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cranial pressure. electrolytes. nerve damage and other damage?
Has anyone ever thought about WHY there is cranial pressure in high VA? And what are the consequences of it?
I was posting about my vision issues (astigmatism onset at 40 years of age) and how perhaps that was related to all the chronic headaches (cranial pressure ?) I'd been experiencing for so long. And when I put those together with the toxicology videos of "chubbyemu" and people here talking about things like electrolyte problems... I got to thinking.
I've been watching videos by "chubbyemu" (interesting toxicology cases). Often, like in this case (but not limited to this case) poisoning leads to electrolyte imbalances. Often the electrolyte imbalances lead to brain swelling. Of course, the brain can be damaged when swollen, but that isn't all. Unfortunately, sometimes (especially when the brain-swelling is chronic) returning the brain to a non-swollen state can lead to demyelination of nerves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfrdKXEdPFU (minut 10:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiBpKuTrFrw (minute 7:00)
The chronic poisoning (in this case of too much fluid or too much salt) led to chronic and complex electrolyte imbalances. When the docs finally sort out the poisoning, the people were OK for a few days, and then went downhill.
Could the high-VA cranial pressure be about electrolyte imbalances? Perhaps because fighting VA sets up nutritional imbalances, and the kidneys might not be working great either. In my experience, headaches often came during menstruation (but not always). Menstruation is known to cause swelling--I'm betting it messes with your electrolytes. My headaches would also come after a bout with "chronic vomiting syndrome" which seemed to happen when my VA load was especially high and my body decided it was acutely poisoned rather than just chronically poisoned (everything must go!).
Some people here, for instance, Ourania and myself, have spoken about poor life-memory. Could that be the result of brain swelling?
And when there is a subsiding of the brain swelling, are there backlashes to the brain? Leading to demyelenation of nerves? (for instance, I have nerve problems in my arm).
any thoughts?
Some of us experience what have here been called "detox headaches". Very much like a slight hangover. A dull pressure. A heavy brain fog.
I've found, for myself, that getting moving (light exercise) is often a good way to combat these detox headaches. I wonder if light exercise helps undo a bit of brain swelling, somehow.
From the google machine regarding why women swell with their periods: "research suggests changes in estrogen and progesterone levels cause the body to retain more water and salt. The body's cells become swollen with water, causing the feeling of bloating"
Now, a liver full of vitamin A problems might not be processing hormones like estrogen out of the body efficiently. Unhappy ovaries might not be making enough progesterone, either. Making things even worse.
I had my first real migraine in 7th grade, right around the time of first menses.
I had CVS (chronic vomiting syndrome) before that, as a child though. I think my CVS got significantly more frequent as I added more VA to my diet after 40 (trying to be healthy).