Fluids Hypertension Syndromes: Migraines, Headaches, Normal ...

Fluids Hypertension Syndromes – Dr. Leonardo Izecksohn – page 112
126 patients (38.5%) wide frontal migraines;
104 patients (31.8%) worsened their aches at morning;
97 patients (29.7%) with tearfulness and Rhinitis with coryza (rhinorrhea);
89 patients (27.2%) with temporal of head-top (vertex) migraines;
80 patients (24.5%) with eye’s itching or Blepharitis;
57 patients (17.4%) with ocular aches;
34 women (17.3% out of the 197 women) worsened during the menstrual cycle;
50 patients (15.3%) with eyes redness;
45 patients (13.8%) with occipital migraines;
42 patients (12.8%) with nausea and retching or vomits;
42 patients (12.8%) with photophobia;
35 patients (10.7%) with eyelids edema;
29 patients (8.9%) suffering from sneezing;
29 patients (8.9%) with dizziness - vertigo;
27 patients (8.3%) with Chronic cough without any pulmonary lesion.
And other signs and symptoms less frequent.
Only 17 patients (5.2%) did not complained about migraines and related signs or symptoms.
In these 327 users of soft drinks, we found:
- 150 patients (45.9%) presented minimal Optic Nerve’s disks edema;
- 105 patients (32.1%) presented evident (0.5 diopters) Optic Nerve’s disks edema;
- 80 patients (24.5%) presented intraocular pressure of 17 mmHg or higher, when examined at the office;
from these,
- 17 patients (5.2% out of 327) presented intraocular pressure of 22 mmHg or higher;
- 30 patients (9.2%) were suspects of Glaucoma;
- 23 patients (7%) presented incipient Glaucoma;
- 13 patients (4%) presented advanced glaucoma;
- Only 22 patients (6.7%) did not present any of the above Ocular disturbances
- Headaches and Normal Tension Glaucoma in a child user of cola drinks: One of our patients
was a white 5-year-old boy, 25 Kilograms (55 pounds), and 1.15 meters (3 feet and 9 inches) tall, otherwise
healthy. He was complaining everyday of headaches at both head’s sides, at the head-top (vertex)
and occipital. Another complaint was a skin congenital weakness, which made him easily
wounded. He used to drink daily cola soft drink 1.000 milliliter (two pints) and some guaraná. His intraocular
pressures were 12 and 12 mmHg in both eyes, physiologic anterior chambers, but presented
in his Optic Nerve’s disks increased cups of 0.6 disk diameter, 3 diopters of depth and lamina cribosa’s
pores perfectly visible grade 3 (0.6/3/3/0) and no borders edema. This is a suspicion of Glaucoma with
“Normal (Peak) tension” at the office, caused by the caffeine. Nobody knows his intraocular height of
tension when sleeping or at other hours that caused his Optic Nerve’s glaucoma at so young age.
- The other etiologies associated with soft drinks were:
- 191 patients (58.4%) with excessive liquid drinks, besides the soft drinks;
- 108 patients (33%) with coffee, mate or tea drinks;
- 70 patients (21.4%) with beer drinks;
- 33 patients (10.1%) presented shallow eyes anterior chamber;
- 22 patients (6.7%) with wine drinks.
- 20 patients (6.1%) with medications that raise the fluid pressures;
- 18 patients (5.5%) were excessive users of computer or TV.
We conclude that Caffeine is a poisonous and treacherous drug. Caffeine improves the headaches
in minutes, but caffeine worsens them after some hours, or at the next day.