Blogs by Dr. Keener
Hypertension and Dizziness and What You Can Do
As someone with hypertension, you might be familiar with the debilitating symptoms like dizzying spells. You likely experience it whenever your blood pressure levels fluctuate. While it’s generally harmless, it can increase your risk for accidents or injuries. Learning how to stop dizziness naturally might come in extra handy in preventing hazards and ensuring your safety while moving around. Hypertension – How It Can Affect You Having high blood pressure can be pretty worrying. That’s because sometimes, it doesn’t have any apparent signs. The worst part is that it can quickly result in other complications if you leave it [...]
How It’s Like to Have Chronic Migraines
Have you ever wondered how chronic migraines feel? Do you or someone you love struggle with this health problem each month? Recurring and severe migraines can indeed affect your day-to-day activities. It can also occur with other issues such as vomiting, nausea, sensory sensitivity, and vertigo attacks. The worst part is that it can get triggered by the slightest changes in your environment. For example, a lot of people who experience chronic migraines report a weather change headache. Others experience severe throbbing pain in their head when they feel stressed. So, as a migraineur, how do you cope when you [...]
All About Whiplash and The Care Options for Patients
Automatically, when someone talks about a whiplash injury, you immediately think of neck pain. That’s because, during an accident, the neck’s structure tends to get affected the most. And when the neck gets injured, it could trigger all sorts of problems like neck stiffness, arm muscle spasms, and even migraines or headaches. Fortunately, remedies like upper cervical care offer long-term relief. If spotted and fixed early, the damages done by a whiplash injury won’t cause you serious health concerns. Let’s deep dive into the different effects of whiplash a bit more to help you choose the right remedy to use. [...]
How Should You Sleep with Vertigo?
One of the many struggles of people who have vertigo is getting quality sleep. And unfortunately, the lack of which can trigger more intense, dizzying spells that could last for a few minutes to an hour. If you experience the same problem, chances are you have a hard time attending to your usual tasks at home or work. To help you get around that, let’s take a look at vertigo as a symptom and the natural remedies for vertigo that you can try. What is Vertigo? Most people use vertigo and dizziness interchangeably. However, it’s important to note that [...]
What Happens Before a Migraine?
Most people think that migraines are just severely bad headaches and will just go away. However, migraines are neurological, which means they have real, physical effects on a person’s brain. Some of the common symptoms of the brain condition include: Pain in one eye Severe pain in the head on one or both sides Photophobia (light sensitivity) Higher sensitivity to sound Nausea Vomiting Throbbing or pounding sensation in the head Some migraineurs report red flags that are similar to stroke symptoms. These include numbness of the body on one side, flashing lights, and blind spots in one eye. These symptoms [...]