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Cefaly and Headaches

There are many types of headaches arising from a variety of causes. Here we focus on the most common types:

Tension headache

Migraine

Cluster headache

Sinusitis

Trigeminal neuralgia

Cefaly and Tension Headache

Tension headache is the most common type of headache that occurs in up to 30 % of population and in both men and women. Tension headache is triggered by stress and anxiety. Most people experience tension headache as pressure or tightness around the head. The frequency of tension headaches can be worsened by excessive or inappropriate use of pain killers. Cefaly presents an effective way to treat tension headache and enables reduction in the consumption or even total discontinuation of pain killer intake.

You may use Cefaly Programme 1 during an acute attack and repeat it in succession as required. You can also prevent further attacks by using Programme 2 for prophylaxis or

For best results, Programme 2 is used once or twice a day for 6 to 16 weeks until significant reduction in the frequency and intensity of the attacks is achieved.

Programme 3 should be used, when you wish to increase the anti stress and relaxing action of Cefaly to reduce your stress levels that lead to tension headaches.

93% of users found that Cefaly significantly reduced frequency of their tension headaches

86% of users found that Cefaly significantly reduced severity of pain or entirely diminished their tension headaches

Cefaly and Migraine

Migraine occurs in up to 12% of population and is much more common in women. The pain can be severe, pulsing and one sided. It can get further aggravated by physical exertion. Migraine is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light and noise.

Sometimes migraine is preceded by an aura that is characterized by tingling sensation in specific areas of the body, visual disturbances and blind spots in the visual field. Visual problems experienced with migraine are referred to as 'ophthalmic migraine'.

Migraines vary between people. They can occur frequently and each episode can have different duration from 4 to 72 hours. There are no symptoms experienced between attacks. Intensity and frequency of migraine attacks vary between people as well as their pattern changes in the sufferers' life time.

There are many causes of migraine. The most common are stress and anxiety, trauma and excessive consumption of alcohol.

Frequent ingestion of large quantities of headache medication can exacerbate the condition and lead to a disabling form of migraine called 'transformed migraine'. Transformed migraine presents with greater frequency and duration of attacks and can occur daily. Cafaly is particularly useful in reducing medication intake and can therefore help to prevent progression of the condition to the disabling transformation migraine.

You can use Cefaly Programme 1 to treat acute migraine attack. You can treat the attack repeatedly several times on the Programme 1. Alternatively, you can also use Cefaly Programme 2 as a prophylaxis. Programme 2 increases endogenous endorphin production. High levels of endorphins help to fight the main causes of migraine development. For best results, Programme 2 is used once or twice a day for 6 to 16 weeks until significant reduction in the frequency and intensity of the attacks is achieved.

47% of users experienced reduction in frequency of attacks with 52% reduction in pain severity

Cefaly and Cluster Headache

Cluster headaches are less common than migraines. Cluster headache means 'grouped' headache as the attacks repeat closely. Cluster headache occurs in approximately 1% of population and affects more men than women. The pain is one sided and occurs always on the same side of the head in the orbital and supraorbital region. Normally at the same time the sufferer also experiences a blood shot watery eye and a blocked nose.

Repeated attacks are grouped closely together over a period of several weeks and the pain often strikes on daily basis or even few times per day. Each attack lasts between 20 minutes and two hours. The attacks cease after several weeks, giving a pain free period that can last for several months or even years.

Cefaly is perfect for prevention of cluster headaches. Cefaly's Programme 1 is effective during the acute attacks and can be applied repeatedly until the attack is over.

67% of users found that pain intensity associated with cluster headaches was lessened significantly

37% of users found that length of cluster headaches attacks was significantly reduced

Cefaly and Frontal Sinusitis

Cefaly may be beneficial in the management of the symptoms of sinusitis. It needs to be emphasized that Cefaly will only treat the symptoms rather than the cause. Cefaly's Programme 1 will alleviate the sensation of pain and dull headache and can be applied as frequently as required. Medication prescribed or recommended by a doctor must be taken.

100% of users experienced significant improvements in symptoms

Cefaly and Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal nerve innervates the entire face and front half of the skull. Cefaly acts only on the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve.

Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia - the sufferer experiences severe stabbing pain that lasts less than a minute. This type of neuralgia normally occurs in the face below the eyes in the area not controlled by the ophthalmic nerve, hence cannot be treated with Cefaly.

However, in some rare cases, this type of neuralgia affects the area controlled by the ophthalmic nerve - in the eye socket and front half of the skull. When such neuralgia in the area covered by the ophthalmic nerve occurs, Cefaly may be of benefit. Programme 1 can substantially reduce nervous excitability and reduce the frequency of the attacks.

Symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia - occurs when one or several branches of the trigeminal nerve is injured or inflamed due to a variety of reasons, such as vascular malformation, tumour, trauma or inflammation, etc. Cefaly can be helpful in such cases and will treat the symptoms of nerve pain effectively, if the pain is located in the area innerved by ophthalmic nerve, such as eye socket or forehead or the front half of the skull. Cefaly's Programme 1 can be used as frequently as required alongside of prescribed medical treatment that aims to reduce or reverse the cause of this neuralgia.