, I knew about how needles could be used to help temporarily with blood pressure but didn't know it could help with other kind of migraines! Hope you get better soon!
Acupuncture can help in the treatment of migraine by:
Providing pain relief - by stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues, acupuncture leads to release of endorphins and other neurochumoral factors and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Zhao 2008, Zijlstra 2003, Pomeranz, 1987).
Reducing inflammation - by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kim 2008, Kavoussi 2007, Zijlstra 2003).
Reducing the degree of cortical spreading depression (an electrical wave in the brain associated with migraine) and plasma levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P (both implicated in the pathophysiology of migraine) (Shi 2010).
Modulating extracranial and intracranial blood flow (Park 2009).
Affecting serotonin (5-hydroxytriptamine) levels in the brain (Zhong 2007). (Serotonin may be linked to the initiation of migraines; 5-HT agonists (triptans) are used against acute attacks.)
Yeah, the weather really is amazing ^~^ Makes me want to live in the Bahamas or something.
Deliveries seem to have been mostly fine for me. Maybe took one day longer than usual for first class mail to arrive, but other than that there doesn't seem to have been much change over here.
I also don't think it's acupuncture that Backy was going for, but botox injections, which apparently can also work ^_^
