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CLEVELAND - Dr. Bahman Guyuron is known for his groundbreaking work in treating migraines through surgery and botox injections, so it's quite common for the plastic surgeon to see many migraine sufferers.
Doctor Invents Device For Migraine Sufferers
Seeded on Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:25 PM EDT
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Two years ago, with those patients in mind, the Chairman of Plastic Surgery for University Hospitals in Cleveland started working on a device which offers continuous targeted hot and cold therapy. It's a machine that acts a little like an ice pack or a heating pad.
Dr. Guyuron said SootheAway works well in the cooling mode for patients who feel a migraine coming on, and sometimes the cooling therapy can even abort the migraine by interrupting the beginning of the domino effect that leads to the headache.
"Anything that is going to reduce the inflammation is going to reduce the pain," he said.
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#1 - Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:25 PM EDTYikes $300? I have ice, plastic bags, and a towel that cost less than that and work just as well! (and the towel also helps block out light which helps)
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#2 - Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:36 PM EDTNo kidding, zip lock bag, ice and a towel to wrap it in. I was so hoping when I saw the headline it would be something revolutionary, alas not, oh well back to ice packs and dark not to mention Relpax...
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As a chronic migraine suffer who has been to a bazillion doctors...it depends on the type of migraine one has and what it's triggers are whether or not this would be of any benefit. Also, once a migraine has sunk it's teeth in, nearly all require heavy pain medication to actually relieve them and even then it doesn't always work. I use the hot/cold method with ice pack and a damp cloth in the microwave in addition to my pain medications.
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#3 - Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:16 PM EDTI have to take the hardcore pain meds if I so much as THINK a migraine is coming on. Once it makes its presence known, all bets are off - the next 10-24 hours are spent huddled in the dark trying not to blow my head off.
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Exactly what belle and mrsrachelm said. What kind of migraine and how soon you catch it. I use both heat and ice at the same time. I need to block out light. Using this "invention" for 1/2 hour to an hour and having it work? That isn't any kind of migraine I've had.
I use the hot/cold method with ice pack and a damp cloth in the microwave in addition to my pain medications.
Ice on my forehead and heat on the back of my head. And drugs. He doesn't talk about light sensitivity, floaters, dizziness, nausea...any of the common symptoms of migraine. Hmph.
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#4 - Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:03 PM EDTExactly right, IF I catch it coming on and can take steps to break the onset, cold pack and heat MAY work. But once it has gotten past the floaters and aura fuggetabout it, time for the meds.
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I don't know if any of y'all do this, but if you need a neck ice pack, unopened soda cans work for me. Just the right size and good for adding pressure.
My hot/cold is hot shower then ice pack w/towel on the eyes. I end up leaving a 'tail' on the towel (wrap the ice pack only two folds in the towel) and flip the towel over my head and tuck it behind my head for a light blocker.
Hope this help anyone out there (oh and btw my med of choice right now is Excedrin Migraine since I've built up a tolerance to all my prescription stuff)
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