What Nurses Know... Headaches: The Answers You Need from the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cohan, Wendy L., PUBLISHER: Demos Medical Publishing, Headaches are one of the most common medical complaints. Nearly everyone gets a headache at some point in their lives. Over 45 million Americans suffer with chronic headaches each year. Headache disorders are a major contributing factor to disability and lost-work time world-wide. Altogether, diagnosis and treatment of headaches make up 20% of all outpatient visits to neurologists. "What Nurses Know Headache" is written by someone who's experienced having headaches all of her life, who is also a nurse and wants to share the knowledge she has gained on the way. There are risk factors that are not changeable like genetics, for example. But others, such as stress, diet, orthe overuse of medications, are much more easily changed through education. Other preventive strategies include following specialized diets and using mind-body techniques such as deep relaxation, visualization, and biofeedback to help people put an end to their headaches. @subheadline: "What Nurses Know Headache" Includes: Headache basics Discusses over a dozen headache types based the American Headache Society classificationHeadache care, including coping measures, support strategies, and future treatments on the horizonA comprehensive list of proven headache-prevention dietsAn in-depth glossary enabling the reader to understand "the language of headaches"