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A migraine is a severe headache that causes a pulsing sensation or extreme throbbing pain on either side of the head. This neurological disease is accompanied by vomiting, nausea, and acute sensitivity to sound and light. Migraine attacks are intense enough to interfere with your daily chores and can confine you to bed for days.
The brain.
Migraines seem to be related to genes and the brain, and their exact cause remains unknown. They can be genetically transferred.
Currently, studies are of the opinion that migraines start when your trigeminal nerve is triggered, and receives signals from overactive nerve cells. This causes sensations in the face, and head, and gives your body cues to release certain chemicals like calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and serotonin. CGRP acts on the blood vessels on the lining of the brain to make them swell, and then, the neurotransmitters lead to pain and inflammation.
Migraines can give you trouble for around four hours, and severe migraines can last much longer. As migraines attack in phases or stages, each phase has different signs and symptoms.
Migraines cannot be cured completely. Therefore the treatment aims to prevent future attacks and stop the symptoms. A few medications that are used to treat migraines include:
Factors that make you more prone to getting migraines are:
Migraines can typically progress through four stages or phases: prodrome, aura, attack, and post-drome. However, every person with migraines would not necessarily experience all the stages.
Migraines are diagnosed based on factors like family history, medical history, symptoms, and neurological examination. If your doctor observes any unusual or complex headache patterns, a few tests including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computerized Tomography (CT) scan may be recommended to rule out other illnesses. Both these tests will help doctors diagnose bleeding in the brain, tumors, infections, strokes, and other brain and neurological conditions.
Since the exact cause of migraine attacks remain unknown, primary prevention is not possible. However, secondary preventive medication can reduce the intensity of migraines. A few options include:
Migraines affect children, teenagers, and adults. In adults, the peak of migraines is observed in the 30s and it gradually lessens in the following decades. Women are more prone (three times more than men) to migraines.
Migraines affect different people in different ways, therefore its management also varies from person to person. The best outcomes can be achieved by following your doctors’ advice, managing symptoms, avoiding personal migraine triggers, practicing preventive methods, and reporting any vital changes in normal patterns as they occur.
An untreated migraine can lead to health ailments like panic disorders, depression, and anxiety. It could also lead to sensory problems like photophobia and cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, hypertension, and coronary heart diseases.
A migraine is a primary sensory processing disturbance that involves neurovascular headaches. During the attack or neural events, the blood vessels are dilated which results in further nerve activation and pain aggravation.
Medication overuse remains the biggest complication in case of migraines. Drugs like acetaminophen, aspirin, and the ones with caffeine combinations come with a great risk of overuse.
If you are facing any similar signs or symptoms please contact the BLK-Max team to schedule an appointment at : +91-11-30403040
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