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Cold as an adjunctive therapy for headache.

S Diamond, F G Freitag

    Postgraduate Medicine
    |January 1, 1986
    PubMed
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    Cold gel packs offer effective symptomatic relief for acute headaches, with 71% of patients finding them helpful. This adjunctive therapy provides pain alleviation and psychological comfort for migraine, cluster, and mixed headache types.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neurology
    • Pain Management

    Background:

    • Headaches are a common ailment impacting quality of life.
    • Current treatments for acute headaches include standard medications.
    • Adjunctive therapies are explored to enhance pain relief and patient outcomes.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the effectiveness of cold application as an adjunctive therapy for acute headache relief.
    • To determine if patient response to cold therapy varies by headache type (migraine, cluster, mixed).

    Main Methods:

    • A study was conducted with 90 outpatients at the Diamond Headache Clinic.
    • Patients were divided into three groups based on headache type.
    • Participants used standard headache medication alone for two attacks and with a cold gel pack for two attacks.

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    Main Results:

    • No significant difference in patient response to the gel pack was observed across different headache types.
    • 71% of patients found the cold gel pack effective.
    • 52% reported immediate pain reduction, and 63% reported overall pain decrease.
    • 71% of patients intended to use the gel pack in the future.

    Conclusions:

    • Cold application provides symptomatic relief for acute headaches.
    • The use of cold gel packs is safe for the skin.
    • Cold therapy may offer both physical and psychological alleviation of headache pain.