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Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily experiences, painful headaches, and nausea. It is a common condition which affects women more frequently than it does men.

The typical migraine headache is one-sided and pulsating, lasting 4 to 72 hours. Accompanying complaints are nausea and vomiting, and a heightened sensitivity to bright lights (photophobia) and noise (hyperacusis). Approximately one third of people who experience migraine get a preceding aura, in which a patient may sense a strange light or unpleasant smell. Patients often describe triggers they feel precipitate an episode of migraine, such as certain foods and beverages (like chocolate or alcohol), stress or menstruation. In some migraine types there are typical features but the headache remains absent, and in children abdominal pain may be a prominent feature.

Although the exact cause of migraine remains unknown, the most widespread theory is that it is a disorder of the serotonergic control system. Genetic factors may also contribute. Studies on twins show that genes have a 60 to 65% influence on the development of migraine. Fluctuating hormone levels show a relation to migraine in several ways: three quarters of adult migraine patients are female while migraine affects approximately equal numbers of boys and girls before puberty,[citation needed] and migraine is known to disappear during pregnancy in a substantial number of sufferers.

The treatment of migraine begins with simple painkillers for headache and anti-emetics for nausea, and avoidance of triggers if present. Specific anti-migraine drugs can be used to treat migraine. If the condition is severe and frequent enough, preventative drugs might be considered.

The word migraine is French in origin and comes from the Greek hemicrania, as does the Old English term megrim. Literally, hemicrania means "half (the) head".

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Migraine Headaches Are Extremely Painful

I know a few people in my life who has suffered migraine headaches. I know they are very painful and more severe compared to tension headaches that I get as well. People who suffer migraine headaches a lot have to watch what they eat in their daily diets.

The certain foods that cause migraine headaches to start are : caffeine, dark chocolate and other drugs on the market. Since Tylenol does not work for migraine headaches for certain people like my mom, she would take Imitrex, which her doctor had prescribed my mom. I know this kind of drug costs a lot of money; but the point is that it works for my mom.

When my mom gets migraine headaches at this time, she feels like that she is going to be sick to her stomach. Of course, after she takes the medication, Imitrex, she would lie down and sleep for a couple of hours. Soon enough, the headache would go away. A lot of times, my mom does not sleep well at all. Maybe that's due to the fact that she gets a lot of migraines.

These kinds of headaches are extremely painful; and you feel like you don't want to hear noise or to be in lights at all. You also don't feel like doing anything physically and that's why you'd be feeling very sick to your stomach and not wanting to eat anything. I think that migraine headaches can be hereditary as well in the family; correct me if I'm wrong.

I have experienced tension headaches and I thought it felt like migraine headaches. I was tested at a hospital a couple of times because I was suffering bad headaches. It wasn't a migraine headache, thank goodness. I hope that I don't have these kinds of headaches. I don't want to be sick.

June 8, 2009

Felicia Mortfield at : mortfied123@gmail.com

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Autor: Felicia Mortfield

This information about migraine headaches is more serious than what we think. We thought the problems can just go away on its own, but it doesn't work that way at all. If the headaches get more severe like a migraine, see the doctor immediately so that you can have x-rays done at a hospital like I did. It's worth to find out the results as well so it doesn't get worse.


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