home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pitt.edu!pitt!geb
- From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Headaches
- Message-ID: <15761@pitt.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 20:58:59 GMT
- References: <BURTLE.92Jul13120203@aelle.cs.odu.edu> <1992Jul19.015413.26943@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.pitt.edu
- Distribution: sci
- Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.
- Lines: 48
-
-
- In article <1992Jul19.015413.26943@ncsu.edu> echyatt@eos.ncsu.edu (EDWARD CRAIG HYATT) writes:
- >
- >A series of visits to doctors (my GP,
- >endocrinologist, ENT specialist,
- >surgery to remove a "bone spur" from
- >my nose, and, as a last resort,
- >a chiropractor) had failed to cure the
- >headaches.
- >
- >During the decade that I tried various
- >treatments, no physician mentioned
- >caffeine as a possible problem.
- >
- It's a shame you didn't visit a neurologist, which
- is the type of doctor that specializes in headaches.
- I'm sure the issue of caffeine would have come up,
- or should have. Would have saved a lot of money,
- especially on the "bone spur."
-
-
- >Since I'm pretty happy with the "cure,"
- >I've never bothered to search the literature,
- >but I'd be interested in any references
- >on caffeine->headaches just as a matter of
- >curiosity. It seems strange to me that
- >no doctor mentioned the relationship, so
- >I have a residual skeptism about the whole
- >business (i.e. maybe it's psychosomatic).
- >
- Caffeine is one of the substances we suggest eliminating
- from the diets of patients with migraine. Chocolate,
- wine, certain cheeses, and other foods can also be
- quite troublesome. It is a well known problem
- that is discussed in most textbooks on headaches.
- A visit to your medical school library may be in order.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- --
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and
- geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu | it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-