Headaches

The common headache is probably as ancient as primitive man. The headache, a pain or ache across the forehead or within the head, may be severe or mild in character, and can last anywhere from under half an hour to three or four days. It may be accompanied by dizziness, nausea, nasal stuffiness, or difficulty in seeing or hearing. It is not a disease or illness but a symptom. Headaches in today’s modern world can arise from any of a number of underlying causes. These include excessive drinking or smoking, lack of sleep, hunger drug abuse, and eyestrain. Eyestrain commonly results from overuse of the eyes, particularly under glaring light or from failure to correct defective vision.

Headaches can also be caused by exposure to toxic gases, such as carbon monoxide and sulfer dioxide, which are common components in polluted air. Some headaches are symptoms of illness or disease, in cluding pneumonia, constipation, allergy, high blood pressure, and brian tumor. Finally emotional strain or tension can cause headache by muscle constriction in the head and neck. Many of these causes give rist to the common physiological cause of headache -- dilation of the blood vessels in the head.

Headaches may be suffered on an occasional basis, or they may be chronic. Chronic headaches are usually tension or migraine headaches.

Dr. Nelson has found misalignments in the jaw bone, the nose bone, the bones in the spinal column, and the cranial bones. He has people come from all over the United States and Canada just for headaches and is very successful in treating them.