DEFINITION Migraine headache is a chronic condition that causes significant pain for many hours the material for days. Some migraines are preceded or concurrently with sensory symptoms or warning signs, such as rays or tingling in the arms or legs. Migraines are often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and a feeling of extreme sensitivity to light and sound.
SYMPTOMS
Although there is no cure, medical treatment can help reduce the frequency and severity of migraines. If the treatment does not work for you in the past, it's better to talk to your doctor to try another medical treatment. The right medication combined with self-awareness and lifestyle changes can make a tremendous change.
Migraine is always started when the children, adolescence and early adulthood. Migraine attacks typically produce some or all of the following signs and symptoms:
- Moderate to severe pain, which is limited to one side of the head or may have an effect on the two sides
- Throbbing headache
- A severe headache when doing physical activity
- The pain affects your routine activities
- Nausea with or without vomiting
- Sensitive to light and sound
Not all migraine same. Many people experience migraines without aura, which is usually called common migraines. Some people experience migraine with aura, the so-called classic migraines. Aura may consist of changes in vision, like when I saw rays, and stabbing feeling in arms or legs.
Presence or absence of aura, you may have one or more foreboding sensation (prodrome) several hours or days or until you run into the attack, including:
• Feeling happy or more energy
• crave the sweet taste
• Thirst
• Drowsiness
• Irritability
Causes & Risk Factors
Cause
Although many causes of migraines are unknown, genetic and environmental factors seem to play a role.
Migraine may be caused by changes in the trigeminal nerve, which is the path of pain. The imbalance of brain chemistry, including serotonin - which helps regulate pain - may also be related.
Serotonin levels fall time of the migraine. It triggers the trigeminal system to release substances called neuropeptides, which led to the outer layer of the brain (meninges).
Migraine Triggers
Whatever the exact mechanisms of headaches, a lot of things that trigger it. It is used to trigger a migraine include:
- Hormonal changes in women. Fluctuations in estrogen trigger headaches in women who have a history of migraine migrain.Wanita often report headaches immediately before or during the coming months, when they experience a large decrease in their estrogen. The other has a tendency to increase in migraines during pregnancy or menopause. Medical treatment on hormones - such as oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy - also may worsen migraines.
- Food. Some migraines arise due to be triggered by certain foods. A common cause is usually alcohol, especially beer and wine; cheese that has been long kept; brown; sweetener aspartame, excessive consumption of caffeine; monosodium glutamare - the main ingredient in some Asian foods; salty foods, and processed foods. Skipping meals or fasting also can trigger migraines.
- Stress. Stress at work or home can trigger a migraine.
- Sensory stimulus. Bright light and glare of sunlight that can cause migraines, just as loud. Unusual scents - including perfumes, such as perfume, and a bad odor, like paint thinner, and the smell of cigarette smoke, can also trigger migraines.
- Changes in sleep patterns. Or stay up too late to sleep can trigger migraine attacks in a person.
- Physical factors. Intense physical exertion, are like sexual activity, can trigger a migraine.
- Environmental changes. Changes in the weather or air pressure to push a migraine attack.
- Medical treatment. Certain medical treatments can aggravate migraines.
Factors that could cause you more likely to have migraines are:
- Family records. Many people with migraines have a record of family members with migraines. If one or both of your parents has migraines, you may also be affected.
- Younger than age 40. Half of people who experience migraine headaches before they were 20 and migraine are common in people aged between 30 and 39 years.
- Woman. Women are three times more likely to have migraines than men. The headaches tend to strike boys than girls during childhood, but at puberty, more girls affected than boys.
- Hormonal changes. If you are a woman with a migraine, you may find that your headaches started before or after menstruation. These headaches can also occur during pregnancy or menopause. Some women report that their migraines become worse when the first three months of pregnancy.
Lifestyle changes can provide an advantage in helping reduce the frequency and severity of migraines. One or more of these clues may help you:
- Avoid triggers. If certain foods seem to trigger your headaches in the past, avoid these foods. Apply your daily rutinintas with regular sleep patterns and regular eating patterns.
- Regular exercise. Regular aerobic exercise reduces tension and can help prevent migraines. If your doctor agrees, choose aerobic exercise that makes you comfortable, like walking, swimming and cycling. Warm up slowly, however, because sudden, intense exercise can cause headaches. Obesity is also thought to be a factor of migraine, and exercise can help you teratut reduces weight.
- Decrease in estrogen. If you are a woman with migraines and estrogen seems to trigger or make your headaches worse, you may want to avoid or reduce the use of medical drugs that contain estrogen. Medical drugs, including the birth control pills and hormone therapy. Ask your doctor about alternative or the best dose for you.