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Migraine Headache Cure

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I saw this being discussed many years ago in a London research hospital, but absolutely nothing has been developed that I know of.

Image a pair of spectacles with the lenses removed, that have a low-intensity, small red light where the lenses were.

The lights flash and both the rate of flash and the light intensity can be adjusted by the wearer.

A migraine sufferer puts on these spectacles, closes their eyes and sees the red light through their eyelids. The experiments I saw stopped, yes stopped, a migraine headache in 10 minutes.

Someone HAS to develop this idea and make a fortune by helping the millions of sufferers out there.

GreyNewt, Dec 05 2003

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If there is any truth to this I would love to hear about it. Can you post any specifics?

GaborKiss, Dec 06 2003

Also, see my comment to "Better Brake Light"

GaborKiss, Dec 06 2003

I am a dentist who has been using a US FDA approved appliance for 2 years. I am not involved financially and am teaching dentists how to use it in Ottawa Canada. i saw my mother suffer 10% of her life with migraines. The site is www.headacheprevention.com It is a small appliance that looks more like buck teeth. When the appliance touches the lower four front teeth a reflex is triggered ( Discoveredf by Swedish physiologists) that affects the trigeminal nerve which prevents teh temporalis muscle from fully clenching. It was developped by a dentist with migraines who ahd to quit practice due to the pain. The clenching , particulalry uncontrolled at night causes a "spasm" in a structure called a muscle spindle, when irritated this becomes a target for triggers. Which are a sympathetic or involuntary nervous impulse which has many triggers. When affected the muscle spindle sends pain signals in the form of pain triggers. The appliance called an NTI reduces clenching, and if the person grinds while clenching the muscles which move the jaw will also go intp pain spasms. for example a person who clenches and moves the jaw forward in a tight position will have neck pain, sideways grinding while clenching will have pain acorss the sheek area which can be referred to teh sinuses and behind the eye. I have provided over 100 with a good 80% remission rate, it is not a cure but neither are any of the drugs people are prescribed. So give it a look ( the site_ and there is a lost of dentist who provide it, I can be reached off list at mila-mikepilon@sympatico.ca

good luck with this

Mike on the Bike, Dec 07 2003