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In the first trimester, studies have shown that migraines in pregnancy are more likely to improve. The circulating estrogen and progesterone levels are believed to be responsible for this improvement. However, the migraine attacks usually return after the pregnancy and while women are having their menstruation period again.

The only danger that pregnant women with migraines have to worry about is when the headache they experience is a symptom of something else. A healthcare provider must be consulted when the headache is accompanied with fever because it may signal infection, when the headache attack persists for more than few hours or it frequently returns, and when blurred vision is experienced. It is always necessary to let the healthcare provider know when the headache attacks are experienced and give all the details about the attack however insignificant.

Migraines in pregnancy can be treated through proper personal identification of the cause of the headache attack and avoidance of those triggers. The common triggers of migraines are stress, chocolate, cheese, drinking red wine, weather, hormones, and too little or too much sleep. The cause of migraine in pregnancy is different for each individual. It is advised that they keep a headache diary in order to keep track and identify the cause for an attack.

Many healthcare providers prescribe acetaminophen as pain reliever for migraine in pregnancy. However, women must always take precaution prior to taking any drug treatments. A health care provider must be consulted first because a pregnant woman should not take any drugs containing aspirin unless it has been prescribed.

Most of the drugs are dangerous to the fetus during the first trimester in pregnancy, where the development takes place. Any prophylactic treatment must also be discontinued if the woman is trying to become pregnant. A common herb used in the treatment of migraine called feverfew, must also be stopped during pregnancy for it has the potential to cause miscarriage.

Women who have migraines in pregnancy must be assured that the attacks are more likely to improve in the second and third trimesters though the attacks seems to be at their worst in the early stages of the pregnancy. Pregnant women also needs to be advised about the safety of the fetus if they unknowingly taken a medication before they discovered they are pregnant.

For the safety of the fetus, women with migraines in pregnancy may also avert to non pharmacologic treatment such as light exercise, cold therapy, trigger avoidance, biofeedback and massage and relaxation therapy. Having sufficient sleep and rest is also beneficial in the treatment of migraine. An increase in fluid intake is also helpful if nausea and vomiting is experienced in the first trimester of pregnancy. Complementary therapies may also be used as an alternative during migraine in pregnancy. These therapies may include acupuncture, yoga and reflexology. All of which have been found to have no effects in pregnant women with migraines. However, some women find it helpful for them to avert in therapies such as these during their pregnancy.

Find out more about migraine prevention at John Rodgers site at http://migraine-treatment.info

Aloe vera juice is the liquid that comes out of the aloe vera plant when cut or squeezed. For hundreds and probably thousands of years it has been used medicinally as a soothing balm for burns, cuts and scrapes.

The gel that comes out of the aloe leaf contains 96% water and 4% of 75 known chemicals. These chemicals are anesthetic, reduce swelling and itching, and antibacterial and ant fungal. They also increase blood circulation and activate skin cells to heal.

Today it is used for the same purposes, and also many more. I love aloe vera juice for sunburn treatment, and I also find it makes a great skin moisturizer to be used after shaving or on dry patches of skin. I use it on my face just before I go to bed to help heal any sun damage done during the day.

Dermatologists that do facial surgeries use aloe vera to speed up and reduce facial or skin surface scarring.

Aloe vera can also be mixed with a few drop of jojoba oil and applied to your hair. This combination helps to keep your hair pores from plugging up.

Aloe vera juice has more recently become very popular as a drink and for use internally. By drinking aloe vera juice you can eliminate your constipation. It is a strong laxative when used in strong concentrations. You can also help your constipation when taking it in capsules. Look for aloe capsules or drinks that have other herbs to tone down its strong effect in the colon.

If you drink aloe vera juice, here are some of the benefits you can expect:

Good for blood circulation

regulates blood pressure

good for disorders of the bones and joints

benefits the immune system

defends the body against hostile organisms

provides exceptional nutritional value for health and energy

excellent for healing tissue damage inside the body

good for healing ulcers

good for controlling sugar levels in diabetics

helps to reduce itchiness in psoriasis heal

helps to make you regular and eliminate constipation.

Most of us know that aloe vera is excellent for treatment of minor cuts and scrapes, burns and also sunburn. It is used in all kinds of cosmetics. But aloe vera is more powerful for external and internal use than most believe. So always keep a small bottle of aloe vera juice and add an ounce to two to your juice drinks. Also keep a bottle of 99% pure aloe for external emergencies and of course apply it to your face just before bedtime.

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If you have ever been sexually abused or harassed it's likely that you still carry the traumatic scars of such an incident. Apart from the common symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder that accompany such unfortunate events is something that may be even more significant and debilitating than first recognized. This is the feelings one is left with about their own sexuality.

These feelings may take on some of the following forms: feelings of shame about one's sexuality or about one's self as a sexual being, fear of one's sexual thoughts and feelings, a tendency to diminish or cover up one's sexuality (i.e. poor hygiene, obesity, other habits that sabotage relationships) and others.

Turning against one's sexuality has spiritual consequences that I would like to discuss here because it is akin to annihilating what I call the "Core Spiritual Self". The Core Spiritual Self is the essence of who one is as a human and spiritual energy. This energy is essentially who one is, i.e. the Life Energy that is in that body of yours and which is responsible for its proper functioning.

It has been my experience, over the last 15 years helping individuals with trauma heal, that when an individual is traumatized their energy field becomes encoded with a negative and parasitic energy that does several things.

First, it stays lodged in the individual's energy field and by doing so depletes it of energy. This energy is the individual's life energy.

Second, it tends to disorganize what I have called the Divine Holographic Energy Field (see my article of the same title) and thereby causes malfunction to occur in the mental/emotional/physical body of that individual.

Thirdly, reduces what I call the energy density of the individual in that body. What this means is that it causes energy, i.e. your spiritual energy or "you", to flee the body because it becomes too uncomfortable to reside there for any period of time. This is what has often been described as out-of body experiences and as dissociation in traumatized individuals.

Fourth, but not last, by forcing one's spiritual energy out of the body it actually makes the body, at every level vulnerable to further trauma (because it's functional ability is already compromised) and it also makes the body breakdown (i.e. susceptible to illness, aging and death).

Now returning to the discussion of sexual trauma I would like to highlight one further consequence to this type of trauma. Since one's sexual energy is in essence equivalent to one's spiritual energy, when shame creeps in it becomes a case of one having turned against one's self or one's essence.

This leads to a form of death that goes beyond just a physical one. It becomes essentially a form of spiritual death because one is turning against one's spiritual self as well.

What's important to note here is that something like "shame" or "fear of one's sexuality" is actually easy to release from one's energy field employing a new tool called the Mind Resonance Process(TM).

The net result of doing so is a renewed and powerful connection and awareness of one's True Self.

Dr. Nick Arrizza is trained in Chemical Engineering, Business Management & Leadership, Medicine and Psychiatry. He is an Energy Psychiatrist, Healer, Key Note Speaker,Editor of a New Ezine Called "Spirituality And Science" (which is requesting high quality article submissions) Author of "Esteem for the Self: A Manual for Personal Transformation" (available in ebook format on his web site), Stress Management Coach, Peak Performance Coach & Energy Medicine Researcher, Specializes in Life and Executive Performance Coaching, is the Developer of a powerful new tool called the Mind Resonance Process(TM) that helps build physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being by helping to permanently release negative beliefs, emotions, perceptions and memories. He holds live workshops, international telephone coaching sessions and international teleconference workshops on Physical. Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Well Being.

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