General Health Habits |
- Instruct patient to drink a minimum of calculated maintenance fluids daily
- Avoid caffeine-containing substances
- Review use of Headache Diary
- SMART Habits: Stress importance of healthy behaviors and stress reduction strategies to reduce pain and prevent recurrence of headache
- Sleep: At least 8 hours (teens need more), go to sleep and awaken around the same time
- Meals: At least 3, don’t skip, drink plenty of fluids
- Activity: Exercise is really effective for treating and preventing HA
- Relaxation: Music, massage, compresses, breathing, yoga, meditation
- Triggers: Recognize them, helpful to use the HA Diary
- Follow up with PMD 2-4 weeks
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