Botox / Botox injection for headaches/ Botox for tension headaches

Botox / Botox injection for headaches/ Botox for tension headaches  

Botox is a drug made from a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.  This toxin knowing also as a neurotoxin it can cause botulism, an illness that affects the nerves.

 Botox has been used since the 1970s in the field of ophthalmology, and Botox in the 20s its use to various health scopes, especially dermatology.

 Botox consists of 7 types of neurotoxins; however, only toxins A and B are used clinically. Botox A is used for several disorders in the field of medicine, particularly in dermatology, for cosmetic purposes.

Botox injections and specially the Botox A has been used as a cosmetic treatment in order to reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles, the injection of Botox around eyes used to treat the lines at the side of the eyes, horizontal forehead creases, wrinkles around the mouth, and smoothing out neck and chest wrinkles. It also can be used to elevate the eyebrows because it helps with reduce the appearance of them.     

Migraine headache is a periodic unilateral headache that may begin in childhood, but almost always develops before age 30 years. Attacks occur with variable frequency, ranging from every few days to once every several months. Between 60% and 70% of patients who suffer from migraine are female, and many report a family history of migraine headache.

The pain of migraine headache is usually periorbital or retro-orbital. It is pounding, and its intensity is severe. The time from onset to peak of migraine pain is short, ranging from 20 minutes to 1 hour. In contradistinction to tension-type headache, migraine headache is often associated with systemic symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, photophobia, and sonophobia, as well as alterations in appetite, mood, and libido. Menstruation is a common trigger of migraine headache.

Botox injection for headaches

The Botox is believed to inhibit the release of certain pain chemicals, rustling in a knock on effect on the pain processing systems that generate migraine headaches, for migraine treatment a small amount of Botox in injected into various muscles in the forehead, temples, back of the head and the neck.

The injections may take to a week to become effective and pain relief can last up to three months or longer, though this may not always be the case.

Botox for tension headaches

The treatment for tension type headaches can be broken down into a cute therapy for when you get a headache and venom therapy typically for episodic tension type of headache meaning headaches less than 15 days a month and medications such as anti-inflammatory are used.

And for the people suffering from chronic headaches meaning they last more than 15 day a month we look to try to prevent and decrease the number of headaches from occurring and certain medications used like some muscle relaxers in this case the Botox is the key