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 Is This a Migraine Headache? |
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95% of women and 90% of men suffer from headache pain. These headaches
can range from minor annoyances to completely debilitating. But how do you know if what you are suffering with is a migraine or simply a severe headache?
There are headache symptoms specific to a migraine that will answer that question. Some may assume that any headache that reaches a certain level of pain
can be called a migraine, but while pain can be a major factor in a migraine it is not the single symptom as in the case of most headaches.
The most common migraine symptom is visual disturbances. These disturbances vary from person to person. Some people report a sort of aura with gold edges,
or a feeling of light coming from their peripheral vision. Other people will suffer from near blindness in one and sometimes both eyes. These disruptions in
vision can last minutes or hours and for some, days. Many persons who suffer from migraine headaches report that before any other symptom shows up they will
have shadows or auras in their eyesight. For persons who cope with a migraine headache with migraine medications, this period of visual disturbance just
prior to the onslaught of pain serves as a sort of brief window to take headache medicine and reduce the intense pain to come. |
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Another common symptom suffered with migraine headaches is sensitivity
to light, sound and smell. Those seeking migraine relief may draw blinds and curtains trying to keep out even the narrowest streams of light. They may also
avoid noises that seem irrelevant to others, such as traffic sounds, television, music, and even vibrations from other rooms and from outside. This can
cause the migraine sufferer to isolate themselves from everyone else including their family and children. Also when coping with a migraine a person may be
bothered by smells that would not normally effect them negatively. Certain scents may cause the sufferer to feel as though the smell is escalating the head
pain.
Nausea is also a common symptom that accompanies migraine headaches. Nausea can be as simple as discomfort in the stomach or some may vomit repeatedly
during the head ache. Some persons have reported that they feel the sensitivity to smells is what triggers the nausea. Some feel that the headache pain is
so severe that it causes them to vomit.
The actual pain associated with a migraine headache has a character different than most severe headaches. Migraine headaches usually are described as an
intense, throbbing, stabbing or pounding pain that involves one temple. (Sometimes this pain can be centered in the forehead, eye or around it, or the back
of the head). The pain usually is on one side of the head, although sometimes the pain is on both sides. Head pain that is on one side of the head will
typically change sides from one attack to the next. For some, the head pain will shift from one locality to another during the migraine but remain on one
side of the head.
Migraine treatments are coming along and are far more advanced that they were at one time. But much of the cause and patterns of migraines remains a
mystery. Many migraine sufferers continue to use pain medications that are also used for other discomforts such as over the counter analgesics. These pain
medications are not migraine specific and are limited in how much relief they can offer the migraine sufferer
Medications designed to offer migraine pain relief are called Triptans and Ergotamines. They are made specifically as a migraine headache treatment. This
means they work on the pain pathways triggered in a migraine, but have no effect on other pains such as arthritis or broken toe. While substantially better
than over the counter headache treatments, these more major medications are not recommended to be taken more than nine times in a single month which limits
you if you are a chronic sufferer.
Avoiding triggers that start a migraine is a good way to reduce migraine incidents. Keeping a chart of foods eaten, unusual exposures to smells, noise light
and chemicals is very helpful. Looking back on migraine incidents some have been able to track down a pattern in their diet or exposures to certain
environments that trigger a migraine. Common dietary migraine triggers are chocolate, gluten, aged cheeses, alcohol, MSG, nuts, onions and citrus. |
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Other non dietary triggers have been found as well. Included in these
would be eyestrain, stress, sleep deprivation, menstruation, excessive exercise, dehydration, and excessive caffeine. By keeping a chart of activities and
diet locating a trigger can be made much more easy.
The medical field has struggled to find solutions for the problems associated with migraine headaches and the severe pain they entail. Living with the pain
and suffering is debilitating, leaving sufferers only to hope for a better treatment. Natural relief is safe and has shown good results for many men and
women who have lived with chronic pain and are sick of covering over the pain and not addressing the source of the problem. These people have decided to
take responsibility for their health and bettering their lives. |
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