Migraine: A Debilitating Disorder
Migraine is a disorder, whosoever is a victim, does not need to be told that it is debilitating. The symptoms starts out light and progresses to severe, if or when it triggers the sever stage, the individual is very sensitive, and inoperable. Usually a victim is able to tell when an attack is on the way. If possible the victim will take some kind of medication, find a quite place, lie down, close their eyes, hope to sleep it off, or hope it will just go away. A person who suffers from migraines, should be careful in deciding to drive, because concentration level is very low, when a migraine triggers and reaches a severe stage. This may not be true for all migraine sufferers, because some have mastered the disorder, and knows when to pull over in a quite place, to sleep it off, or call for help from a friend or love one.  Custom Search
The Pain Phase is invariable, rude, and forcible. When the pain get that severe, sometimes taking a finger from each hand pressing against your temple on both sides until you feel the pulse, and the blood flowing through your vein, you will get some temporary relief. Are there triggers to this debilitating disorder? Yes, according to the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia the list below may be triggers.
We believe and agree with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia this list may not include all triggers. "Because this disorder is so diverse it cannot have a full researched or diagnosed consummation". "The disorder can and will occur without any known cause"Go to Migraine. Management of this disorder is called Prophylactic, one main prevention is to avoid overuse of medication, particularly (pain) which can result in chronic daily headache. These are some medicines that will help reduce the frequency, longevity, and severity of these attacks.
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Migraine headaches produces a constellation of symptoms. A throbbing pain which starts on one side of the head, and sometimes spread. The Physiologic causes are not yet fully understood.
There is newer research that suggests the abnormalities of the neurotransmitter serotonin, or it's receptors on brain cells may be the cause of the migraine.
What is proven, migraines are more common in women, and have a tendency to run in families. These headaches affect children and adults.Migraine without aura, or common migraine, involves migraine headaches, that are not accompanied by an aura.
Migraine with aura usually involves migraine headaches, accompanied by an aura. What is not so common, an aura can occur without a headache, or with a non-migraine headache. Two other varieties are
- familial hemiplegic migraine
- sporadic hemiplegic migraine, in which a patient has migraines with aura, and with accompanying motor weakness. If a close relative experience the same condition, it is called familial, otherwise it is called sporadic.
- basilar familial hemiplegic migraine , where a headache and
- aura- are accompanied by other signs,
- difficulty speaking,
- vertigo
,- ringing in ears
, or a number of other brainstem-related symptoms, but not motor weakness.Childhood periodic syndromes that are commonly precursors of migraine include cyclical vomiting occasional intense periods of vomiting, abdominal migraine, and abdominal pain are usually accompanied by nausea, and benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood, and also occasional attacks of vertigo.
Retinal migraine involves photophobia migraine headaches accompanied by visual disturbances or even temporary blindness in one eye.Complications of migraine describe migraine headaches and/or auras that are unusually long or unusually frequent, or associated with a seizure or brain lesion.
Probable migraine describes conditions that have some characteristics of migraines, but there is not enough evidence to diagnose it as a migraine with certainty.
The pain phase, also known as headache phase. Finally the postdrome phase is the period after the pain subsides. During this phase some victims feel drained or irritable, while others are refreshed or euphoric. Some residual symptoms may persist after the pain is gone. According to the "HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FAMILY HEALTH GUIDE".
Prodromal symptoms occur in 40–60% of those with migraines. This phase may consist of altered mood, irritability, depression, euphoria, fatigue, or yawning.
In order to relieve or shorten the attacks of migraine, there are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) which are available without prescription, and work to reduce inflammation of the cerebral blood vessels. These medications are in pills, nasal sprays, suppository, and injections forms.
The injections are supervised by a doctor; however since this disorder can range from mild to sever, we advise anyone to seek the supervision of a physician for all medications taken for this purpose. Due to the advanced research methods, diagnosis and drugs are changing periodically. There is a new group of drugs called triptans including
- SUMATRIPTAN
- RIZATRIPTAN
- ZOLMITRIPTAN
- NARATRIPTAN
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