MIGRAINE - more than "Just a Headache" (3)

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MIGRAINECAUSES SYMPTOMS DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
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What is Migraine

• Migraine is a severe painful headache that occurs
  due to certain physiologic changes that occur
  in the brain, which usually occurs in one side of
  the brain and can be experienced as pounding in
  the brain, but many peoples experience pains in
  both sides.
• Its instability in the way the brain deals with
  coming sensory information and it can be
  influenced by different physiological changes
  such as stress, anxiety, hunger, nervousness,
  sleep and exercise.

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Continue What is Migraine

• It occurs mainly as a severe throbbing pain or a
  pulsing sensation but sometimes it is
  characterized as sensitivity to smell, taste or
  sound and often nausea and vomiting.
• Migraines are most mistreated, misdiagnosed as a
  least understood aliment. People are not
  diagnosed properly and often mistreated with any
  other casual headache.

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Types of migraine

• There are mostly two types of migraine
• Migraine with aura- Some patients show some
  symptoms or aura before showing headache such a
  flash light or blind spot in one eye to numbness
  or weakness in one part of the body. The aura
  last for several minutes and may resolve once the
  headache begins or will continue till the
  headache lasts.
• Migraine without aura- Where a person doesnt get
  an aura, and directly get a severe or painful
  headache.

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Symptoms of migraine

• Most people dont show any symptoms other than
  severe and painful headaches.
• But other symptoms such as sensitivity to light,
  sound and smell can be seen. And in many chronic
  attacks nausea and vomiting.
• Mostly migraine attacks last for 3 hours to 72
  hours. But in some case it must stay longer, and
  presence of a migraine attack for more than 3
  days, should immediately checked by a doctor.
• Some migraine show frightening attacks and may
  make the patient lie still for several hours.

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Causes of migraine

• The exact cause of migraine is unknown. Changes
  of neurotransmitter level in the brain are
  thought to play a role.
• It can be triggered by many causes such as
  hormonal changes, stress, food habits, oral
  contraceptive pills etc.
• A drop in stress level can bring on migraine,
  such as change from happy to nervousness or from
  stress to happy can actually bring migraine.
• Migraines occur in 18 percent of women and also 6
  to 8 percent of male. Only adults dont
  experience migraine, childrens even can
  experience very chronic migraine.

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Diagnosis of Migraine

• Migraine is the most mistreated, misdiagnosed and
  least understood disease. Often most neurology
  doctors fail to understand or treat migraine
  patients correctly.
• Migraine doesnt have any specific diagnostic
  method, doctors often check the patients,
  diagnose them and treat according to them.
• Migraine shows wide variety of symptoms and they
  are widely different from each other, which is
  mostly misunderstood with other symptoms of any
  other diseases.

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Treatments of Migraine

• Antidepressants, regardless of nay mood can help
  a patient to relieve symptoms.
• Blood pressure and anti-seizure medications can
  cause relief.
• New treatments such as Botox injections, to
  relief stimulating nerves near the brain, and
  gently messaging the neck, head and spine can
  help.

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Continue Treatment of Migraine

• medications which can reduce the symptoms and
  severe headache of migraine. They are-
• acetaminophen (Tylenol and others)
•  ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, etc.)
•  naproxen sodium (Aleve)
• Trip tans (sumatriptan, rizatriptan, eletriptan)

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Prevention of frequent attacks of migraines

• Prevention of certain foods such as aged cheese,
  smoked fish, food containing nitrates such as hot
  dogs and lunch meats, and fast foods containing
  flavor enhancer may also trigger.
• Exercise, Yoga and practice of regular schedule
  of eating and sleeping can help.
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