migraine vision loss - Migraine - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Migraine - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Migraine is a neurological disease of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head. Absent serious head injuries, stroke, and tumors, the recurring severity of the pain indicates a vascular headache rather than a tension headache . More than 28 million Americans three times more women than men suffer from migraine headaches, a type of headache that's often severe. In some cases, these painful headaches are preceded or accompanied by a sensory warning sign such as flashes of light, blind spots or tingling in your arm or leg. A migraine headache is also often accompanied by other signs and symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine pain can be excruciating and may incapacitate you for hours or even days. Fortunately, management of migraine headache pain has improved dramatically in the last decade. If you've seen a doctor in the past and had no success, it's time to make another appointment. Although there's still no cure, medications can help reduce the frequency of migraine headaches and stop the pain once it has started. The right medicines combined with self-help remedies and changes in lifestyle may make a tremendous difference for you.
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A migraine headache is a throbbing or pulsating headache that is often one sided (unilateral) and associated with nausea; vomiting; sensitivity to light, sound, and smells; sleep disruption; and depression. Attacks are often recurrent and tend to become less severe as the migraine sufferer ages. Migraine headaches seem to be caused in part by changes in the level of a body chemical called serotonin. Serotonin plays many roles in the body, and it can have an effect on the blood vessels. When serotonin levels are high, blood vessels constrict (shrink). When serotonin levels fall, the blood vessels dilate (swell). This swelling can cause pain or other problems. Many things can affect the level of serotonin in your body, including your level of blood sugar, certain foods and changes in your estrogen level if you're a woman.
Sometimes relaxation and meditation techniques may be helpful as may some of the complementary therapies. There are some over the counter preparations which contain a pain killer and a medication which stops nausea and vomiting (antiemetic). These are often even more effective than the pain killer alone, as migraine is associated with poor absorption from the stomach and a tendency for food and drink to stay in the stomach much longer than usual (prior to being sick).
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6. Stress Treatment of Migraine 1. Try avoiding any food which seems implicated and at a later stage take a small trial dose of the food again to see whether it genuinely is involved.
Symptoms of Migraine 1. Anxiety 2. Exposure to light 3. Sensitivity to light and sound 4. Lack of food or sleep 5. Nausea with or without vomiting Learning about things is what we are living here for now. So try to get to know as much about everything, including migraine vision loss whenever possible.
Sometimes bathing your head in cold water or using a cold compress on the forehead is helpful. At the first symptom of an attack take a pain killer eg aspirin or paracetamol, even if this means waking yourself up when you notice symptoms while half asleep in the early hours of the morning. (Often by getting up time it is too late to abort the attack.) People always think that they know everything about everything; however, it should be known that no one is perfect in everything. There is never a limit to learning; even learning about migraine vision loss.
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Migraine headache relief, how can it be done?
Don asked on Wed, 07 Oct, 2009
Does anyone know how you can get some migraine headache relief? Thanks for the help everyone!
t replied on Wed, 07 Oct, 2009
I heard that if you breath in coffee beans mixed with hot water, the steam will mix in with the coffee beans' caffiene, reach into your nasal cavaty, and soothe headaches.~
hottie737 replied on Wed, 07 Oct, 2009
pain pills often help me, but turning off the lights and noise will help. if you call your doctor they can prescribe some migraine relief pills, those tend to work best, specially if you get them often.
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George replied on Thu, 08 Oct, 2009
Well make sure you are not drinking too much caffeine as that can cause a migraine. I am not expert but there is a site that deals with it in my source which may can help you. I sure hope it does!
? replied on Wed, 07 Oct, 2009
I'm a master at migraine relief!!! Ok first find a quiet place, maybe put on some meditation music on and then rub or have someone rub oil on your head. Some good oils are like sesame, jasmine, lavender, chamomile is used as a pain reliever, peppermint. If you have someone massage your head do it slowly and not to hard. ya you can take a pill but in the long run a massage is the best way to go and if you put a little bit of oil in your hair a day it will help your migraines before they develop.
Marc M replied on Wed, 07 Oct, 2009
yeah get in a quite place no bright lights or sounds take excedrine for migraine headaches ......and just donr br bothered .....
jsysgrl12 replied on Wed, 07 Oct, 2009
The one and only time I had a migraine, It was so bad it made me sick, I took some med. called legatrim and it knocked me out, the only real cure for a migraine is sleep. I've heard that excedrin works really well too. I bought the legatrim at CVS, but I don't know if they still sell it, it was some pretty wicked stuff! But man it works!
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