To see his busy news (a new film by Quentin Dupieux on July 2) and his perfect love life with the actor François Civil, everything seems to go for the best for Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress of the moment. However, in the interview she gave to Society This June 19, the young woman admits regularly from a “neuralgia of Arnold. This extremely painful and disabling migraine recently led her to the emergency room.
“”Migraines to smash your head against the walls“”
“”It looks like a joke, the name, but this are migraines to smash their skull against the wall“”,, So underlined the young woman by evoking this pain that invites herself in her life. “”I am very migraine, infernal pain, I take triptans, but my body has been used to it so that has less and less effect“.
A condition that can affect his personal life as a professional, by putting a halt to his activities. Fortunately, the actress also delivers the solution that has changed everything for her and that she has been advising since. “I got into acupuncture, I found an incredible woman, it’s magic. It makes me a good phew.”
What is Arnold’s neuralgia?
The neuralgia of Arnold (also called occipital neuralgia) is intense pain linked to the irritation or compression of the nerve of Arnold, a sensitive nerve located at the base of the skull.
“”It causes lightning pains often on one side, starting from the neck and going up to the scalp. Sometimes to the eye ” Relates Dr. Gérald Kierzek, medical director of True Medical. The causes of this pain can be varied: muscle tensions, cervical osteoarthritis, trauma (rabbit or whiplash), or local inflammation. “The symptoms are aggravated by the movements of the head or the pressure on the area” Complete our expert.
A treatment based on several measures
But can acupuncture put an end to this throbbing pain? According to our expert, treatments in the face of Arnold’s neuralgia is little codified and aim to reduce pain. Several possibilities are available to patients:
- Drugs: analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroid infiltration;
- Physiotherapy: Stretching, massages and postural work;
- Acupuncture, in fact, can relieve by reducing inflammation and muscle spasms, according to certain studies. Targeted sessions on the energetic points of the neck and the nape would attenuate pain in certain patients;
- Other complementary approaches can also provide comfort: osteopathy, local heat, relaxation (stress aggravating crises) …
If no solution can appease migraine, our expert advises not to wait too much and consult a competent doctor. “”In case of persistent pain, neurological or rheumatological medical advice is recommended to rule out other causes (hernia, nervous lesion) “ concludes Dr. Kierzek.